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#Honkai Star Rail
lean solar
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Haxx0r W0lf and Silver Bunny.
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hollow sapphire
that's... a lot cheaper than I expected
chrome mountain
I'd say it's deceptive, since you can't reliably get 4★ books (e.g. from Calyx Golden) until EL 4 anyway.
chrome mountain
https://twitter.com/CesarZebrah/status/1665212081925419008?t=NMD4MpWGPIYAVnx4k2R...
Seele's t-shirt!! WANT
hollow sapphire
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lean solar
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L + ratio + Domination + Moonlite Caress + Psychological Suggestion + Mockery.
lean solar
50
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Congrats!
lean solar
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And she wasn't the one taking the picture?? 
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Must've given Trailblazer the camera. (Trailblazer is also wearing a crown over their face.)
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Absolutely true.
chrome mountain
Oof
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<:Bosswtf:759071336072085534>
Yeah, Sanction is bullcrap.
"Oh? You hit my weakness? Well I'm going to remove my weaknesses!"
lean solar
It keeps spawning those fish things
lean solar
chrome mountain
Now see, because she's the Bronie analogue, I expect to see that face on Silver Wolf. Bronya... not so much. 🤣
agile basin
What if Bronya is actually Silver Wolf and they're twin sisters working together to take over the Stellarons everywheres??
chrome mountain
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lean solar
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She wants ||you to tell Arlan to give her back her access key so she can go on a shopping spree.||
chrome mountain
This really is a Honkai game, isn't it!
(3rd Impact doesn't get more than a preload notice on Twitter...)
Oh, there it is
https://twitter.com/honkaistarrail/status/1665576169121497089
But it's still clearly a Honkai game, because they're still refusing to give NA or even EU time translations in the announcements.
lean solar
lean solar
But it's still clearly a Honkai game, because they're still refusing to give NA ...
Technically hoyo does this with genshin too not just honkai so the update drops the 6th for me
chrome mountain
Mmhm.
hollow sapphire
subtle reef
Kafka is truly The Woman of All Time
chrome mountain
So since the BP has ended, I reckon weekly quests should be held off until tomorrow night?
...I see. The in-game notice shows the maintenance time in your local timezone. So, 3pm PDT/6pm EDT tomorrow.
agile basin
Unless Silver Wolf messes with Hoyo and it takes longer.
And then Hoyo raises her wanted bounty.
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I got perhaps a near perfect Rememberance set-up in Simulated Universe for dumb freeze loops: Breaks cause Dissociation. When you damage an enemy with Dissociation, remove the condition and increase Dissociation damage. When Dissociation is removed, high chance to inflict Frozen. When you hit someone Frozen, inflict Dissociation.
Dissociation damage is huge -- Base damage of 20% of target's max HP, which means it can eat through bosses quickly if you can set it up.
hollow sapphire
and here I was defaulting to boring-ass Preservation builds
I still don't have anyone who can use Path of Elation well
(sorry Herta)
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It's pretty much Himeko and Herta only at this point.
There's one blessing that treats Ultimates as follow-up attacks, but otherwise I'm not sure how to use it.
hollow sapphire
thankfully I already got archived all the Blessings from that Tree, so I can hold off until I find a good Follow-Up unit
lean solar
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Oh wait, March does follow-ups. duh. I haven't used March in... forever.
chrome mountain
Same.
agile basin
Perhaps I should. Just so the doctor can take a break.
lean solar
lean solar
why is this fucker hard for no reason
hollow sapphire
The Sanction mode on that guy still irritates me
It straight up overrides your turn the moment you activate it
lean solar
Guess I'll never level my chars thanks to that bullshit boss
Maybe it's time to use other peeps I haven't used yet
agile basin
I wish I could redo the EL bosses just so I can remember how I beat that thing.
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https://fxtwitter.com/ArtofMiin/status/1665619012414234624
Noooooooo! They cooked the phoenix!!
chrome mountain
Sushang doesn't seem to mind... 🤣
chrome mountain
Maybe it's time to use other peeps I haven't used yet
My advice probably wouldn't help, because it always involves Seele...
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Fu Hua is going to warp in from another dimension and roast her.
chrome mountain
She'll send Senti. She's always up for a scrap.
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Senti will show everyone whose turn it really is.
chrome mountain
Want to trade? I adore Clara.
(Seele will be back. Broken characters like her will always be back.)
lean solar
I don't have alot of chars ATM
And yeah she will but who knows how long starrails reruns will take since the game just came out a month ago
chrome mountain
I mean, you did get Himeko and Clara, who are both good chars.
agile basin
Only Serval and Qingque have had their 60+ limits broken.
And I don't think I've broken a single Light Cone past 60.
chrome mountain
So far for me it's just Trailblazer and Seele, both character and Light Cone. It's a lot slower process than EL 3 🥲
chrome mountain
I was under the impression that some of them went to 10? Am I misremembering...?
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So.... Cavern of Corrosion: Path of Conflagration puts you up against that Sanction Bot. And I can't beat it at this level.
I am pretty sure I brought Welt here before, since the stupid lanterns are weak to them.
I wonder if there's going to be an adjustment for that EL battle?
lean solar
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woof
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So we got a Gambling Gamer and a Video Gamer.
lean solar
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Always leave Sampo on Read.
lean solar
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https://twitter.com/juffledoodles/status/1665471705454657536?s=46&t=1mkskxUo62Ao...
