Gacha hell

[crisp birch]

(Seriously the bp is loaded it’s worth the 10 bucks)

[shrewd plinth]

Oh, well I've already unlocked that

[plain bluff]

who did you level?

[shrewd plinth]

I just started on levelling Acheron to 80, but I ran out when I hit 77

I'm prioritising the materials for her LC and traces first though, so she'll likely stay like that for a bit

[plain bluff]

oh, nice

getting her LC to 80 helps a lot

she hits 4k attack or more

with the added stats

[shrewd plinth]

Yeah!

Plus the A6 trace adding a bunch of extra damage to her Ult

[plain bluff]

yep

it also adds damage to her next few turns

if you can ult every 1-2 turns (fairly feasible with fire tb + 2 nihility)

the buffs last forever

[shrewd plinth]

Oh, nice! With Welt, Pela and Gallagher on the team, that seems pretty feasible

Plus I have her at E2S1, so she's gaining 3 stacks per turn

[plain bluff]

oh, you're definitely set then

[shrewd plinth]

Yup!

[plain bluff]

now it's just a matter of getting more books

[shrewd plinth]

Yeah...That's a future me problem though

I'll need more of 'em for Aventurine as well, so I'll need to grab some eventually

[reef elm]

Lol

Oh I keep neglecting Acherons lc

[plain bluff]

it's well worth building

most of the stat buffs in this game are %-based

so you want the flat values of those stats

to be good

in order to make the %s mean more

[reef elm]

Yeah

[fiery geyser]

flat stats

[plain bluff]

[jaunty badger]

Wooo 5 hour shift done

100 bucks earned

Time to waste it

[fiery geyser]

[jaunty badger]

tbh i wanted clara @plain bluff from the free banner

more than bronya

[plain bluff]

they're both top-tier characters

[reef elm]

i sshould build zvarog

[jaunty badger]

stelle is better with fire

cause i just made her as a tank

with that genard card

[fiery geyser]

[jaunty badger]

so is kafka kind of like the trailblazers mom?

cause i just played a side mission

where it shows that kafka practically raised me

[shrewd plinth]

It's heavily implied that the Trailblazer was a part of the Stellaron Hunters at some point in the past, but I don't know much beyond that

[jaunty badger]

ok so they existed before the space station then right

like the one where kafka is waking you up

[shrewd plinth]

From what we know, yeah

[plain bluff]

||they are an artifical body created to host the stellaron||

[jaunty badger]

yeah but like how old are they

like a week

[plain bluff]

||we are implied to have gone on missions with Kafka||

they existed before the herta space station

as that statement implies

||blade refers to multiple missions, so it must've been a fair while||

[jaunty badger]

ok i just did that mission

[plain bluff]

but lore regarding the MC is still somewhat lacking

we'll get some more as the story progresses

[jaunty badger]

i asked the question about myself

and i know that one is correct

the thing about her was a lie though

[plain bluff]

the true and false answers are online

if you want to see them

https://www.reddit.com/r/HonkaiStarRail/comments/15m8hef/the_correct_answers_from_kafka_in_the_truth_or/

[jaunty badger]

so more like adopted mom

thats what kafka is like i guess

[jaunty badger]

argenti

[wicked gazelle]

Wait really? Clara is that good?

[reef elm]

I should do more moc

200 jades is kinda crazy

[fiery geyser]

Yeah, she’s super solid
Great damage and how she does it is good for both MoC and PF

[fiery geyser]

beauty

[wicked gazelle]

damn

[fiery geyser]

[fiery geyser]

[jaunty badger]

searched up idrila once in goolge

||"march 7th is idrila"||

idk how that would work

[wicked gazelle]

all into ER

[fiery geyser]

interesting

[fiery geyser]

still great tho tbh

who were you gonna put it on?

[wicked gazelle]

either arle or as an off piece

was really hoping for cr

since i still have no decent CR pieces

[fiery geyser]

I feel that, idk how people get enough CR with decent CD sometimes

at least you can always use MH, but that needs furina and still maybe some decent rolls

actually, can arle use 4pc MH by herself?

I know she applies the Bond of Life debuff to herself, but does she actively lose health or she just can’t recover it

[wicked gazelle]

just cant recover it

except by q

#1021789884144418886 message

[fiery geyser]

[wicked gazelle]

these are her best artifacts

she has a set custom made

but uh

i kinda dont wanna farm it

[fiery geyser]

oh right, it’s the BoL set and then the one about burning (?)

[wicked gazelle]

i think?

the buring one isnt all that great

[fiery geyser]

Seems very future-made lol

like a nilou but burning-focused

[shrewd plinth]

So, just tried out the first stage of the new HSR event...I now really want Kafka & Black Swan

Aside from that though, it's a lotta fun! The fact it gives you a bunch of characters for free to play around with team comps is pretty nice, even if they seem to be E0S0

[humble citrus]

i have a clara+sparkle+tingyun team comp, can confirm it’s really good.

she does good in both single target and group battles bc of her ultimate buffing follow-ups to be an AoE and her skill hitting all opponents

though that comp suffers if you can’t break toughness

[mortal osprey]

new event level is just trial characters that are all my team except pela

suffering from sucess

[shrewd plinth]

I'm 100% expecting there to be a stage that gives you a trial of Aventurine and the Followup team

[shrewd plinth]

https://twitter.com/HeikoKuru1224/status/1779162729561153904

クリス|| Busy atm (Backlogs) (@HeikoKuru1224) on X

What's your wager?
The life of a faker
#HonkaiStarRail #Sparkle #崩壊スターレイル

Twitter · Apr 13, 2024, 3:00 PM

[wicked gazelle]

ever just fail a SU run cause you clicked on a target you were already targeting

[mortal osprey]

YES

Firing smth early in gold and gears has cost me hours

Never throw a conundrum run, you will not forgive yourselves

[shrewd plinth]

I don't remember doing that, but I probably have done it at some point

[knotty latch]

https://youtu.be/dF75FBXRhi4?si=DKV6F8dwwB7Wi4SA

We stayin' silly for now

Poor Don in next Canto :(

[shrewd plinth]

Traumatised Don? Psychological Horror? We're about to go on wacky detective missions, what are you on about?

