Gacha hell

[crisp birch]

no need

she takes the cape off

its like jack-os mask

[robust inlet]

you're the reason i dont like a lot of characters in zenless

its you

[rocky palm]

sloth hates me now...

[robust inlet]

oh i already did

[rocky palm]

WHAT

[robust inlet]

you play goldlewis

[rocky palm]

a grave mistake

i have mod powers again

get banned

[crisp birch]

fishtator

[robust inlet]

guys ive been banned

[rocky palm]

real

fact checked by the enigmata

except i could never ban sloth bc i lobr everyone in this chat

[crisp birch]

cap

fish hates me bc i hate hsr

[rocky palm]

nuh uh

i hate you bc you hate nikke

[robust inlet]

who wouldnt

[crisp birch]

real

[rocky palm]

don't look at the new characters

even i can't believe the designs

[lilac spire]

you said you hated some twerking character and i thought i was going to youtube a nikke video of some hot anime girl and it was some shitty dog looking thing

[rocky palm]

LMAO

omg

lmao

i can't

[crisp birch]

i dont care how good the story is i believe the overt and rampant oversexualization of the characters and the misrepresentation of the identity of the game through its marketing devalues the product as a whole

[crisp birch]

dont every disrepect my bangboo goats again

[rocky palm]

someone put this in vault

[rocky palm]

how is it misrepresented?

[crisp birch]

everytime i see a nikke ad its always some harem dating sim looking shit with twerking characters

[knotty latch]

speaking on marketing, unrelated thing - but
eva collabs
idk, to me it disregards the message of Eva story even if I know it's just popular

[rocky palm]

are you sure those were official nikke ads

cause ik there are a bunch of fake ones that look that way

[crisp birch]

they never give details about the actual game itself, only the fact that the characters are meant to have jiggly bitties

[rocky palm]

they intentionally parrot nikke designs

[crisp birch]

yup

nikke goddess of victory

[robust inlet]

the only nikke ad ive seen is some annoying looking girl going "wings of victory?" and having the worst animation ever

[rocky palm]

i mean... that is the intended audience

idk how that's misrepresentation

it's part of the game

[crisp birch]

yeah and with how the story is actually meant to be a gritty representation of war and forced conscription (something along the lines from what ive seen idk im making a guesstimate that its not just a dating game) i feel it does a great disservice

[rocky palm]

forced conscription not so much

but it is basically the apocalypse and the end of human civilization

and yeah that's definitely not in the ads lol

[crisp birch]

its like if i made a game about collecting the most well known militarized naval vessels but they're all anime girls

[robust inlet]

speaking of this, does anyone else hate the kind of animation where its a 2D image that just kinda stretches in weird ways to move

[rocky palm]

[crisp birch]

yeah

thats my point

[robust inlet]

azur lane?

[crisp birch]

everyone always tells me how good the games story is

but like

dawg

how am i ever supposed to know that

[rocky palm]

okay but imma say this

[crisp birch]

yes

[rocky palm]

when i get zzz ads

it also has nothing to do with the game

it's either billy's bouncing ass or zhu yuan's bouncing ass

[reef elm]

https://tenor.com/view/jane-doe-gif-5401684062830726443

[robust inlet]

zzz ads are usually about specific characters and their personalities in some way

because the ads arent for the game as much as they are for the character

like "come play the game now to get the character"

[crisp birch]

one of those is a character demo and one of those is a release trailer meant to advertise pulls

[robust inlet]

i do think they suck at making good ads tho

[rocky palm]

i understand that

[reef elm]

Most gacha games do imo

[rocky palm]

but those are the ads i get

[reef elm]

Especially Arknights

[rocky palm]

i also think y'all are not v familiar with the gacha space that nikke belongs to

[knotty latch]

I remember seeing their ads once, I will comment it like this

[rocky palm]

cause this is a v on brand thing

[knotty latch]

lmao

[crisp birch]

no bc im not a gooner

[rocky palm]

to bring up azur lane, there's a literal constant naval war going on (i think)

also not shown in ads

[rocky palm]

i know

[reef elm]

I only know of azure lane cause of gigguk

[robust inlet]

all i know about azur lane is that i first saw it when i was like 6 playing world of warships and they had a collab and i was like "what the heck is this anime garbage"

turns out i was more right than i knew about it being garbage

[rocky palm]

i don't think it's a v good game tbh lol

but the designs are what get people to play

not the gameplay

[robust inlet]

seems like the usual for that type of gacha

[reef elm]

I wonder when the persona gacha game will come to na

[robust inlet]

i dont even know what azur lane gameplay is

geneuinely no clue

[rocky palm]

bullet hell

[reef elm]

I think it’s bullet hell

[robust inlet]

thats crazy

[reef elm]

Cue touhou music

[rocky palm]

it's super boring imo

i played it for a bit

[reef elm]

I’m pretty sure you don’t even see characters models during gameplay

[rocky palm]

nikke doesn't have top tier combat by any means, but there's some fun to be had in optimizing scores and shit

but the primary reason i play nikke is the story

[robust inlet]

gacha games really be having the most simple and easily copy pastable gameplay so they can just make new levels easily

[crisp birch]

which is also a zzz win bc fuck man i love the combat

[rocky palm]

my zzz combat is doing rina attack -> swap to burnice for ten seconds -> repeat

[crisp birch]

average shitnomlay team

[rocky palm]

isn't anomaly super good?