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Me: Hey, I'm awake and motivated, this would be a great time to farm matz!
miHoYo: it's patch day
Me: 🤡
(Maintenance starts in a bit under half an hour.)
lean solar
I can't preload on mobile so I have redownload the game after the patch goes live :^}
chrome mountain
Wait, why not?
lean solar
Storage
chrome mountain
Oh, oof 😭
lean solar
Also after I updated my phone to Android 13 starrails been laggy randomly
And I have no idea why cause the game ran perfectly fine before my phone updated
chrome mountain
I still have Android 12. It figures that an upgrade broke something...
Also: I only play four of these
chrome mountain
Off-topic - why does it seem like there's a *Mains Discord for every character... except Natasha?
lean solar
Who knows
Yeah I think android 13 messed everything up
I changed some settings that aren't the preset ones whenever I downloaded genshin and it was being laggy af but once I changed it to custom it ran just fine
chrome mountain
Time to put on the OST and pretend to be productive
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Off-topic - why does it seem like there's a \*Mains Discord for every character....
Because everyone's a Natasha main.
chrome mountain
True enough. But where's the Discord. I need a Natasha Panic emote.
chrome mountain
Should be, yes.
Was scheduled to start an hour ago.
jams to "Alternative Rock" 
lean solar
Welp
spiral sentinel
Did the pre-installation and updating through the launcher now so that I'll be ready
Because I can't stay up too late tonight since I have an early shift tomorrow
But not an opening, so I have wiggle room for new content <3
chrome mountain
I can't remember - have they said when there will be new main story? Is that coming this patch?
spiral sentinel
Uh, now that you mention it, I don't remember the details
agile basin
I think they're adding a companion mission and maybe another event quest. Otherwise, I don't think they are adding to the story.
chrome mountain
Mm. Maybe it'll be in 1.2. Kind of unfair to leave us hanging with the whole Luofu storyline, after all. 😆
lean solar
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👀
lean solar
spiral sentinel
Oh? I'm not in, but instead of kicking me to the webpage for the maintenance info, it had me click terms and such and is now downloading stuff?
lean solar
i think its preloading
i had to reinstall the game on my phone since i couldnt preload
spiral sentinel
Seems so. Got all the way to the 'click to start' screen, then maintenance notice
lean solar
same here
chrome mountain
Oh sure, just tack on an extra 2 GB of data on PC... 🤣
agile basin
I blame Silver Wolf.
chrome mountain
We are hacked.
Okay, I think I'm squared away on both mobile and PC. Gonna wait for the go live messages to start popping up.
There they are.
lean solar
It's live?
hollow sapphire
oh hey we live
agile basin
So E1 Himeko at least.
spiral sentinel
lean solar
subtle reef
https://tenor.com/view/honkai-star-rail-himeko-gif-23373058
I can't find it but there was a tweet I saw earlier about how there's so much official content of hoyo women just sitting there looking incredibly hot and tbh I'm starting to think there's some wish fulfilment going on with them
Now that said
god dang it Himeko pretty
spiral sentinel
Indeed UwU
spiral sentinel
But we love that they did!
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But I at least have an E3 Serval, Pela, and Asta now.
dusty jacinth
I know I posted this in general, but here it is again
chrome mountain
Congrats!!!
dusty jacinth
Thank you!!!
chrome mountain
There are two new redemption codes -
BSN2EWMHA4RP
50 Jades and 10000 Credits
and
SURPRISE1024
30 Jades and a handful of other things
dusty jacinth
Ah ok thanks
chrome mountain
Sigh... to pull, or not to pull...
Holy shit
the Interact button changed
Which is hilarious, considering you still can't change it
chrome mountain
TL 51 - that was fast 😅
dusty jacinth
I just got back to Star Rail yesterday, hence why I'm only TL 29
agile basin
Nihility is kind of iffy, but when it works, it's a beautiful thing.
chrome mountain
I just got almost 600 Jade from unlocked events in SU 👀
agile basin
Nice! I'm glad they added that.
chrome mountain
Lot of fixes and QoL stuff in the release notes. I didn't have the patience to read all of it. 😅
Gonna attempt World 3-II again.
chrome mountain
I don't know.
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Goddamned Silvermane Lieutenant
Doesn't help that most of my chars are underleveled
lean solar
oops get gud -Geppie prob
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The Silvermane Lieutenant is a jerk.
chrome mountain
Gold on the first 10-pull...?!?
dusty jacinth
U serious?!
lean solar
He doesn't lie he really is the indestructible shield
chrome mountain
It's someone new, at least... 😔
lean solar
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Yanqing sure sounds familiar. 
hollow sapphire
sick niche
Star rail is a flawless game with no issues
Anyway I crashed the game by using Natasha
chrome mountain
It was nap time!
lean solar
They added a battle chronicle finally.
Now I don't have to open my game anymore to check my resin
lean solar
Anyway I crashed the game by using Natasha <:Allegralaugh:703077884008595456>
JUsT A LitTLE SOmEThINg THInK NoThING OF iT game blue screen noises
sick niche
Literally I stood up on a upper level and aimed to the bottom and hit an enemy and the game just went blank
agile basin
Grenade Launcher blew up the fourth wall.
lean solar
This is my friends reaction to this and she's a noob to the game
chrome mountain
Speaking of Sampo...
https://twitter.com/tsunderica/status/1666452020666966018
Twitter
lean solar
Got him
spiral sentinel
Event spoiler: ||Screwllum really went 'We're freezing your League account' omggggggg ||
lean solar
I hope we get the va reveal for ||screwllum || soon cause the voice sounds familiar but then again I would wait until the actual va comes out and says it
spiral sentinel
Yeah. I really like that character so far! Very dapper, yet calm and collected. Oddly charming
chrome mountain
IIRC, this is a VA joke, right?
dusty jacinth
Probably
Cause this VA voices both characters
And also cause both characters like games
lean solar
Yes
chrome mountain
Now we know why Sonic calls March 7th discount Nep Nep. 😂
dusty jacinth
lol
agile basin
But why Nep when you can Woof?
chrome mountain
Why, indeed.
agile basin
I'm trying to Woof but I got Fire Lady instead.