It's gonna be all chocolate oranges and volleyball for the next 3 months, so we have time to prepare

[jaunty badger]

6400 for 40 rolls

and i did 30 rolls already without a 5 star

so that means i got a pretty good chance

[reef elm]

Swarm disaster is confusing

[humble citrus]

you'll probably get enough for pity when aventurine drops.

And you're good at dealing with 50/50s, im sure you've got this.

[jaunty badger]

I spent 20 today to build up some pity

So yeah 30 failed rolls

[plain bluff]

you really shouldn't "build pity"

on unrelated banners

[plain bluff]

because there's always the chance that you happen to get the character

and reset pity

while also getting someone who you don't exactly want

[foggy cobalt]

@jaunty badger

[plain bluff]

always spend your rolls on the banner(s) you want

"building pity" isn't worth it

and, ideally, you shouldn't even have to hit pity

in the first place

to get the characters that you want

[humble citrus]

[jaunty badger]

Peer pressure

The voices in the vc got to me

@mortal osprey was the biggest convincer to do it

[plain bluff]

😔

well, at least you got lucky

and didn't get Acheron

which feels weird to say

[mortal osprey]

WHAT

THE SLANDER IS INSANE

[jaunty badger]

@wicked gazelle didn’t blob tell me Acheron is good and rolled with me

[plain bluff]

exposed

[mortal osprey]

This is a scandal

I will sue

[plain bluff]

every limited character is good

[jaunty badger]

I got about 3200 on me right now

I’ll be good

I think

[plain bluff]

you're still early in the game

so you should be able to get a lot of jades

[jaunty badger]

Ironically the voices were louder than common sense

[wicked gazelle]

i uh

plead the 5th

[plain bluff]

[jaunty badger]

I just want someone good

Besides Dr ratio

Stelle is fine

The fire path

Since she’s a tank

[plain bluff]

this was my free income last month

if you play enough

you should be able to get more

[wicked gazelle]

daamn

nice

[jaunty badger]

I’m just gonna do more missions now

I can build enough by Wednesday

[plain bluff]

the banner is ~3 weeks long

so you have time

[jaunty badger]

I want to do it all at once

And feel good when I’m able to get it in 20

[reef elm]

https://tenor.com/view/aventurine-star-rail-i-love-gambling-roulette-gif-15600735931808948001

[reef elm]

hmm new event is fun

i dont know whats going on but getting two acheron ults in quick sucession is grweat

[reef elm]

Yay

[reef elm]

So instead of saving for a future character

I have two now

[fiery geyser]

[plain bluff]

congrats!

[jaunty badger]

finished the ship thingy

oh i got a mission with topaz in it

[reef elm]

The luofu? (The waffle)

[jaunty badger]

yeah

[reef elm]

Oh nice you can do the uplifting and heartwarming story next

I should finish topaz quest

[jaunty badger]

i wanna kill it for money

[reef elm]

Now that Acheron is strong

[jaunty badger]

i want to get topaz

cause shes going to be good with the team im trying to make

[shrewd plinth]

If you kill Numby, Topaz will kill you

By sending the entirty of the IPC onto your ass

[jaunty badger]

but money

damn

this is just debt the mission

the whole situation seems kind of easy to solve

tbh i don't feel like i should be fighting

[jaunty badger]

what should i go for

this is all for dr ratio

and im not very liquid so i can't really upgrade everything

[reef elm]

Bottom left is probably the biggest upgrade

[jaunty badger]

i need to do the bug boss again

for more materials

[shrewd plinth]

The major trace in the bottom left is the biggest gain. After that, prioritise his skill and talent, then his ult. Don't bother levelling his basic past what it's at.

[jaunty badger]

damn

i can't get the item i need

from the bug boss or the ice boss

[shrewd plinth]

The weekly reset will happen some time tomorrow/later today so you won't have to wait too long

[jaunty badger]

thats good

[reef elm]

Yay more su grinding

[jaunty badger]

my stelle is tanky compared to the rest of my team

2000 health while dr ratio has like 1300

nvm i just always forget to upgrade relics

[reef elm]

Oh the hp relic is usually the first I upgrade

[jaunty badger]

i know i wanted him for treasure

but damn why is she so mean

i mean the whole quest is pretty good

its practically the main story right

wait

this is just colonization now

[shrewd plinth]

A universal superpower that's established themselves as the universes government is hellbent on colonising and controlling everything in known exsitance? How unheard of!

[jaunty badger]

pretty much pressured into "coexisting"

[jaunty badger]

it seems bad but also not that bad?

idk they really sell the point that they are never gonna be able to fix the planet by themselves

im gonna ask selle lol

do i really need to ask if shes for or against it

she abstained

[shrewd plinth]

She trusts her girlfriend Bronya to make the right choice

[jaunty badger]

honestly girlfriend sounds about right cause the game is hard shipping them

i know how its gonna go

but its a good question

[jaunty badger]

i didn't even get to fight her

Oh shes gonna sell the robot

do i always need a healer on my team

or is shield fine

[shrewd plinth]

Shielders and Healers serve practically the same role, so it's fine

However, the shields that the Fire TB give aren't usually enough to sustain your team, so they're an exception

[jaunty badger]

Yeah It doesn’t really seem that good

Seems fine for themselves but they give no shield to Allies

Also zyx said I need two teams so I could just level up two teams at the same time

[shrewd plinth]

You won't need 2 teams until you start doing endgame stuff, so I would just focus on the one for now

[jaunty badger]

Oh also for pity, does it transfer character banners?