[knotty latch]

I got curious about Azur Lane gameplay, and I got this

😅

[robust inlet]

boring team

[rocky palm]

wtf

why am i getting roasted

i'm a casual

[robust inlet]

if you're casual then why are you playing a boring team

[knotty latch]

Also sorry for chimming in, but please try do be careful because I could see y'all getting way more heated about this

[robust inlet]

just play fun characters

[rocky palm]

i don't have that many characters

[robust inlet]

actually i do think burnice is fun

[reef elm]

Needs more Ben

[robust inlet]

do you have piper

[rocky palm]

i'm going to go cry into my eous plushy now

[crisp birch]

idc how good it is

[reef elm]

https://tenor.com/view/zzz-gif-6400769900729597602

[crisp birch]

ive hated on it months ago

[rocky palm]

yeah

[crisp birch]

im hating on it now

fuck anomaly

[rocky palm]

https://tenor.com/view/piper-zzz-zenless-zone-zero-gif-4333068015794459686

[robust inlet]

you have the most fun character

now go on and destroy them with assault

[rocky palm]

speeeeeeeen

[reef elm]

I should build chsinsaw maid

[rocky palm]

https://tenor.com/view/zzz-zenless-zone-zero-hoyoverse-gif-25671724

[robust inlet]

corin was sick for a while

then i realized the glory of piper

[reef elm]

First character I tried to main

[robust inlet]

now i play yanagi honestly

[reef elm]

Now that I have good supports I should build her

[robust inlet]

im gonna play miyabi once i build her

"build" meaning levelling her up to max and ignoring everything else

[reef elm]

But the drive discs

[mortal osprey]

surely miyabi doesn't require good crit substats

[fiery geyser]

To this day, dehya is still such a tragedy

[reef elm]

https://tenor.com/view/genshin-genshin-impact-genshin-tcg-dehya-gif-10491847629583648273

[robust inlet]

ill level those up too sure

[rocky palm]

To this dehya

[wicked gazelle]

163 speed! but i dont meet the threshold for keel unf

[plain bluff]

203 crit damage is good enough

congrats

[wicked gazelle]

but

thats like 16% cd im missing

unless i use adventurine 🤫

[rocky palm]

back to the mines you go...

[wicked gazelle]

https://tenor.com/view/pulp-fiction-confused-travolta-where-lost-gif-5308454

where my goated substat body

AHHH

1 different roll

[rocky palm]

ehrm

main stat is attack

useless piece

give it to me

[wicked gazelle]

sure

gimme your acheron chest

[rocky palm]

ehrm

nuh uh

also

zyx

answer your flipping messages

[wicked gazelle]

huh

[rocky palm]

flipping hsr messages bruh

[wicked gazelle]

im sorry feesh

[rocky palm]

it's okay

i will ban you for a day and then we will be even

[humble citrus]

love getting into emote wars with scalpel in the HSR messages.

[rocky palm]

begun

the emote wars have

also lucolo why tf haven't you friended me

[wicked gazelle]

um

pls no ban

i have...

[rocky palm]

um

[wicked gazelle]

u7h

[rocky palm]

your fate is sealed

[wicked gazelle]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-brain-damage-funny-gif-9567713795855473020

this

i have this to offer

[humble citrus]

i thought i was! here it is; 603901754

[rocky palm]

ehrm

i already have that

[rocky palm]

okay i blocked you

[humble citrus]

i don't have nitro for emotes/stickers

[humble citrus]

if i get aglaea before you, will you unblock me

[rocky palm]

ehrm

[fiery geyser]

[rocky palm]

impossible bc i have guarantee and also enough tickets to get her on hard pity

so

you are ultra cooked

[humble citrus]

https://tenor.com/view/credit-card-swipe-gif-10863986

the unstoppable strat

[rocky palm]

except i will get her frame 1

you will have to enter your payment information

therefore slowing you down

[wicked gazelle]

yoink

i ran the numbers

this is a better build than what i have before

https://tenor.com/view/aerith-aeris-cope-ff7-final-fantasy-vii-rebirth-gif-16937479077401605887

[rocky palm]

I'm almost ready for her

[lilac spire]

for her to step on you?

[reef elm]

What are you waiting for

[plain bluff]

Aglaea herself

probably

[reef elm]

That’s a fast character

[rocky palm]

by herself she gets 4 actions in the first cycle

[reef elm]

I just tried to reroll an artifact

… I got something slightly better

Really sucks since I made it with synthesizer

So much effort for one roll into cd and cr respectively

[fiery geyser]

https://fixupx.com/pota_juuu720/status/1882010561753600468?s=46&t=1ZRKgvcokrucDYU1xb_DBQ

[reef elm]

I tried doing su difficulty 3

But I faced bug and Kafka

Took way too long to get Kafka to third health bar then she hits fu xuan for like 3k damage and kills her

[shrewd plinth]

https://www.phixiv.net/en/artworks/126464424

[reef elm]

http://youtube.com/post/UgkxED-2qbp1T85ACN8JK_U9NFC4LXiHGfpn?si=XMfoN2boK0n1lhjh

Huh???

[shrewd plinth]

Huh...
Undercover Vigilante(?) Anby is not something I was expecting...