... Complaining only because I already had Fire Lady.
chrome mountain
Welcome to the "got a permanent 5★ twice already" club. 😅
Speaking of, I'm honestly torn between wanting to exchange all my Undying Starlight for special warps, and saving it up for Welt's Light Cone.
dusty jacinth
Funny enough, I got my Silver Wolf off of my first 50/50 in a Star Rail event banner
Yeah I never pulled on the other event banners prior to hers' cause I wanted to save my Special Passes and Jades to get her
chrome mountain
Nice!!
chrome mountain
I honestly do not know why the game has given me two 5★ (Seele, Yanqing) in 20 pulls on event banners. I'm not normally that lucky... 😅
chrome mountain
It took much longer to get Seele's Light Cone, 70-something pity. And the standard banner hasn't been kind either.
agile basin
I think all my luck went to Honkai Impact.
lean solar
Now we know why Sonic calls March 7th discount Nep Nep. 😂
yes 
Cause they almost look alike
chrome mountain
Oh, they added the combat voices! Good.
lean solar
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I find Welt useful if you have or can use him.
Aurumaton Gatekeeper is a jerk, but I just found out that Sanction increases only increases if you hit it with Ultimates or Skills, or if it uses Dread.
So if it's not in Sanction mode, just pelt it with basic attacks to build SP/Ultimate, and then unleash everything when it enters Sanction.
Nat's healing does NOT trigger Sanction, so it probably won't trigger on buffs either.
chrome mountain
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That's how it feels like for me.
lean solar
I swear if Clara's my qiqi im going to lose it
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Himeko is mine I think at this rate.
lean solar
Anyone got any recommendations for the gatekeeper
I don't have seele unfortunately or welt
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Maybe Sushang to break the Candle Flames?
Remember to use only basic attacks on the guardian when it is not in Sanction mode.
Maybe Tingyun for Ultimate charging?
March can remove Imprison, so she might work.
Keep Serval of course.
hollow sapphire
Serval in general shreds robots
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I relied a lot on the damage/debuff inflicted by blowing up Candles.
Yeah, and the candles too.
hollow sapphire
Bronya can give her extra turns if you have her
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Serval just shreds.
hollow sapphire
Definitely want a Cleanse for that damn Imprison debuff
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Also helps against Defense down.
hollow sapphire
That Sanction mode is absolute bullshit to play around though
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Mainly just want to get Natasha unimprisoned. unprisoned
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Might be worth gearing for on Natasha.
hollow sapphire
OkCode being OkCode has 100% RES on his Nat, but that's shooting for the sky
lean solar
I don't have bronya either sadly
hollow sapphire
Occam's Razor says level them up a bit more then come back
But I think destroying the fish is a generally sound idea
As well as watching out for when the fucker will activate Sanction Mode
Nat should be able to heal against incoming blows
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Sanction Mode should only happen on its turn after using Dread if you're cautious.
This being an Equilibrium challenge, limited to Level 60 sadly.
lean solar
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My preferred team for this boss fight.
Two Physical and two Fire? Seems like an unusual approach...
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Two Physical and two Fire? Seems like an unusual approach...
For that boss, it works. All are weak to fire, and the center is weak to physical. One hand is weak also to ice, and the other also to wind, but I find it better to focus on fire.
Sushang is a Physical Hunter who can wreck the main body.
Himeko/Asta duo works really well on this boss.
Heck, Trailblazer/Hook/Asta/Himeko team might be hilariously effective. Haven't used Hook though.
lean solar
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I love how she throws the controller
chrome mountain
Heck, Trailblazer/Hook/Asta/Himeko team might be hilariously effective. Haven't...
I suppose I could build Sushang, then try the boss with Fire Trailblazer/Nat/Sushang/Asta. 
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hollow sapphire
I only just realized that Silver Wolf's Ult lines break the fourth wall
At normal speed she goes "at this speed, too slow!"
At 2x she says "this is double speed?"
Among her many other lines that imply the devs realize how much of a loop a gacha game becomes
lean solar
Well she is a gamer
agile basin
Did she come from the Sea of Quanta? Are we in the Sea of Quanta? Are we in a bubble universe and Silver Wolf just happened to stop by?
lean solar
hollow sapphire
chrome mountain
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Oh no... what if HSR is just HI3's Bronya's game and that's why she has two characters -- one her "self-insert D&D/gamer" character, and the other representing her life experiences and relationships??
chrome mountain
And HI3 is HSR Bronie's game... how paradoxical. 🤯
agile basin
Snapping the Imaginary branch? Popping the Bubble Universe?
Honkai cosmology still befuddles me.
hollow sapphire
she also has a line where she asks if you get bored of exploring the same maps over and over again
she knows
chrome mountain
Oh my god, I think a lot of us can relate to her on a spiritual level.
lean solar
dusty jacinth
oblique root
Please tell me I can keep Diting he's so fucking adorable
chrome mountain
I wish 😔
oblique root
chrome mountain
I also wish we could keep the Findie bot. Beep, beep, beep!
sick niche
Your moms an antique
hollow sapphire
chrome mountain
Side note: people referring to Himeko as "female Diluc" is just... 
hollow sapphire
yeah, some comments can be a bit much at times
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Side note: people referring to Himeko as "female Diluc" is just... <:Bosswtf:759...