Like if I do it for Acheron , will it count towards my progress for luocha

[shrewd plinth]

I think so, but I'm not 100% sure

[mortal osprey]

it does

[humble citrus]

become a real gambler and do 10-pulls switching between banners each time /s

[shrewd plinth]

Just so ya know, you've now given me an idea if Robin and Topaz's banners happen at the same time

[humble citrus]

[mortal osprey]

cleared conundrum 6

conundrum 8 next

[shrewd plinth]

Nice!

I'm still on Difficulty 4, since I'm currently underlevelled

[mortal osprey]

yeah difficulty 5 feels like a big step up

[wicked gazelle]

finally got e6

[shrewd plinth]

Nice!

I've stopped at E4 for now, since I've been saving for Aventurine

[wicked gazelle]

im smelling e2 for ach so im pushing through

[shrewd plinth]

Yeah, that's fair

I've got Acheron at E2S1, and the difference between that and E0S0 is like night and day

[wicked gazelle]

worst case i dont get her and guarantee my next 5 star

[shrewd plinth]

Yeah!

[reef elm]

That’s a lot of pulls

Also

[shrewd plinth]

If it's any consolation, I only have 40 pulls saved for Aventurine currently

[wicked gazelle]

ive lost both 50/50s

[shrewd plinth]

Fortunately, I only had to deal with 1 50/50 and I ended up winning. The other two were just random appearances.

[plain bluff]

congrats!

[plain bluff]

good luck w/ e2

[wicked gazelle]

20 away

[plain bluff]

have you been grinding SU?

[wicked gazelle]

yeah

[reef elm]

I was guaranteed for Acheron

[wicked gazelle]

and every chest i can find

[plain bluff]

you're almost there

[wicked gazelle]

and all sidequests

[plain bluff]

there's a chest finder online

btw

if you want to get all of them

[reef elm]

I might have enough time to get one 50/50

[plain bluff]

what eidolon level is your Acheron?

oh, nvm

I misunderstood what you said

[wicked gazelle]

yep same as genshins

[plain bluff]

have you done the old events?

the ghost finding one gives a lot of jades

for example

[mortal osprey]

🤝 different goals but the grind is the same

[plain bluff]

how many su unlocks do you have left?

[wicked gazelle]

i think im halfway through that

[plain bluff]

the very last section gives a lot

you have more curios than I do

nice

[wicked gazelle]

good to focus on. i cant stand the small dialogs for the event though

[plain bluff]

good luck

is there anyone you're planning on going for after Acheron?

[wicked gazelle]

maybe jingliu

which is why i dont feel bad about pushing

cause i either get her or e2

then ill probably save for sparkle or silver wolf

[shrewd plinth]

Sounds like a solid plan!

[plain bluff]

it'll be a while until those 2 return

[wicked gazelle]

hopefully

[plain bluff]

JL would be a pretty solid investment

especially w/ blade

[wicked gazelle]

that was my thinking

she synergizes with him and is another damage dealer

my only concern with that would be having to make bronya super fast

[reef elm]

I’m probably just going to pull Willy nilly

Though I do hear about an Acheron support on the horizon

[mortal osprey]

I'm going to continue grinding conundrum levels if anyone would like me to stream it

[reef elm]

What’s that

[mortal osprey]

sim uni but harder but harder again

[reef elm]

Oh no

[wicked gazelle]

https://tenor.com/view/nod-cat-hyper-gif-9540792418684483949

[mortal osprey]

https://discord.com/channels/908152059914752062/908569455691444264

[fiery geyser]

yoo, you’re using the DoT duo

[mortal osprey]

i regret to inform you, not for conundrum runs

[fiery geyser]

[mortal osprey]

but I do love swan and kafk

[fiery geyser]

mono quantum??

[reef elm]

Momo quantum is fun

[shrewd plinth]

So, I just tried to do a Rememberance run in Swarm Disaster...
My floor 2 bosses were Cocolia and Gepard...I am suffering...

[fiery geyser]

I used to really like remembrance focused-run but stuff like that made it so annoying

[plain bluff]

preservation is a pretty fun route for swarm

[fiery geyser]

you basically need the blessing that reduces freeze res for every remembrance blessing and the resonance upgrade that boosts the freeze chance

[plain bluff]

you become immortal

[fiery geyser]

Should be even sweeter when aventurine comes out

[plain bluff]

which really helps in higher difficulties

[shrewd plinth]

I'm definitely gonna give that a chance once I've built up Aventurine a bit

[plain bluff]

since everything one-shots you

[fiery geyser]

[shrewd plinth]

I could do it with Gepard though...

[plain bluff]

fire TB can do it as well

but they're definitely not the best choice

lol

[shrewd plinth]

Yeah, but Gepard has my Fire TB stuff...

Also, just noticed this

[fiery geyser]

[wicked gazelle]

[shrewd plinth]

Yaaaaaaay!

[fiery geyser]

[plain bluff]

congrats!!!

[wicked gazelle]

now i get to save

[plain bluff]

why not go for e6?

[wicked gazelle]

https://tenor.com/view/wallet-money-travolta-gif-12741841

[plain bluff]

https://tenor.com/view/aventurine-star-rail-i-love-gambling-roulette-gif-15600735931808948001

[shrewd plinth]

Me on Tuesday/Wednesday

[wicked gazelle]

catch me in 10 days for alre

[fiery geyser]

[reef elm]

My funds are…

Like 20 pulls

[plain bluff]

you could get 20 aventurines

in 20 pulls

[wicked gazelle]

[shrewd plinth]

Truly an All or Nothing moment

https://twitter.com/_seventastic/status/1774525493485642233

⋆˚｡hazel (@_seventastic) on X

that one silly pijama thingy but its aventiopaz #HonkaiStarRail

Twitter · Mar 31, 2024, 7:53 PM

[reef elm]

Jingliu sq is cool

It’s nice having strong characters

I was able to kill yanqing

Yay

[reef elm]

Welp

I have several questions

I fought the penacony boss

It took 20 minutes

The downside of Acheron is she can’t utilize double sustain well

[humble citrus]

the patch 2.0 or 2.1 boss?