Still pretty cool though

[reef elm]

It’s so out of the blue

I thought Billy would be the first to get an alter

[shrewd plinth]

Yeah...

[muted tundra]

can't wait for her to powercreep Harumasa

[crisp birch]

IM IN FUCKING HEAVEN

https://youtube.com/shorts/5w-USQR5uY4?si=iYQrXTSYZcGyL3Uh

OH MY GOD PEAK CINEMA HAS ARRIVED

https://tenor.com/view/kittew-gif-23901607

[muted tundra]

for real tho I'm praying to god she's not running with Zhu Yuan

(she's definitely is running with Zhu Yuan)

people are also saying Pulchra is A-rank because she is not animated in the drip marketing?

[robust inlet]

pulchra is gonna be a character?

[muted tundra]

yeah

[robust inlet]

lame honestly

[crisp birch]

Why?

[robust inlet]

would be cooler if she stayed as an npc

they need cooler npcs

[crisp birch]

I mean she was teased in the quest to join the sons of Calydon

[crisp birch]

Also huh?!??

[muted tundra]

https://x.com/ZZZ_JP/status/1882372739056431271

[west meteor]

https://fxtwitter.com/ZZZ_JP/status/1882372739056431271

[robust inlet]

there are cool npcs but most of them are just lacking something with their design

i cant put my finger on it

[crisp birch]

Distinctiveness?

[muted tundra]

nah we need more furries

[robust inlet]

no theres definitely distinct npcs

they just lack something that playables have

and idk what it is

other than being playable

[split zenith]

Where do you guys live??? 😭😭

[robust inlet]

what does that mean

[crisp birch]

Huh

[split zenith]

I swear you guys are up all day and all night texting in this chat

[muted tundra]

I live in EU

[split zenith]

Surely you get sleep sometime

[crisp birch]

Florida

[robust inlet]

where i live doesnt matter, cause i am up all day and all night

[muted tundra]

others might be up for work and school?

[robust inlet]

not usually in this chat but i am up

[robust inlet]

personally im employed to the grind and im majoring in the grind

[crisp birch]

I slept earlier

After staying up all night

[robust inlet]

im about to sleep actually

i stayed up till 6 am last night i need a break

[humble citrus]

https://x.com/orzmizu/status/1882391678990053702?s=46

[west meteor]

https://fxtwitter.com/orzmizu/status/1882391678990053702

[reef elm]

I regret taking morning shift today ngl

[mortal osprey]

https://x.com/zenlessw0rld/status/1882378595160768855?s=46

[west meteor]

https://fxtwitter.com/zenlessw0rld/status/1882378595160768855

[shrewd plinth]

https://www.phixiv.net/en/artworks/126504871

https://www.phixiv.net/en/artworks/126504335

[fiery geyser]

no gouba tag

[shrewd plinth]

[reef elm]

Is event out yet

[shrewd plinth]

Not until tomorrow

[reef elm]

Dang

[shrewd plinth]

It should be out just a few hours before the 5.4 livestream

[fiery geyser]

livestream code time

[shrewd plinth]

[reef elm]

New region hopefully

Wonder if hoyoverse will remember iansan

[shrewd plinth]

Nah, we're only getting Mizuki in 5.4

It's looking like it's a down patch, so my guess is we won't get the final area of Natlan until 5.5

with Iansan and maybe Varesa

[fiery geyser]

possibility for Ifa also

[shrewd plinth]

Maybe, though I think Ifa's gonna be 5.6

Though I don't have any real reason for that, so we'll see

[fiery geyser]

[rocky palm]

How on earth does Seth always find these emotes

[rocky palm]

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

[fiery geyser]

Motorhill

[shrewd plinth]

https://www.phixiv.net/en/artworks/109038558

https://vxtwitter.com/nasuka_gee/status/1882405386986324225?s=46&t=1ZRKgvcokrucDYU1xb_DBQ

[humble citrus]

https://x.com/megane98_/status/1882110710538465762?s=46

[west meteor]

https://fxtwitter.com/megane98_/status/1882110710538465762

[humble citrus]

ok so i have guarantee for aglaea, i think

got him at 40 pulls lingshas banner

[wicked gazelle]

nice

[rocky palm]

I have guarantee and some pity

But not many tickets

I'm going to need to win the 50/50

For e1 I mean

[humble citrus]

you think i can get enough for guarantee with 2.7 and 3.0 story jades?

still gotta do the new event too...

[rocky palm]

How many do you have rn

[humble citrus]

530 ish

https://tenor.com/view/wallet-gif-25866507

i heard some of you like cards

[rocky palm]

You might get 30-40 pulls from story

Doing all the chests might get you another 15-20

Not sure tho

I'm at 112 rn and not feeling super confident lol

[wicked gazelle]

but is deck building part of the game

[humble citrus]

There is no deckbuilding, so no.