That's just asking for Himeko to program one's location into her satellite.
hollow sapphire
you know exactly which option I'm gonna pick
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lean solar
god the aurumation is still hell to beat
rng bullshit keeps killing tingyun everytime
hollow sapphire
I'm convinced Tingyun has some some sort of hidden taunt mechanic
Foxian Smugness (hidden Trace): Infuriates enemies with beauty and superiority, causing them to attack you more
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I'm convinced Tingyun has some some sort of hidden taunt mechanic
Supposedly, the base rate of Aggro is 75% for Hunters and Erudites, 150% for Preservers, and 125% for Destructos. Everyone else is unmodified. But who knows what increases aggro value?
chrome mountain
I read somewhere that Tingyun's Taunt value is pretty high for someone so squishy... 
hollow sapphire
there's also the possibility of confirmation bias, however
maybe Tingyun indeed has low Taunt value, but on the off-chance your foes DO hit her it feels like it happens every time
chrome mountain
I'm genuinely curious whether HSR Himeko has the same birthday as HI3 Himeko, which is this Sunday the 11th.
spiral sentinel
Got my 4th equilibrium done easy peasy!
At the end of the first fight, I almost gave up because the enemy's very last action took out Serval
But then I remembered 'oh wait I have revival items for inbetween fights'
hollow sapphire
Hope you got the Credits for it
Time to take those characters to the next level
The prices start to ramp up
spiral sentinel
Which is good because her skill/ult was really good for taking out the fish
I've got almost 4 million at the moment, and my main squad's traces and levels are maxed
And light cones are mostly maxed out so far
hollow sapphire
I think it's about 2.8 million to max out a character
Five stars at least
Not looking forward to farming purple materials tho
But at least they're guaranteed upgrades unlike the fkin Relics
spiral sentinel
Yeah. Even in Genshin, I tend to prioritize focusing on levels and skills rather than artifact farming
Relics, I just go for 'good enough' aka the set I want with decent boosts
hollow sapphire
Artifacts are always the very last thing to prioritize because it takes months to get good pieces
spiral sentinel
Yuuuuuup
hollow sapphire
Substat hell will persist no matter how far into endgame we are
spiral sentinel
Plus, in the meantime, you do get some drops from bosses that might have decent stats
aka, 'good enough' placeholders
hollow sapphire
My main grind is EXP books
Once I'm done with that, then Boss mats and Traces
Then when I absolutely have nothing else to do, Relics
chrome mountain
I've been slacking off this week - still only have TB and Seele at ascension 5. Need to work on the rest of my built characters, but priority to Natasha, Welt, and Yanqing now I suppose. And Serval, because she's indispensable for certain fights like Cocolia.
lean solar
I just want to beat their stupid auru boss but it's being stupid
And I have like 6000 xp
lean solar
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https://fxtwitter.com/bvbu__/status/1667375373003419650 Seele is me
But she ends up getting Silver Wolf.
lean solar
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chrome mountain
Congrats, you made it!!
lean solar
Can't wait to get to rank 60 and my ass gets kicked again by a easy af boss that should have been easy but was hell to beat :^)
chrome mountain
The real grind is getting the characters you'll need for it up to level 70.
lean solar
Ahh yes the game be like oh be level 60 for this boss is literally level 60 and still gets my ass kicked
agile basin
He's Level 67 in the Corridor of Conflagration... the place that gives you +Fire Damage relics.
But congrats on escaping the EL4 lock!
lean solar
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lean solar
https://www.hoyolab.com/article/19075996/?lang=en-us&utm_source=sns&utm_medium=link there's a template
lean solar
chrome mountain
https://www.hoyolab.com/article/19075996/?lang=en-us&utm_source=sns&utm_medium=l...
That selection is surprisingly accurate.
lean solar
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dusty jacinth
spiral sentinel
Not me rapidly consuming the new event content because I freaking love resource management/sim games, and this is scratching the itch
I'm not finished with it yet, but I am loving it
hollow sapphire
My only complaint is that the guest characters aren't voiced
I woulda been over the moon to hear those sections of the quest with VAs
hollow sapphire
Reading resumes has never been so fun
spiral sentinel
But yes, more voiced lines would have been nice
hollow sapphire
There's a staggering amount of character analysis you get from the job interviews
spiral sentinel
Yup
hollow sapphire
It was nice to hear more about their backgrounds, previous jobs and how they got to their current position
Also woulda liked if it wasn't timegated, but that's a nitpick
spiral sentinel
Serval: just casually overqualified for this
hollow sapphire
There's a recurring theme of Erudition characters being smart as hell
Serval definitely lives up to that expectation
chrome mountain
Been busy this afternoon working on a character build spreadsheet, like the one I have for Genshin. I've calculated most of the mat requirements, for both 4★ and 5★ characters, with the exception of Light Cone EXP. (Which is the only thing not tabulated on the official wiki yet.)
hollow sapphire
Weapon EXP in this game is a bit harder to come by it seems
You can't forge them like you could Mystic Ore in Genshin, so it feels more like Character EXP Mats
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There's a recurring theme of Erudition characters being smart as hell
Qingque is so smart about being a slacker, she got kicked out of Nihility and went into Erudition.