[reef elm]

2.1

[reef elm]

I’m praying I get a cr believe in the upcoming event

[jaunty badger]

made it to pelaconi

[jaunty badger]

when does kamen rider show up

that yamcha pose

[reef elm]

penacony but its all pela

[jaunty badger]

no way

||its sampo||

im fighting trash

[reef elm]

loved that part

[jaunty badger]

schizophrenic

just like ichiban...

wait is this mickey mouse

its a good impression

[jaunty badger]

||Chronic disease, we don't have to be enemies, they're my friend? ||

||shes so dead||

[reef elm]

🙂

[jaunty badger]

almost level 35

then i get 800

which will give me 40 rolls

this whole world just reminds me of disney land

[reef elm]

The land of dreams

[shrewd plinth]

https://vxtwitter.com/0_UoxoU__/status/1779513011348328548

||Hert-nya and Nyan Mei||

https://twitter.com/HiroSenpaii/status/1779563688216711287

Hiro先輩 (Commissions Open) (@HiroSenpaii) on X

rkgk
Stelle and her army of trash pandas
#HonkaiStarRail #StarRail

Twitter · Apr 14, 2024, 5:33 PM

[mortal osprey]

can't kill adventurine quick enough to get 36 stars :/ 33 it is

[shrewd plinth]

[fiery geyser]

don’t you also have to fight cocolia + big Dino

[mortal osprey]

yeah

fortunately geppy just about made swan+kafk+acheron survive so damage wasn't an issue on that side. Took a few tries tho

[fiery geyser]

nice

[reef elm]

Where screwllum

[shrewd plinth]

G&G Story is done!

Also, slightly related, level 80 Acheron with Erudition is really freakin' busted

[mortal osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/yippee-happy-celebration-joy-confetti-gif-25557730

[shrewd plinth]

https://twitter.com/AeroViro/status/1779920120468377943

Shenpai ➡️ MCM London / DoKomi (@AeroViro) on X

this is how cocolia cutscene went, right

Twitter · Apr 15, 2024, 5:10 PM

[reef elm]

I have to do swarm disaster to unlock gold and gears

[foggy cobalt]

yeah i remember. blob was all like “spend all your money right now!!! you definitely want acheron sooo bad”

it was kinda weird honestly

[jaunty badger]

True

[plain bluff]

Aventurine in ~1.7 days

[shrewd plinth]

S o o n ™️

[plain bluff]

if only it was possible to clone Aventurine...

[shrewd plinth]

Yeah...

If things go to plan, I should have 50 pulls ready for his release

And since I've already got some pity, I should hit the 50/50 at least

[jaunty badger]

you'll only need 10

i believe in you

[shrewd plinth]

Here's hoping I can channel the Aventurine luck

[plain bluff]

you only need 1

[jaunty badger]

https://tenor.com/view/aventurine-star-rail-i-love-gambling-roulette-gif-15600735931808948001

i still got no idea what hes gonna play like

[reef elm]

Shields

I think

[shrewd plinth]

Big ass shields and followup attacks

[plain bluff]

he basic attacks most turns and gives your team a bunch of shields that can stack on top of eachother

he shields whenever he uses his skill or his follow-up attack, the latter of which gains a stack every time an ally is hit (1 per ally), aventurine is hit (2), or a fua is activated (1)

once seven stacks are gained, the fua activates

and deals very solid imaginary toughness damage

basically, with him, you don't have to worry too much about keeping your team alive

that's the power of limited sustains

[shrewd plinth]

He's looking to be the Luocha of Preservasion units

[plain bluff]

blond imaginary sustains

[shrewd plinth]

Both are very easy to use, good at their job, and super SP positive in the ideal situation

[plain bluff]

200 speed Luocha is a legitimate strategy

with S5 Multiplication

since it lets him basic attack a lot

which refreshes his auto-heal (and gives skill points)

it definitely takes the idea of sp-positive to the extreme

but it does carry the downside of making his field expire sooner

[shrewd plinth]

[jaunty badger]

so basic attack gives shield and skill stacks the coins

and when he ahs 7 coins he can do follow ups

[plain bluff]

no

basic attack is a basic attack

skill provides a shield to the team

on demand

#1021789884144418886 message

this explains how the fua works

I forgot to mention a source

actually

his ultimate gives him 1-7 stacks on demand

but the amount is random

[jaunty badger]

thats where the luck comes from

and it resets after every follow up

[plain bluff]

the stack gets cut by 7

I think that it maxes out at 10

but I may be wrong

up to 3 stacks can roll over (assuming I'm right)

[jaunty badger]

ok i think i get it

[plain bluff]

||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr-7oGt6P1g||

here's an Aventurine showcase

(featuring some 2.2 characters)

[jaunty badger]

he looks like a good support

[jaunty badger]

i cant tell if boothill is doing good just cause of break or if his damage is just good

[plain bluff]

both

the buff for that MoC enhances break effect

but Boothill's base break damage

is also phenomenal

especially with ||Harmony MC||

[jaunty badger]

they look good too

but they're support more than anything right

[plain bluff]

yes

they can deal decent damage thanks to their ult

[jaunty badger]

I have no damage dealers 😭

[plain bluff]

and have good toughness break

but they shouldn't be your main source

[jaunty badger]

i got dr ratio and thats it

[plain bluff]

Ratio is an S-tier DPS

for most content

he only falls off when there are waves with a lot of enemies

[jaunty badger]

who else is getting a character banner

[plain bluff]

(like in Pure Fiction)

[jaunty badger]

i keep forgetting

[plain bluff]

Boothill and Robin

are queued up to be the main banners of next patch

[jaunty badger]

one or the other

or both

[plain bluff]

both

[jaunty badger]

got it

[plain bluff]

and there's a high chance that Topaz and Fu Xuan get a rerun

[jaunty badger]

whos releasing with aventurine then

[plain bluff]

Aventurine releases with Jingliu

[jaunty badger]

ice lady?