[reef elm]

So Weiss Schwartz is a card game and it has an azur lane set

Azur lane has some pretty good character designs

[toxic rain]

Can’t believe I haven’t won in zzz since release

[reef elm]

Dang

That’s crazy

[fiery geyser]

https://x.com/poi______1/status/1882624615400292746

[west meteor]

https://fxtwitter.com/poi______1/status/1882624615400292746

[fiery geyser]

https://x.com/hiziri_A/status/1882693268473082120

[west meteor]

https://fxtwitter.com/hiziri_A/status/1882693268473082120

[shrewd plinth]

||Holy shit, three Ganyu!?||
Minor Lantern Rite Spoilers

[fiery geyser]

||Keqing got c2 ganyu 🐐 ||

[shrewd plinth]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1na1VzTa6c

[robust inlet]

cant get over how peak miyabi is

i feel like i should draw her and have it as my next pfp

[shrewd plinth]

1st Code: GISpecialProgram54

Mizuki will release with a story quest that, when completed, will give you the materials to level her to 60
Also, from 5.4 onwards, Story Quests won't require keys to unlock

Phase 1 Banners

Note: Mizuki will be a Standard Banner character after her initial run

Phase 2 Banners

WRIO IS OUT OF JAIL

2nd Code: Mizuki0212Mizuki

[fiery geyser]

WRIO

WRIO

[shrewd plinth]

New main event with a new event polearm!

Final Code: AisaBathhouse

New event!
During the event, you'll be able to have unique interactions with characters in the open world

There's a new tower-focused combat event that can be done single-player or co-op! You can get a unique namecard as a reward.

Also, there's a new fishing event!

[muted tundra]

might need to speedrun the Inazuma content to understand the context😭

[shrewd plinth]

As long as you have access to inazuma, and have a basic understanding of the characters, it shouldn't be too bad

Besides, most of the story content seems to be focused around Mizuki who's a completely new character

[fiery geyser]

first Citlali

then ganyu

now WRIO

[shrewd plinth]

The Cryo Revival is upon us

[fiery geyser]

[reef elm]

Y’all done pasitheas quest in hsr

[rocky palm]

Is she the prophet?

[reef elm]

Yeah

[rocky palm]

Then yeah

Was p good, the memories felt kind of confusing tho

[reef elm]

Yeah

I thought ||she died and was surprised to see her in ohkema ||

https://www.phixiv.net/en/artworks/117294006/2

[rocky palm]

Was somewhat of a ||metaphorical rebirth me thinks||

[reef elm]

Probably

That quest did not give me herta lc so I dislike it now

Oh my

A furina rerun

[reef elm]

Eula next?

Maybe I hold off on pulling for furina

[shrewd plinth]

I kinda doubt we'll be getting Eula outside of Chronicled wish at this point, since Emilie and Venti still need reruns and I'm sure they'll start rerunning Natlan characters soon

[fiery geyser]

[fiery geyser]

It’s also been awhile since ayaka iirc

[shrewd plinth]

Yeah, the characters that have gone the longest without a rerun currently are Kokomi, Venti, Ayato, Cyno and Ayaka

[fiery geyser]

I wonder if Emilie is gonna see better reception the second time around

[shrewd plinth]

I hope so, since we have Kinich now and her use in Mono-Pyro teams is more well-known

[fiery geyser]

[shrewd plinth]

I'm 100% picking her up on her rerun so I can run a Burn-Melt team for Ganyu, plus she'll work with Arlecchino as well

[fiery geyser]

[shrewd plinth]

[fiery geyser]

the fact that she can hit like a truck with just burning is impressive tbh

I really like burn melt but it sucks that Nahida basically has to sacrifice her personal damage

[reef elm]

I think she’s still one of mualani best teammates

Maybe

[shrewd plinth]

Yep, she's one of the best options for maintaining Burning so you can trigger Pyro reactions like Melt and Vaporise

[fiery geyser]

also also, one big thing she has over Nahida is being able to handle multi wave stuff better

[fiery geyser]

https://www.rxddit.com/r/Genshin_Impact/s/o70iDdA8Kb

[shrewd plinth]

Yep!
After I'm done fully building Ganyu, Arlecchino and Lan Yan I'm basically gonna be stuck to the Whimsy domain, so I'll be farming artifacts for her plus Clorinde, Arlecchino and Ganyu

[shrewd plinth]

I dread the day that Inazuma jail becomes a thing...

[fiery geyser]

if I’m not mistaken, you can technically use the grass set on the cryo dps in burn melt

[shrewd plinth]

Yup!

It's Ganyu's BiS in a BurnMelt team

[fiery geyser]

I’ve tried to get a set for wrio but the CR gap after losing marinara hunter is too much

[fiery geyser]

[shrewd plinth]

Ah yeah...
Though I'm pretty sure Marechausse is his BiS regardless of his playstyle, since he can reduce and restore HP by himself

So you can easily trigger the 4pc passive, plus you get 15% Normal Attack bonus on top of that

[fiery geyser]

Yeah

and then blizzard strayer for freeze

but that’s when the abyss lets you play freeze

[shrewd plinth]

Yep...

I'm stuck with Freeze for Ganyu for now, since I don't really like playing Xiangling, so I'm just hoping that we'll get a Freeze Abyss soon

I'm kinda hopeful since Wrio's getting his rerun, so maybe they'll talor a side to sell him, but we'll just have to see

[fiery geyser]

You have dehya though, right?

[shrewd plinth]

Yup, at C1!

[fiery geyser]

She does go pretty well with ganyu if you want to play burn melt

[shrewd plinth]

Yeah, but I don't have a good enough Dendro Applier to maintain burning

Which is mainly why I'm getting Emilie

[fiery geyser]

Collei

gotcha though

[shrewd plinth]

Problem with Collei is that, to get the Dendro application from Sprout, you need to stick close to the enemy which is not ideal for Ganyu...