hollow sapphire
Qingque was definitely one of those 200 IQ geniuses that was constantly told to apply herself in school
The gambling part definitely feels very Nihility tho
Although with that being said, gambling also requires a degree of forethought and skill, hence Erudition
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Which brings me to Pela, who seems the very opposite of lazy / meaningless.
spiral sentinel
Smart like Fu Hua, but slacking off like Kiana, lol
Not me going 👀 at her phone case being a chicken holding a fish/tuna...
hollow sapphire
Nihility is basically divided into two groups: the random target dudes (Welt and Sampo) and the precision debuffers (Pela and SW)
Somehow I feel like the most nihilistic part of Pela's kit is that she can literally DISPEL IMMORTALITY
if that ain't nihilist I dunno what is
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Don't make me press the MORTALITY button in my book.
hollow sapphire
Who would win: A loyal soldier gifted by the graceful Aeon of Abundance to live indefinitely
Or one icy girl
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Drumming up a fanfic.
hollow sapphire
Pela fucking trivializes most fights where enemies have buffs
Which is like most of the Luofu fights
And even without the Dispel, her Ult still provides a nice teamwide DEF debuff
agile basin
Ice Break is also pretty good for slowing enemies down.
hollow sapphire
Having Ice Break be a Freeze is really damn handy
hollow sapphire
Also deals a little DoT damage as a bonus
I can't stop seeing her as Haru Okumura trapped in futuristic Sucrose's body
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I have not tested whether Freeze damage triggers Path of Nihility stuff.
hollow sapphire
I think it does
Nihility is all things DoT
So my common sense would infer that it does indeed
agile basin
Rememberance/Nihility combo yay
hollow sapphire
Still need to test it tho
The Freeze DoT is really just extra sprinkles on the Freeze cake
Although that does have potential to be a really fun Nihility Ice character whose main gimmick is Freezing and having bonuses over Frozen foes
hollow sapphire
sanest Seele fan
I'm glad they're in my Supports but holy shit do I feel bad for their wallet...
hollow sapphire
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Even more Honkai meta!
https://twitter.com/sinonomemikann/status/1667854880038600705
lean solar
It's official she's my qiqi...
This is the third time I got her
Standard banner trolled me again and this time instead of a light cone of her it's a e1 clara
chrome mountain
Welcome to the "got a permanent 5★ twice already" club, I guess. Does it help that she's cute...?
Me 🤝 Rime 🤝 Sonic
getting the same perma 5★
Fun fact for Clut - supposedly, it takes about 69 Refined Aether to level a 5★ Light Cone from 70 to 80.
lean solar
hollow sapphire
My three Five-Stars so far have been Gepard, Welt, and Welt's Light Cone
Guess I was destined to be a Welt main
Would love a Himeko or Bronya tho
chrome mountain
Saaaame. Mine have been Welt, Seele, Welt again, Seele's LC, Bronya's LC, and Yanqing. The perma 5★ I want the most are Bronya, Himeko, and Clara.
hollow sapphire
I'm glad the 300-pity on Standard banner exists, but it'll be a while before I get there
chrome mountain
I'm about halfway, I think. Uh... no, I'm wrong. 217/300. 😅 And that will be Bronya, unless she appears elsewhere before then, on account of already having her LC.
hollow sapphire
Bronya is a straight game-breaker
chrome mountain
Especially with Seele.
hollow sapphire
Letting someone else immediately take action WITH a damage buff is huge
And if she's ever in a situation where she has no Skill Points, her Normal Attacks are guaranteed Crits
AND it increases her SPD
chrome mountain
And more SPD is a happy Seele.
hollow sapphire
I only have Tingyun to buff Support Seeles, and I'm so glad most of them are slower than my Ting
The damage gap is mad huge with/without buffs
Seele honestly feels more like an Erudition character
Her turn-taking passive certainly feels like it
chrome mountain
As for the event banner... I've done a couple more 10-pulls since Yanqing, but got nothing substantial other than a couple of 4★ E's (Asta, Serval). I might as well save my guarantee for mommy... 👉👈
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I have had two Himekos, a Welt, a Geppie, and Bronya's Light Cone.
hollow sapphire
Geppie is the Zhongli I never had
chrome mountain
Same. And same with the Cocolia fight.
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Serval IS weak to ice, though. ||because of coco, not Geppie||
hollow sapphire
We're subjecting her to trauma on a weekly basis
Perhaps even more if we take Forgotten Hall and Simulated Universe into account
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Oh that reminds me, I need to finish my weekly SU and BP stuff. I tried World 6-I and failed to beat the boss, then completed a World 5-I the other day. Which apparently is now only about a third of the weekly reward cap 🤣
hollow sapphire
The rewards are quite substantial
And I like that it gives you a reason to jump into SU every now and then to try wacky builds
The skill tree also guarantees you get stronger the more you play, which is sweet
chrome mountain
Mmhm. But I'm still not ready to try difficulty II for any of them. Doubtful that I can beat World 6 either at the moment, no matter which Path.
paper aurora
Welcome to the "got a permanent 5★ twice already" club, I guess. Does it help t...