[plain bluff]

yes

[jaunty badger]

is she aot

or single target

[plain bluff]

she's a destruction unit, which means that she can do both

but she isn't fully specialized in either direction

she's one of the best dps units in the game

https://www.prydwen.gg/star-rail/characters/jingliu

I'd recommend reading through this

especially the profile & review sections

it'll give you an idea of what she's capable of

[jaunty badger]

what did you guys say about needing two teams?

[fiery geyser]

There’s pure fiction and memory of chaos

both need 2 teams to handle different fights, but you can’t use the same character more than once

[wicked gazelle]

Good source of jades

[shrewd plinth]

Yeah, but they're both pretty endgame modes

[wicked gazelle]

You still need two teams for the basic ones too. I forget it's name

[shrewd plinth]

True, but I think the enemy level for the point where you need 2 teams is 70

In Forgotten Hall

The first set of missions up to then only need one team

[jaunty badger]

You know the thing where you refight bosses for materials, when does that reset

[shrewd plinth]

It did today

[jaunty badger]

Thank god

[plain bluff]

it's on a weekly basis

for us, it resets at 2 AM on Monday

the SU rewards also refresh

[wicked gazelle]

Su refresh...

Time to grind again

[plain bluff]

one swarm disaster or g&g run should get you most of the rewards

if not all

[wicked gazelle]

I'm just farming artifacts at this point

No longer need to rush jades

Unless...

[jaunty badger]

I need to fight the bug boss and the ice boss a few times

[fiery geyser]

starcrusher

[shrewd plinth]

https://vxtwitter.com/mgmgramen/status/1779898706864853041

[jaunty badger]

Speaking of topaz

She’s got a lot of fans

I went on the subreddit and there were like 8 posts

[shrewd plinth]

Capitalism is very popular

Jokes aside though, she's definitely in my top 5 favourite characters in this game so far

[humble citrus]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H-WZsuobwIo

is this accurate, i haven’t done her quests yet

i’m just pinging mischief bc i think it’s funny

[jaunty badger]

i did her the orange quest thing for her, it was pretty good

i didn't like the ghost one

[fiery geyser]

w/ the heliobus?

[wicked gazelle]

Topaz's quest was actually super fun

[mortal osprey]

We were robbed of a proper fight tho

[jaunty badger]

The English dub is pretty good

I just noticed after listening to the Japanese version

[fiery geyser]

fr fr, dub W

[wicked gazelle]

I wish energy didn't exist

[fiery geyser]

in hsr or genshin

[wicked gazelle]

Hsr

[fiery geyser]

double edged sword, but they should have made ERR a substat or another main stat besides rope

[wicked gazelle]

It's only rope??

Man

[fiery geyser]

Yeah

[jaunty badger]

so the kamen rider is named sam

[foggy cobalt]

i feel so bad if new players are in here

[jaunty badger]

HOLY SHIT

[foggy cobalt]

ea

[jaunty badger]

||she got stabbed||

[foggy cobalt]

what’s up

YEAH

:(

[jaunty badger]

thats it?

[foggy cobalt]

UEAH :(((

THATS IT :(

[jaunty badger]

Thats kind of fucked up but a little funny

i knew it

but still

[jaunty badger]

she got smoked

||i thought she was sam for a second||

until just now

[fiery geyser]

[jaunty badger]

damn that sam fight

i thought it would be harder

[humble citrus]

it's the main story, it's usually not that hard if you're at the right level and have leveled up artifacts.

[jaunty badger]

i wanted it to be harder

[humble citrus]

uhh, get to the next world level and don't level up your characters?

that's one way of doing it

[wicked gazelle]

pela is speed

[plain bluff]

don't worry

there's no shortage

of hard content

[mortal osprey]

conundrum:

https://tenor.com/view/c-jsocool-suit-smart-tiktok-slideshow-gif-25230919

also the last level of this MoC for some reason

[plain bluff]

it's all or nothing

[mortal osprey]

[jaunty badger]

finished it

[fiery geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/angry-birds-gif-12007401521632546156

[mortal osprey]

[jaunty badger]

omg

i wasted a 10 pull

for

a

MARCH 7TH

im so fucking sad

both of my 5 stars for the regular banner have been light cones

[fiery geyser]

You got another one?

[jaunty badger]

besides the preservation one yeah

it wash the himeko one

like yeah its good

[plain bluff]

oh, nice

that one is really good for pure fiction

[jaunty badger]

but theres no point in having it if i have no one to use it on

[plain bluff]

herta can use it

[jaunty badger]

i forgot she had follow ups

(And I forgot she existed)

[reef elm]

W?

https://tenor.com/view/w-arknights-arknights-dance-gif-25199998

[plain bluff]

https://tenor.com/view/arknights-w-dance-w-arknights-dance-gif-27496542

[fiery geyser]

[jaunty badger]

im at 6400 now

40 rolls

the update is at what time again

[plain bluff]

Wednesday at 2 AM nvm, sometime around 10 AM on that day

[reef elm]

Isn’t it usually go live at Wednesday 5pm Chicago time

[jaunty badger]

i still got to wait till i get home then to roll

[reef elm]

But yeah I’m super interested to see what happens when everyone gets caught up to the story

[jaunty badger]

for relics for dr ratio should i go for the one that increases follow up damage or the one that increases damage to enemies with debuffs

[humble citrus]

the debuff set is better if you can maintain them, otherwise do 2 of the followup set and 2 of the atk% set

[reef elm]

Quick internet set says whichever has the best su stats

[humble citrus]

from his Prwyden page

[jaunty badger]

more grinding it is

[plain bluff]

you don't have to farm for relics right now if you don't want to

you can get by with the ones you get normally

it might be better to hold off until you start getting gold relics from CoC

[jaunty badger]

i have to grind side missions

to get equilibrium 3

which lets me get gold relics

[reef elm]

Wth

https://youtu.be/EDV1Jt1Dti4?si=E4oU61hkVb_zEfgF

I may need to do some quests in Genshin

And hangouts

An entire mini anime episode

This will be somewhat similar to honkais I imagine

[jaunty badger]

this sparkle mission is not worth 100 crystals

[reef elm]

The Acheron one?