[fiery geyser]

plus her duration is short af

[shrewd plinth]

Yeah...

[fiery geyser]

I was gonna say dendro MC but I forgot the pyro interaction with them

[shrewd plinth]

Yup...

Nahida and Emilie are the only characters that can easily and realistically maintain Burning, which kinda sucks

[fiery geyser]

Baizhu also kinda, even though his application is a bit slower

[shrewd plinth]

Yeah, but his application being tied to his burst isn't ideal since you'd be running him as the sole Dendro character. So his ER requirements would be through the roof.

[fiery geyser]

oh, right

Favonius gonna have to work overtime

[shrewd plinth]

Yup
Just used the ER Calculator to check, and in a team of Ganyu/Dehya/Baizhu/Bennett with R5 Amber and 1 Fav Proc, his ER requirements are around 240%

Which is a hell of a lot, since you're not gonna be running an ER weapon on Baizhu in the ideal scenario

[fiery geyser]

💀

[reef elm]

Dang no xianyun rerun huh

[shrewd plinth]

Not yet...

Also yeah, I forgot she needs to get a rerun as well...

[reef elm]

It’s been a year since she came out

And I feel that she was received well

[shrewd plinth]

My guess is that we'll get either Xianyun, Emilie and Venti in 5.5 or Xianyun and Venti if there's 2 new 5 stars

[shrewd plinth]

Yeah I know, I just forgot that she hadn't gotten her rerun yet

[reef elm]

I bet mualani could be there too

[shrewd plinth]

They didn't start reruning Fontaine characters until 4.6, so I'd imagine Mualani and Kinich won't be until 5.6

Oh wait, nevermind

The first one was Neuvi in 4.5

[reef elm]

Yeah I thought that’s normally when we start reruns

[shrewd plinth]

I guess we'll just have to wait an see where things go

[humble citrus]

https://x.com/bunsketches/status/1882609266734862484

[west meteor]

https://fxtwitter.com/bunsketches/status/1882609266734862484

[reef elm]

Lysithea

[reef elm]

I can’t use tingyun anymore

[reef elm]

Yoo Heracles is in hsr

[lilac spire]

https://tenor.com/view/illya-illyasviel-von-einzbern-hercules-heracles-gif-22565381

[fiery geyser]

Why?

[reef elm]

VA change

[robust inlet]

the greek god/hero?

[reef elm]

It’s a pet in the game

Giant dinosaur thing

[robust inlet]

thats not heracles

thats a giant dinosaur thing

[reef elm]

Named herakles

[robust inlet]

ah thats the difference

the k

[jaunty badger]

is robin still meta

[rocky palm]

She's still the best Harmony in the game

By a good shot too

Tribbie seems strong but I think Robin's ability to turn every attack into 30k minimum is insanely busted

[jaunty badger]

is aventurine still good

[reef elm]

Best sustain still

Some people call him a mistake

This is a long quest

[jaunty badger]

HOLY

i just shit my pants opening zzz in my web browser

why does it blast music at full blast

its not even instant its just after 6 seconds

[rocky palm]

Tbh Lingsha is pretty firm competition

And Huohuo stonks are rising again

[reef elm]

The dot girl

[rocky palm]

Shields are busted though so yeah I'd probably say he's still the best

But it's fairly close

[jaunty badger]

so crazy, i haven't played zzz since like august

logged in today cause the new character looked cool, immediately lost the 50/50

[fiery geyser]

[jaunty badger]

im gonna get the herta

i got 50 pity

[fiery geyser]

my god, who designed the fearless difficulty for the behemoth event

[shrewd plinth]

Yeah, fearless is no joke

I just went for double gold on all of them, since platinum felt like overkill

[fiery geyser]

Me too

Somewhat close on the automaton for platinum but I kept falling short everytime

even food wasn’t enough

[shrewd plinth]

damn

[fiery geyser]

https://www.phixiv.net/en/artworks/93626914

https://fixvx.com/status/1882049376908161316

[humble citrus]

https://x.com/jyan512/status/1882747839627063695?s=46

[west meteor]

https://fxtwitter.com/jyan512/status/1882747839627063695

[fiery geyser]

oops

(Amphoreus spoilers)
||Let’s dance, Trailblazer.||

[muted tundra]

got Lan Yan

[fiery geyser]

gacha or the lantern rite?

[muted tundra]

through the gacha

using my leftover pity on Arle, worst case I get a guarantee

[shrewd plinth]

I don't think the Lantern Rite selector is available until tomorrow

You can only get 740 points currently, and the selector needs 1200

[fiery geyser]

ooh

[fiery geyser]

[reef elm]

Join me in using serval

[humble citrus]

imagine not having jade smh (/s)

[fiery geyser]

nah, I’d mini herta

[reef elm]

https://tenor.com/view/serval-honkaistarrail-serval-hsr-honkai-star-rail-starrail-gif-27704279

[shrewd plinth]

https://www.phixiv.net/en/artworks/126568078

[fiery geyser]

The last thing you see before—

[shrewd plinth]

[lilac spire]

i like the klee from that other gacha game

she had spunk

and was a leader of a gang

[fiery geyser]

https://www.rxddit.com/r/HonkaiStarRail/s/ee485KIYN3

[fiery geyser]

[mortal osprey]

did they make deadly assault easier? kinda feels trivial to get 3* on a stage now

[reef elm]

Hook?

https://tenor.com/view/hook-honkaistarrail-adorable-gif-26523622

[lilac spire]

ya!