Does 5 star standard light cones count? If so, I am already in this club with my 2 Bronya’s LCs 🤣
chrome mountain
Certainly! 😅
paper aurora
So far, my 5 stars are:
-Welt
-Gepard
-Jing Yuan
-2 Bronya’s signature LCs
-Jing Yuan’s signature LC
paper aurora
Certainly! 😅
Yeah hehe
Currently saving for Blade and hopefully his LC. At the moment, I have 75 special passes so far 😄
chrome mountain
I admire your dedication!
paper aurora
Thank you. I am saving in both Genshin and HSR lol. Currently 75 passes for Blade and 42 wishes for Wanderer.
hollow sapphire
Wanderer is a huge exploration helper, but I'll stop there before this becomes a Genshin discussion
He just breaks some puzzles that'd otherwise require more work to solve
I'll take a character over a Light Cone any day frankly
Especially because unlike Genshin's weapons, LCs have no impact on character appearance
It's really just for the novelty of having a neat passive buff to your character
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We're subjecting her to trauma on a weekly basis
Don't worry. Servie won't let Geppie or Coco stop her because ||SHE MADE A CHOICE! GO FIGHT AGAINST YOUR FATE!!||
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With as much as Natasha blasts and restitches her teddy bear, should we name her plushie "Baron Bearry?"
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So is the prevailing headcanon that Serval has an "accident" every other week, or what? The chainsaw thing was one time... 🤣
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So is the prevailing headcanon that Serval has an "accident" every other week, o...
She's a rockstar Jimmy Neutron.
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Go nuts
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And now one for this chat that I found
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Rules... were made to be BONKER'D
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Pulling for Silver Wolf. Getting all Himeko.
https://tenor.com/view/avengers-endgame-hulk-bruce-banner-i-see-this-as-an-absolute-win-gif-17006739
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The woman can't help u -Kafka probably
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Done
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https://fxtwitter.com/WhiteFa99785013/status/1668691777145147394
Wait... Durandal isn't Kiana's toy...
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Is she not allowed to have cute toys of her GF and her sister while she's on the Moon? 
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(also, I actually meant to share that in HI3 chat, but forgot...)
Seele's back 😳
https://twitter.com/meltyrice/status/1668776353762803718
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Summarized farming chart for my main 4 chars (and Yanqing):
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If I ever build Hook, I'm going to try making a full fire team here.
lean solar
Give me space qiqi game pls k thx
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I got her E3 from standard this morning. I haven't even built her... 😅
I'm at 70 pity on standard now. Still hoping someone new that I want comes home in the next 10.
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Deleted tweet...?
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So, they finally added the promised friend chat... but there's no shortcut to the chat window for controller - you have to go to your Friends list to initiate a conversation. There's also no stickers.
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Seems there's still a ways to go in terms of QoL improvements
Hopefully they address that down the line
||
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||All 76 of them|| too
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lean solar
Please hoyo add some sort of co-op raid like feature
I don't want this game to be my 3rd impact where I rarely play it
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Himeko is my first Level 70. Yay
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Is Asta actually money-concerned? She's more "please give me back my authentication key so I can buy Space Amazon"-concerned.
Also forgot she voices Hook, too.
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o shit it's finally here
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in every universe
https://twitter.com/Z_gye0ng/status/1669000337108385792
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The redemption code's nothing special, really - 3 Condensed Aether, 5 Travel Encounters, and 10000 Credits.
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you're scaring me Silver Wolf
I swear, she was added to the game purely as the writers' way of addressing player habits
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Meanwhile, I feel dumb for not realizing that there's a whale hologram near the ceiling.
hollow sapphire
to be fair, we spend most of our time on the Express exploring only the ground level
we're never really given much of a reason to look at the ceiling
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Exactly!
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Will she put light blue streaks in the back?
Also, Hoyoverse has a dearth of short-haired or even kind of medium-haired women.
Probably one reason that Rita (not Fallen Rosemary) and even March 7th stand out to me.
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Ngl this update kind of sucks
Like are we not getting any story's added or is it just a fillar update
paper aurora
We are getting 3 more story missions in the 2nd phase
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paper aurora
In the 2nd phase of v1.1, we’re getting 3 more companion* missions:
-Luocha
-Bailu
-Yanqing
lean solar
Aren't those like hangout like quests?
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paper aurora
I mean kind of, but it is still a bit more story content lol
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I swear this video called me out
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Play hard, win big, keep quiet!
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Congrats!!!
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https://twitter.com/tiaanboo/status/1669345852358553603?t=EekvsglcDxPiDBUgUNQr1g...
Seele is me 😳😍
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Imagine being able to go to AX, couldn't be me
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Oh goodie, apolojades for the event I haven't even started yet
hollow sapphire
It's the Yae Miko hotfix all over again and I like it
lean solar
Honestly the event is long af so good luck plus it's going to be permanent
hollow sapphire
It's been one of my favorites so far
Though that isn't much of a compliment considering we've only had like three so far
But it's nice
chrome mountain
About all I know about it from hearsay is that there's some BronSeele interaction. 🥺
hollow sapphire
It's just one of the many golden interactions this Event provides
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Apparently they deleted the original tweet
https://twitter.com/honkaistarrail/status/1669619280877604864
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https://twitter.com/whgkdud_d/status/1669646057440165893
The recreation of the photo 🥺
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Yes
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Destroy? That's not very nice of her.
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So... I kind of caved, and am pulling for Silver Wolf. I did two more 10-pulls this morning... or was it three? Asta is now E5, and I also got another Hunt LC that may come in handy. Pity is now 61 guaranteed.
(Still 70 pity on standard, and I'm itching to do another 10-pull and get that next pitybreak, but have no passes.)
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U will be mine whenever u release
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So... I kind of caved, and am pulling for Silver Wolf. I did two more 10-pulls ...
90 is the guarantee, right?
chrome mountain
Yes, for both.
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https://twitter.com/seiru_775/status/1669526039587078144
mommy.
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And I think it's worth it just to read all the flavor texts on the stuff in the museum.
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I just started the event.