[jaunty badger]

no the one where black swan is a detective

[fiery geyser]

https://youtu.be/kKj16KPl0jg?feature=shared

[reef elm]

Oh that one was fun but dragged on a bit too long

[jaunty badger]

nvm

[reef elm]

His theme

Goes hard

[jaunty badger]

||i should've figured after "fire" fly||

[reef elm]

Bro same

[fiery geyser]

[jaunty badger]

welt is cool

[fiery geyser]

TRUE

[jaunty badger]

im playing him now through the story mode

aventurine

im hoping i pull a damage dealer too later on

[reef elm]

Perhaps boothill

[jaunty badger]

thats not too long

so maybe

[plain bluff]

you could get Jingliu

or Acheron

[jaunty badger]

maybe someone with debuffs

does jingliu have any

[shrewd plinth]

She can freeze enemies a bunch, but that's about it

[plain bluff]

she freezes when she breaks

she's not a debuff-oriented character

she revolves around her special state

which is managed by a character-specific resource

[jaunty badger]

i hope aventurine comes out fine

i feel bad he was betrayed

[reef elm]

||All according to keikaku ||

[jaunty badger]

🙂

this is so fucking cap...

[shrewd plinth]

He ain't Aventurine of Strategems for nothin'

[jaunty badger]

Now I really want him

I’m close to finishing the story too

I want to see what happens

[shrewd plinth]

It gets really good from this point onward!

[jaunty badger]

Also they just dropped the notif for character banners

It’s the two that people were expecting

But luka, selles and that one ice healer guy

[plain bluff]

the banners for each patch are announced at the start of them

[jaunty badger]

Are apart of it

Not selles

Who’s the lightning one?

[shrewd plinth]

Serval and Lynx

[jaunty badger]

Serval

That was it

[shrewd plinth]

Lynx is a girl by the way

And she's Quantum, not ice

[jaunty badger]

I know they’re siblings but other than that I know nothing of them

[jaunty badger]

Why does she dress like she’s ready to play in the snow

[shrewd plinth]

She's from Belobog and spends a lot of her time outside the city

So it's very cold

[jaunty badger]

Are all the 4 stars in this banner good or just good for early game

[plain bluff]

they all have a niche

that they can be used in

most 4*s are like that

[shrewd plinth]

Luka's good for DoT and Break teams, Serval's just solid all round, and Lynx is a good alternative to Natasha and she has some Aggro manipulation stuff as well

[plain bluff]

except Arlan

[jaunty badger]

Why arlan

[shrewd plinth]

He's generally considered to be the worst unit in the game...

[jaunty badger]

I’m using serval now for the shock debuffs

Ngl I forgot who arlan was for a sec and thought you were talking about the pink haired girl

[plain bluff]

Asta?

she's very good

because she buffs speed

which can give your units more turns

[jaunty badger]

Isn’t arlan like blade

But worse

[plain bluff]

yes

they aren't even close

Arlan is like a failed prototype

of Blade

who already isn't the best dps out there

[shrewd plinth]

Blade can set his HP to 50% with his ult and he scales off of HP, meaning he's a freakin' tank that can do some really good damage
Arlan just freakin' dies without a shield, and even then that's somewhat anti-synergistic because he wants to lose HP

[plain bluff]

https://youtu.be/MNRlLnBlFhc?si=1SC143EEu4B5IEhy&t=23

[jaunty badger]

If I run Dr ratio, aventurine what else should I get

Like aot and someone for buffs?

[plain bluff]

Topaz & Robin would be optimal

but you don't need to be optimal

[reef elm]

Is pela an option

[jaunty badger]

I’m not gonna be able to get those until 3 months…

[plain bluff]

pela is an option

she can replace Topaz

you can use tingyun

in place of Robin

[jaunty badger]

Pela is an option yeah

I might run the worst team comp ever honestly

[plain bluff]

Ratio/Pela/Tingyun/Aventurine is very good

you can take that to endgame

[shrewd plinth]

Guinaifen is also pretty good with Ratio, since she can easily apply the 3 debuffs he needs by herself, assuming you have her at E1

[jaunty badger]

I forgot if I have her or not

[plain bluff]

you can get a free one

after clearing the 2.1 story

and doing the event

[jaunty badger]

Which one

[plain bluff]

Vignettes in a Cup

it takes about 3 hours to complete

[jaunty badger]

I get to choose the 4 star?

[jaunty badger]

So I have a month to do it

[fiery geyser]

[jaunty badger]

Only one character?

[fiery geyser]

yes sadly

[shrewd plinth]

I still regret not getting Xueyi from this

[jaunty badger]

It’s not impossible to roll another 5 star that isn’t featured on a character banner….

Maybe I’m lucky

Maybe I’m coping

I wish it was Wednesday so I could roll

[shrewd plinth]

Only 24-ish hours to go!

[jaunty badger]

Not soon enough

[shrewd plinth]

Yeah...