[robust inlet]

i wouldnt call the moles a gang

[lilac spire]

im pretty sure they do gang violence

[robust inlet]

hook does gang violence

the rest of them i dont think so

and btw yeah hook is absolutely peak she's awesome

she carries me and i feel like she's a decently good portrayal of a little kid

[reef elm]

Yeah her sq was peak

[muted tundra]

Doro acquired

https://tenor.com/view/doro-nikke-musan-musan-pro-gif-4750715331209965979

[rocky palm]

https://tenor.com/view/doro-eat-ticket-summon-dorothy-gif-6254959793726031037

[wicked gazelle]

seri might be on to something

leveling traces might be good

[toxic rain]

Ngl this deadly assault was pretty tough

I was able to do it when I started reading the extra point bonus requirement 🤣

Even then I think imma have to build my teams w engine now

Since you can’t really rely that much on one character to carry unlike shiyu

[humble citrus]

big if true (most of my non hyper carry DPS is at lvl 6 trace)

[reef elm]

Does cocoa have ice damage resist

[humble citrus]

yes, 60%

if you mean cocolia

and not chocolate

[reef elm]

Ah so that’s why therta is tickling her

[fiery geyser]

simulated universe?

[reef elm]

Nah farming for serval

Wildfire still goes hard

This team is extremely skill point hungry

[wicked gazelle]

leveled moze from lvl 6 traces to lvl 10 and ez swept the AS

[fiery geyser]

Ah, weekly boss materials

[fiery geyser]

yeah, big Herta is kinda hungry without LC

[reef elm]

Yeah

60 pity

61 exactly

[plain bluff]

he's so busted

March 8th might end up being the best subdps out of Topaz/Moze/March

for Feixiao

in this patch

given its focus on AoE content

[reef elm]

8?

[plain bluff]

since Topaz and Moze require you to focus down certain targets

Hunt March 7th

[reef elm]

Huh

[plain bluff]

https://www.prydwen.gg/star-rail/characters/march-7th-swordmaster/

[reef elm]

I still don’t have her lol

[robust inlet]

why

she's so cool

i want her to stay alive

[plain bluff]

she deserves it

[robust inlet]

why

what'd she do

what are her crimes

[plain bluff]

there are too many to list

[robust inlet]

name one

[plain bluff]

ruining my gacha pulls

by showing up

instead of an actually useful 4*

[reef elm]

I finally did the banner trials

March + feixao is fun

[fiery geyser]

TRUE

[wicked gazelle]

real

[reef elm]

Ah darn I think I’ve done all the easy amphoras stuff

Guess I’ll do a combat event next

Hoyo really including possephone and hekate and hadez

Oh their lovers

Maybe no

lol Demeter too

[reef elm]

Huh I think I light be able to beat apoc node three this time

Got 5.2 first try

Just need herta team to break the bug better

[reef elm]

https://x.com/choikfu/status/1883199299284246699?s=46&t=vXqc28B61kHtKMKlDr-uOQ

[west meteor]

https://fxtwitter.com/choikfu/status/1883199299284246699

[rocky palm]

mommy

i mean

uhh

[lilac spire]

feesh caught

[rocky palm]

nuh uh

[reef elm]

Know I didn’t think aerherium wars would ever get this difficult

Can’t beat herta

Not even typing advantage works

[crisp birch]

[fiery geyser]

[rocky palm]

[crisp birch]

https://tenor.com/view/bonk-gif-26414884

[rocky palm]

Nuh uh

Binkyfish

Not bonkyfish

[crisp birch]

Bonking fish

https://tenor.com/view/yoshi-mario-yoshis-island-super-smash-brother-super-smash-brother-n64-gif-21681448

[humble citrus]

https://x.com/mandusaru/status/1883478380387107036?s=46

[west meteor]

https://fxtwitter.com/mandusaru/status/1883478380387107036

[muted tundra]

Is the concert starting?

[rocky palm]

Rude

[muted tundra]

https://x.com/kurolee97/status/1883429610702135547

[west meteor]

https://fxtwitter.com/kurolee97/status/1883429610702135547

[muted tundra]

I hope Zenless gets an A rank rarity off-field damage dealer

its been more than 6 months and Burnice still holds monopoly over it

[fiery geyser]

Burnice is off field??

[shrewd plinth]

If memory serves, if you use a charged attack with her then swap out she'll deal ticks of fire damage whenever your on-field character attacks

[fiery geyser]

ooo, I figured she was an on fielder lol

[fiery geyser]

So that means she’s…

https://tenor.com/view/xiangling-genshin-pyronado-glitch-genshin-impact-gif-21120319

[shrewd plinth]

I can't take it anymore...

[fiery geyser]

Eat this!