And then I got distracted with using up Trailblaze Energy.
lean solar
It's Perma don't worry
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And then I got distracted with using up Trailblaze Energy.
I need to do that. I've got some serious farming to do, if I ever want to build all the people up that I want built.
(also for the BP)
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I keep having to farm Erudition and now Nihility mats.
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I've been filling out my farming spreadsheet, you know, and once a character's table is filled out and I've tallied how much of everything I need... yikes. 💀
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For example, to build all of the characters that I've started building, including March and Asta, and all the ones I haven't started on, like Yanqing and Sushang, I would need at least ten times the number of credits I have now. 😭
chrome mountain
Idk about the rewards tho
They are giving an extension on those, at least, because of the issues it's had. So the limited time rewards should be good until sometime during 1.2, I think it said...?
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O
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I miss tingyun content outside the main story
hollow sapphire
I absolutely love her passive-aggressive PR speak
She's stuck as the tour guide for a bunch of idiots and she's constantly trying her best to hide her resentment
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Wolfie deserves a Seele, too 🥺
lean solar
Fuck it I'm going to make a clone of my wife - Silver wolf probably
chrome mountain
That one probably could...
paper aurora
Omg??? 👀👀
chrome mountain
I absolutely love the messages they're writing up for her. Here's the tweet version:
https://twitter.com/honkaistarrail/status/1669918019265654784
paper aurora
I just went back in HSR at the moment. I saw that and was like huhh???
paper aurora
And 10 of them….
chrome mountain
That will be a significant help to my upcoming farming efforts.
paper aurora
Going to reach Trailblaze Level 60 in a bit 🤣👀
chrome mountain
I'm at... 54, I think.
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hollow sapphire
on top of the mailbox stunt, Silver Wolf truly is a hacker of all time
paper aurora
Woo!! Just reached Trailblaze Level 60!! 😄
hollow sapphire
Damn
That's extra Trace Materials for each character
And now you get to push them past lv. 70
Their third passive is a HUGE unlock
paper aurora
Mhmm. I have farmed enough materials to get Jing Yuan, Gepard and Welt to max level (80).
hollow sapphire
Gepard's A6 Trace is a very significant damage boost
Welt also gets a buff that hugely affects damage towards debuffed dudes
They're all just neat
paper aurora
Mhmm
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https://twitter.com/kabu_usa/status/1669902686844493825
Did she invite Himeko? She could bring her pizza cutter.
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It's like Tingyun is a danger magnet, or something. 😅
With those three the only playable Harmony characters at the moment, I wonder where Yukong will be...
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https://twitter.com/CesarZebrah/status/1669963662893944834?t=IxzCFmlhf099CKulPEh...
"skill issue, get gud" -SW probably
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Can't unsee that now. Mini-Kronii!
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iskeai kronnina
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Planet BronSeele 🥺😍
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TL 55
hollow sapphire
Noice
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"If Liben is so good why isn't there a Liben 2"
Star Rail:
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The first reply on that one 😆
(it's true, though - that is a VERY low midriff young lady!!)
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E6'd Asta, still no Silver Wolf at 71 pity.
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https://twitter.com/oert129/status/1670322189126758400?t=PBnQeITFbR0OIDFmIVbrGw&...
She hacked HSR onto her Switch??
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https://twitter.com/Gachatabloid/status/1669999788962770944?s=20
March 7th, Himeko, Qingque, Welt, Serval
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March 7th, Himeko, Qingque, Welt, Serval
I don't see Serval there 😆
As for me... probably March, Himeko, Silver Wolf (I'd lose, but probably have a good time anyway), uhh undecided, and I'm torn between Hook and Clara, can I bring both? 🤣
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I don't see Serval there 😆
Serval is still my answer.
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always
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I hope my pity on the banner doesn't go too high. I kinda want to save something for Kafka, though it's likely that I'll be swiping a little bit to get her.
(Currently 71 pity guaranteed.)
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I hope my pity on the banner doesn't go *too* high. I kinda want to save *somet...
Just gotta save up, right?
chrome mountain
Right! 🥹
lean solar
I've already started saving up and I haven't pulled since the seele banner
Now I'm praying Kafka isn't phase 1 whenever her banner comes out 🙏 cause I need a lot of gems for her guaranteed
paper aurora
I’ve been saving for Blade since I got Jing Yuan and his light cone luckily. I am at around 85 special passes currently 😄
I hope Luka is on Blade’s banner. If not, I wouldn’t mind pulling on Kafka’s as well to try for a Luka.
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I've gotten away so far without spending on more than the BP and whatever the daily provisions are called. But Kafka's banner may wind up being the first one I spend on.
paper aurora
Before 1.1 came out, I was like at 40 something. Then I now have 85 ish so far.
I haven’t gotten the welkin equivalent yet.
chrome mountain
That is admirable restraint. 
paper aurora
Yeah I am mostly going for the husbandos lol (although I am skipping Loucha). I want Bladie hehe
hollow sapphire
It certainly helps that Kafka is the only one I'm absolutely down bad for
And even then only one copy is enough to satiate my ass
paper aurora
Blade is another instance (like Jing Yuan) where I am hoping to get one copy of him and his light cone.
hollow sapphire
I wasn't the kinda guy who pulled on Weapon Banners back in Genshin, but I find Light Cones a bit harder to make a case for
Because Light Cones aren't something that actually adds to a character's appearance
I know it confers all kinda benefits, but the character really is all I want
lean solar
Current Kafka funds also leveled up
hollow sapphire
Pulling for a passive combat buff just doesn't feel as fun
paper aurora
I understand that.
hollow sapphire
That being said, I'm completely fine with my Support buddy whaling for E6 S5 Seele
Just because I'm petty enough to let easier farming for me slide
paper aurora
Hehe that is a good feature to use
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Silver Wolf has been the only banner that I've really pulled for.