[fiery geyser]

so for G&G, am I missing something/reading incorrectly?

the 3rd boss, one of the choices is always “remove the effects of (path) extrapolation”

but then for that boss fight, the extrapolation still happens

[shrewd plinth]

It's the secondary effect it removes

[fiery geyser]

OOH, that makes so much sense

[shrewd plinth]

For example, if you choose Abundance it'll remove the debuff cleanse it would otherwise give

[fiery geyser]

Ty ty, that was driving me crazy lol

[shrewd plinth]

No worries!

You're not the only one, I thought that as well in the beginning

[fiery geyser]

so the backfire is always inevitable

[shrewd plinth]

Yeah...

But at least it's not as bad

[fiery geyser]

true!

the destruction side effect sounds awful 💀

[shrewd plinth]

It is

I feel like Destruction's honestly the worst one, with Hunt being close behind it

Massive AoE damage + a 30% DEF Shred is honestly pain

[fiery geyser]

pure death unless maybe you have one of the blonde shielders

[shrewd plinth]

Yeah...

[fiery geyser]

I have a feeling even if you had fu xuan in that situation she’d get squashed

[shrewd plinth]

Oh for sure. In both Swarm Distaster and G&G, Fu Xuan gets crushed

Especially at high difficulty

[fiery geyser]

[mortal osprey]

destruction in general I avoid

for me, nihil and destruction are no-go

hunt you can tank, destruction you can't, nihil you need mass removal or healing for

[mortal osprey]

mine champs her way through a lot but once you get to conundrum she REALLY gets into a cycle of ult->tank a hit->passive proc until she dies

[fiery geyser]

Yeah
I had an abundance-focused run w/ destruction damage share blessing, was generally safe but the nihility extra almost made me die

[mortal osprey]

the destruction damage share blessing is so good

but I run fx on my teams so I can never take it

[fiery geyser]

https://preview.redd.it/worst-mistake-of-my-su-career-v0-02o05oloceqb1.png?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=937a5c5ba07a3dc49d5e71c3debb3bed8be7e84a

[mortal osprey]

[glad epoch]

i use dot team in every world and it works fine

[shrewd plinth]

A followup to this
https://vxtwitter.com/kkibbumm/status/1779973482190872771

[jaunty badger]

https://fxtwitter.com/dorkdragoon/status/1780160443992117303

[reef elm]

Cue silver wolf advice

[shrewd plinth]

Silver Wolf advice?

[reef elm]

https://youtu.be/uFwkp3kbVf8?si=AG5C_a6IgtAwSQFq

[shrewd plinth]

Don't think

https://twitter.com/hsr_gnsn/status/1780249661116481768

劣化しない (@hsr_gnsn) on X

Twitter · Apr 16, 2024, 2:59 PM

https://twitter.com/_QXvii14/status/1780237572331151731

れんじゅ (@_QXvii14) on X

あつい！

Twitter · Apr 16, 2024, 2:11 PM

[reef elm]

Got a saga dupe

No hoederer

I have one more ten pull I can get from annihilation

Hopefully I get him

[foggy cobalt]

https://youtube.com/shorts/GfBLhFUkgMI?si=HwC8JlxQE17dm0bc

[shrewd plinth]

How dare the world take the strawberry from her wife's friend's cake

[reef elm]

That’s cool

[humble citrus]

luck is on my side

[shrewd plinth]

Ay, nice!

[humble citrus]

i am now at E4 gallagher

now to save up for that nihility support

[shrewd plinth]

Hopefully you won't have to wait long!

[humble citrus]

i mean, i wouldn’t mind bc i have absolutely nothing

i remembered forgotten hall was a thing and damn does it give a lot of jades

[shrewd plinth]

Yeah!

I'm gonna need to clear out the Luofu section of that at some point

[humble citrus]

The mechs my behated

[shrewd plinth]

Just have 90% EFR

[humble citrus]

[shrewd plinth]

(This post is made by the EFR Build Gallagher Gang)

[humble citrus]

doesnt he scale off of BR-EF though

[shrewd plinth]

If you give him Broken Keel and the Perfect Timing Lightcone, you can make him have stupidly high EFR at E1 while making him scale off of it

[humble citrus]

[shrewd plinth]

Plus Broken Keel caues him to give the entire team 10% Crit Damage

So, it's not an optimal build, but it's a super viable one

And one that's easy to do

[humble citrus]

cool

i’d like to build my units

if only i had resin

or whatever HSR calls it

[shrewd plinth]

Trailblaze Power, but I just call it stamina since that's what most games call it

[jaunty badger]

Last minute rolls?

[wicked gazelle]

Spd is also very good on Gallagher

[humble citrus]

more so random 10-pulls, i wanted to get luocha to use as my main healer

[wicked gazelle]

If you get high enough, you can double turn with him (or triple with his ult)

[humble citrus]

until i build enough resin to build him i’m gonna take it easy and do some story content

[wicked gazelle]

But nice on the E4, it makes him very good with sustain

[humble citrus]

what does his e4 do again

[shrewd plinth]

Increases his Ult debuff by 1 turn

So it's easier to maintain

[wicked gazelle]

[humble citrus]

damn that’s good

[shrewd plinth]

Yup!

His E2, E4 and E6 are all super good

[wicked gazelle]

E6 is nuts

His enhanced basic removes like 50% toughness off of bosses

[shrewd plinth]

I've only got E4 currently, but I can't wait until I inevitably get E6 at some point

[wicked gazelle]

I got very lucky at the end

(Only 10 pela and 10 Dan's to chew through)

[shrewd plinth]

Yeah...

[humble citrus]

i e6’d my dan as well

[shrewd plinth]

I got like, 4 Pela, 4 Gallagher and 12 Daniels...

[humble citrus]

gonna build him up bc i don’t have any other wind DPS

aside from black swan

[wicked gazelle]

He's not bad right?

Just outclassed?