[shrewd plinth]

[mortal osprey]

In practice you just use enhanced skill but yes this is true

She is great off-field fire anomaly application

Makes her great for disorder

She does do a lot with enhanced skill onfield too but that's a bonus

[mortal osprey]

True

[fiery geyser]

Every hoyo game has to have a pyronado

[humble citrus]

https://x.com/06znj/status/1883320382490649071?s=46

[west meteor]

https://fxtwitter.com/06znj/status/1883320382490649071

[crisp birch]

Trigger isn’t damage but she has off field stunning stuff

[humble citrus]

For the HSR players; are you going for the 500K jades or the guaranteed jades

[plain bluff]

gambling is better statistically

the expected value is higher

though, given the low number of chances to gamble, you won't always earn more than what you would've if you had chosen the safe option

anyways, it's better to choose the risky one

[robust inlet]

are they doing deal or no deal?

[robust inlet]

how much do you get from the guaranteed

[plain bluff]

100 for guaranteed

10% 600 and 90% 50 for risky

[robust inlet]

dang thats nothing

[plain bluff]

if you do the math

600 * .1 + 50 * .9 = 105

so

you'll average out to 105 jades per risky pull

and 100 jades per safe pull

eventually

[robust inlet]

even disregarding that, its pretty boring to only get 100

[plain bluff]

well

there's a catch

if you pick the risky option

you enter a lottery system

where 20 lucky people will get 500k jades

lol

[robust inlet]

yeah

thats a crazy amount

[plain bluff]

getting that is akin to winning the lottery

[robust inlet]

thats 3125 pulls if my calculator is right

[plain bluff]

and I'd rather win the lottery than get 500k jades

[robust inlet]

yeah lol

if you're gonna care about that, might as well just buy a lottery ticket

[plain bluff]

well, I'm always going to pick the risky option

[robust inlet]

yeah

just not for the lottery

[humble citrus]

If I win, then I'd probably go for c6 aglaea/Acheron/Firefly

[plain bluff]

if I win the 500k, it'll be a nice bonus

lol

[humble citrus]

and jade

[robust inlet]

i dont think thats even that much of a dent in the amount tbh

okay nvm thats more than all of them

given your luck is as bad as possible

but you probably will get most of them

early

so yeah it probably will be like half of the amount idk

[plain bluff]

would the game even be fun anymore at that point?

the excitement of looking forward to and saving for a new character would be gone

given that you know that you can get them

the story is typically enjoyable

and the events are sometimes fun

but most of playing HSR entails fishing for better relics or characters

[robust inlet]

not for me personally

the gambling is pretty much the only fun part of hsr for me

i dont like the gameplay very much

so its just a way to get my next pull

in zenless i dont care as much about the pulls, so it would still be fun for me

i could focus on the gameplay finally

[humble citrus]

tbh, i'm already at the stage where I can do most content how i like it. So i just want to get/improve the characters I like.

[plain bluff]

that's fair

[humble citrus]

I'm not particularly interested in the amphoreus characters except aglaea

but If i see an interesting kit i'd spend my 500k

[wicked gazelle]

But seri, think of how many pulls you can get with 500k jades

[plain bluff]

so real

[fiery geyser]

3,125 pulls

[reef elm]

Where do we do the lottery

[humble citrus]

starts tomorrow in NA, be sure to check the notifs in game

[crisp birch]

Local gas stations

[fiery geyser]

[reef elm]

I think supermarkets too

[humble citrus]

https://x.com/xigpicisklev630/status/1883560244212896051?s=46

[west meteor]

https://fxtwitter.com/xigpicisklev630/status/1883560244212896051

[humble citrus]

theres something about HSR lightning characters that i like and i can’t quite understand why

actually here’s the real source; https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/125172880

[west meteor]

https://phixiv.net/en/artworks/125172880

[crisp birch]

this deadly assault is making me wanna kms

butcher stage was fine, weird ass new attacks but having miyabi makes it trivial bc of ice weakness

corruption complex is still by far and without contest the worst fucking fight in the game

[rocky palm]

Me when Acheron, Kafka, or Aglaea:

[crisp birch]

i would rather fight fucking nineva during 1.1 again in the og ether 11 without caser than fight this mf

[plain bluff]

Jing Yuan

[crisp birch]

i havent even gotten 20k on pompei yet

because the game REALLY WANTS ME TO HAVE BURNICE

fucking fight is horrible without anomaly

[humble citrus]

[crisp birch]

soldier cannot take this

im close tho

gonna have to lock in

(these shitty fucking buffs dont help either)

im gonna kms

i just somehow

misclicked

and reset all stages

https://tenor.com/view/dh9511dh-head-banging-on-the-wall-gif-13355825

[wicked gazelle]

Who's she

[plain bluff]

https://tenor.com/view/jing-yuan-stare-jing-yuan-jing-yuan-hsr-hsr-honkai-star-rail-gif-3068548372805335875

[wicked gazelle]

[reef elm]

hate how pushed it is

m probasbly only gonna get two stars with zhu and miyabi team

if deadly assault lasts until evelyn mybe that to

i finally got a better one

the other one has def%

still not great though

probsbly gonna use the new sanctifying elixir

[crisp birch]

hoyo is very annoying with that

in hsr at least

shiyu has been mostly fine

and the other deadly assaults have been balanced all around

[reef elm]

we havent had a new attacker since zhu yuan...