The game has given me Himeko (E1) and Welt as well, so I got the 5* stars I've been looking for.
hollow sapphire
Having someone straight up implant weaknesses is a very powerful ability to be fair
Even waifu factor aside she is great
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I just wanted another quantum gaming goblin.
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I am waiting for another (potentially) Quantum Scythe user.
Who may or may not ever arrive.
hollow sapphire
Low spenders/F2Ps more or less only have a gambler as their sole Quantum unit
Sounds about right
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I feel sorry for those who don't have Walt.
hollow sapphire
Dude straight up has Imaginary's Break Effect as his Ultimate
On the entire enemy party
Seele makes sure its always her turn
Welt makes sure the enemies never get theirs
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Bronya gives everyone turns.
hollow sapphire
I'm pretty sure there aren't any Imaginary-resistant enemies so far, which makes him even better
Turns out units that allow you to manipulate turn order in a turn-based game are pretty good
Who woulda thunk
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Yes. Sushang is great for being a mini-Seele.
hollow sapphire
It's hilarious how Sushang's playstyle basically encourages you to kick the enemy while they're down
The opposite behavior of a noble Cloud Knight
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Yeah, her light cone, too.
hollow sapphire
Her Light Cone is probably my favorite outta flavor alone
You obsessively laser-focus on a single target and don't stop until either of you die
I was amazed when I realized Dan Heng can use it really well (his Skill alone gives you 4 stacks for the passive)
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Nice!
hollow sapphire
His Ult also lets you expend all those stacks if you need to switch targets too
Sushang's Ult really is just a boost to help her get Skills off more often
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Her animations showing that she's sometimes lugging the sword around adds so much charm
She also wipes sweat off her forehead after her Skill, which is nice attention to detail
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https://youtu.be/wnrPfZBrBPU
"Do you know how to use that thing?"
"Yes! The pointy end goes into the other man."
".... This is going to take a lot of work."
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"Well, at least we can give her a gun without worrying about her killing herself."
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I had to double check, and the animation is indeed Hopkins training Banderas in Mask of Zorro.
chrome mountain
I vaguely remember watching that movie, a long time ago - haven't thought about it in years! But we have it on DVD.
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Now I really AM running. 🤣
(notice the countdown at the top)
Made it. 13s to spare 🤣
Going to attempt World 6 again. I've made some improvements to my characters since the last try.
Last time, I remember I was getting crappy RNG for Blessings. Looks like this time isn't much better...
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Let's give this another go... 
Prioritizing attacking Bronya when she appears, this time.
Bronya gone. Last phase... 
DUN!
Dear Aeons, what have I done...? 🤣
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TL 56
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SHE IS HOME - at 79 pity
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Hell yeah!
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Advice on building her would be welcome - I already gave her the event Light Cone.
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Auto-assigning Relics gave her the Quantum DMG set plus, uh... a Effect Hit Rate planar set, I think?
The individual pieces are not adequate - half are HP% or DEF% - but that aside, I don't know if the sets are appropriate.
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I think Effect Hit Rate planar set makes sense, but otherwise I don't know.
And making sure she has Speed boots.
chrome mountain
I don't even have SPD boots for Seele 😅 I clearly should start doing more Relic farming.
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I just like having speed boots on most characters.
Most of who I am using have a speed of 120 - 130. I think Serval is my fastest character because I pick favorites.
Qingque I don't because I rely on her having Hidden Hand status all the time.
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One thing I am confused about is when Elemental Damage Bonus is better than Attack% Bonus.
DoTs for Serval and Himeko, for example, scale off of Attack, so it seems you want to stack ATK% as much as possible.
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Infographic shared in Faye's server:
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Any idea where the graphic comes from?
lean solar
Probably some discord server because it has the hashtag
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Gotcha.
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https://twitter.com/JpFlasso/status/1670157171299078144?t=ZB8Yq8BmX10si0xCXPfozw...
Oh, Stelle, that is evil. 🤣
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Silver Wolf popped into the Express today, and TB's all, "Intruder..."
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Doesn’t that mean they technically announce that Fu Xuan will be playable in the future?
chrome mountain
Technically, I suppose. In the same sense that Dainsleif is supposedly going to be playable someday in Genshin.
But in any case, Luka was already officially announced, around the same time as Blade and Kafka:
https://twitter.com/honkaistarrail/status/1661673610820620295
lean solar
Wolfie ❤️
chrome mountain
She really is cute. And sooo relatable - complaining about the server not being up in her idle...
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I still think I relate to Qingque a bit more... no matter how many hours I pour into playing Switch, or maxing all the Reets, etc.
lean solar
I mostly like silver wolf cause her en va is great plus she breaks the four wall
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That's true too.
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Liben 2.0
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Giga Chad liben is way better then 2.0
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Wolfie came to the Parlor Car for a lucky gacha pull. 🤣
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I am surprised she doesn't hack the gachas.
lean solar
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Can't even survive one night.
Even worse when Herta can just upload herself to any doll at any time.
chrome mountain
I am surprised she doesn't hack the gachas.
I wouldn't put it past her to rage-hack the server if she loses a 50-50. 😆
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So, for the heck of it, I did one last 10-pull on the Silver Wolf banner and...
So I have an E5 Serval now.
chrome mountain
Nice!!!