[shrewd plinth]

Yeah

He's alright

The fact that he's Hunt does take him down a few, but otherwise he's pretty solid

[wicked gazelle]

Is hunt bad?

[humble citrus]

his kit is weird bc he can’t activate it all on his own

it seems designed to be paired with welt and march/buffer

[shrewd plinth]

There's just not much content that needs the absurd amount of single-target damage that Hunt units give

The main exceptions are Dr. Ratio and Topaz, but that's only because they're part of the follow-up team and can absolutely shred bosses

[wicked gazelle]

But what if I want to point at a goober and just melt it

[humble citrus]

but i love it when Dr Ratio says “it’s ratioing time” and ratios all over the bad guys

[shrewd plinth]

Yeah, but you could also point at the goober and the goobers next to it and destroy them all

(aka Destruction Path)

[humble citrus]

the real reason to not like nanook; made our hunt units sub-optimal

[shrewd plinth]

[humble citrus]

is topaz a viable partner with clara

[shrewd plinth]

Yeah, for sure

[humble citrus]

something like clara, topaz, tingyun, and lynx

[shrewd plinth]

It's just a little more inconsistent, since Clara needs to be hit to get the followups

[humble citrus]

that’s why i bring up tingyun/lynx

for clara energy regeneration and lynx’s skill

[shrewd plinth]

Yeah, that's a pretty solid idea

[shrewd plinth]

Hunt Characters: Destroys one guy in particular
Destruction Characters: Destroys one guy in particluar, and his friends a little less
Acheron, a Nihilty(?) Character: Destroys everyone, because you're meaningless and I don't give a shit about your expecations

[humble citrus]

acheron is a destruction character disguised as nihility bc of the plot

[shrewd plinth]

I mean...You're actually half right...

She passed herself off as a Galaxy Ranger, a person who follows the Hunt path, to get onto Penacony...

[jaunty badger]

got to it

[shrewd plinth]

Thirteen

[fiery geyser]

“Fail, get out!”

[jaunty badger]

||i hope aventurine doesn't die||

please

[glad epoch]

roll a d20 to check

[jaunty badger]

i have to fight him now

i know this fight is hard

[jaunty badger]

||acheron is gonna kill him||

😔

[humble citrus]

nah don't worry about it they'll walk it off when they wake up, fr fr (i have not played the 2nd part)

[jaunty badger]

||ok so he is alive||

||he died on purpose to get to the watchmaster||

||but he needed acheron to do it||

oh shit i finished

i got 50 rolls now

[reef elm]

Flaming spear

Bat

What will the harmony use

A hat?

[humble citrus]

do you want the answer or not

[reef elm]

Sure

[humble citrus]

yes

[reef elm]

Become Mickey mose

[humble citrus]

basically

they throw their hat and chipps rain from the sky

[wicked gazelle]

Should I farm before going to eq5 or after?

[mortal osprey]

If you can clear content fine now, dealer's choice. Traces and such I think are fine to farm before, relics I would wait

[wicked gazelle]

ty that's what I'm doing

[reef elm]

https://youtu.be/tN5JACOEJFM?si=I_iQyORWcU4sn8Ae

We getting the Honkai impact 3rd treatment

[shrewd plinth]

For people who are unsure about what Aventurine does still, take a look at this!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBFFcQpUB6k

[fiery geyser]

[jaunty badger]

no idea who this is

but i said yes already so should be fine

[jaunty badger]

im so excited to get aventurine in 10 rolls tomorrow

only 10

[reef elm]

I think you’re forgetting a couple things there

[shrewd plinth]

[jaunty badger]

no no you gotta believe

believe that you only need to spend a few then be able to get jingliu

[plain bluff]

why not 1?

https://twitter.com/heru_zwei/status/1780458037410496546

へるずん (@heru_zwei) on X

オール・オア・ナッシング……

大当たりだｧｧｧｧｧ

Twitter · Apr 17, 2024, 4:47 AM

[jaunty badger]

True

im gonna have to wait till i get home till i roll though

[shrewd plinth]

Gotta love that, even in situations like these, Yanqing still finds a way to show up

[plain bluff]

I'm considering installing HSR on my phone to roll

[jaunty badger]

don't

you only do that if you're someone who doesn't have time to use a computer

or you'll play a lot before you sleep

[plain bluff]

I already play it a lot before I sleep

lol

[jaunty badger]

also i got the free character

[plain bluff]

who did you select?

[jaunty badger]

i was debating gallagher or the fire girl

i chose the fire girl cause her debuffs are more frequent

but either one would've been fine

Guinaifen

that was it

[shrewd plinth]

Nice!

[plain bluff]

https://tenor.com/view/happyguinaifen-gif-2256336729389314915

[jaunty badger]

she doesn't deal alot of damage right?

or do i just need the right relics

[plain bluff]

depends

[shrewd plinth]

She can do a good bit, but it's focused in her DoTs and her ult

[plain bluff]

you can build her as a sub-dps

or as a support

[shrewd plinth]

That too

[plain bluff]

support gui is much easier to build

[jaunty badger]

im planning to do that

since i plan to put her with ratio and aventurine

i might just get asta too to help with speed

[shrewd plinth]

That could be a solid idea

[jaunty badger]

ill see what its like tomorrow

[shrewd plinth]

https://twitter.com/kaeluc1130430/status/1777693342824010110

🦚南梟NanXiao🦉 (@kaeluc1130430) on X

It's me !😭

#Aventurine #Caelus #HonkaiStarRail

Twitter · Apr 9, 2024, 1:41 PM

https://twitter.com/ArtElphe/status/1780352296397799737

Elphe (@ArtElphe) on X

Golden Hour 🎆
#HonkaiStarRail #崩壊スターレール #Firefly #流螢 #ホタル #MultiverseVistas

Twitter · Apr 16, 2024, 9:47 PM