[crisp birch]

we took asaba out back and shot him ig

[robust inlet]

GOOD

he deserves it

[crisp birch]

the hate for my goat is crazy

[reef elm]

yep

i tend to forget him even if hes omewhat fun

[robust inlet]

he's ugly and annoying and i hate him

[crisp birch]

L

[reef elm]

https://tenor.com/view/harumasa-asaba-asaba-harumasa-zzz-zenless-zone-zero-gif-15196957121228277119

[humble citrus]

I'm simply that guy. (no pity, within 40 ish pulls)

[robust inlet]

doesnt it mean you had 40 pity if it was in 40ish pulls

[fiery geyser]

no, pity is referring how close you are to getting a 5 star

[robust inlet]

so it would be 50ish pity

[fiery geyser]

Yeah

[humble citrus]

but pity doesn't really kick in until you're near the end though

[robust inlet]

yeah its soft pity for the first 80 and then the last 10 are hard pity iirc

[humble citrus]

https://fxtwitter.com/netural1175/status/1883712065124352149?s=46

@rocky palm

[fiery geyser]

caution

[fiery geyser]

https://x.com/Paimon2theMoon/status/1883756826602402067?mx=2

[west meteor]

https://fxtwitter.com/Paimon2theMoon/status/1883756826602402067

[rocky palm]

https://tenor.com/view/warning-fish-ok-dont-fissh-gif-12438192916027727187

[lilac spire]

dont

[fiery geyser]

dont

[jaunty badger]

got it

worth it

[plain bluff]

gets The Herta
instantly launches strive

[jaunty badger]

nicky wanted to play

but i wanted my daily's

[stark salmon]

ok

[reef elm]

YES

I GOT HERTA LC

time to sleep

[fiery geyser]

[jaunty badger]

im asking different people for the herta team builds and hoping i don't have to face the reality that I don't have anyone she can work with

[crisp birch]

Herta works with herself I believe

Double Herta lol

[humble citrus]

or serval

main issue is that herta is SP hungry, so it can be difficult to be SP positive depending on team comp

[wicked gazelle]

Imagine not having jade smh

[humble citrus]

so true

[jaunty badger]

so true, best character just like blade

[shrewd plinth]

https://fxtwitter.com/kuru_coro/status/1883506967370740012/photo/2

https://fxtwitter.com/ShellviArt/status/1853849283784474977

[fiery geyser]

[humble citrus]

https://x.com/nya_deko/status/1883915176057168258?s=46

[west meteor]

https://fxtwitter.com/nya_deko/status/1883915176057168258

[rocky palm]

is anyone here choosing the 100

[wicked gazelle]

Probably

[fiery geyser]

Don’t do it

[plain bluff]

don't

the expected value for gambling is higher

given that we only have a few pulls, you probably won't average out

but it's still better to gamble

[fiery geyser]

praying for at least 1 600 win

[lilac spire]

bunch of degenerates here

[fiery geyser]

[reef elm]

Now to not touch hsr til the monthly reset

[toxic rain]

Mods take care of him

Why can’t I ever win

[mortal osprey]

No, soft pity refers to the scaling you get before hard pity after like 65 pulls

[robust inlet]

huh didnt realize that was a thing

so is there pity at all before soft pity

[humble citrus]

no

that’s what i was implying

[robust inlet]

or is it just the same chance for a 5 before 65 or whatever the number is

[crisp birch]

75

Is when pity starts going up

The hard cap is 90

[humble citrus]

https://x.com/foxyreine/status/1884007980124766695?s=46

[west meteor]

https://fxtwitter.com/foxyreine/status/1884007980124766695

[reef elm]

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

Me when hsr event

[rocky palm]

Aglaea emote detected

[reef elm]

First time I 3 star pf

So close to 40k

Oh therta has 70/140.7 crit ratio

I can never touch it again

Should I get this for fu xuan

[fiery geyser]

What have you been using already?

[reef elm]

Day one of my new life

New pfp?

[fiery geyser]

It’s a great option on her, but if you haven’t had trouble with Day One, I’d say just hold on to the bonds for now

[fiery geyser]

[rocky palm]

RMC is very stronk

[reef elm]

She carries my herta

But it’s kind of annoying when her action advance happens when herta is about to take a turn

[wicked gazelle]

building RMC now. The gimmick is alot of fun

[reef elm]

The creature

[rocky palm]

Also

For anyone who doesn't know this

Use mem's skill on Robin if you have her in your team

During her ult she doesn't take any turns, so the count doesn't decrease at all

And it increases her ult damage by roughly 40%

[fiery geyser]

True

[fiery geyser]

True damage

[rocky palm]

i will say

RMC seems really strong

But also more balanced than HMC

[plain bluff]

no

[rocky palm]

wtflip

[fiery geyser]

[fiery geyser]

How so

[muted tundra]

won it 3rd time in a row

[fiery geyser]

[reef elm]

Yay

[rocky palm]

HMC with DDD is already a pretty broken unit, considering only ult uptime

But HMC also does crazy insane toughness damage in break teams, and also supplies bonkers damage on top of it

[fiery geyser]

Yeah

[rocky palm]

RMC in comparison gives units a significant damage upgrade to the tune of ~40% on average I think?

[fiery geyser]

being a sub DPS and buffer is pretty insane

[rocky palm]

Also has advance and stuff

but it's a lot more expensive

[fiery geyser]

and way easier to control

[rocky palm]

that is definitely a complaint i have about mem....

[fiery geyser]

RMC is amazing but mem getting 100% at the wrong time

[rocky palm]

yeah

i wish it was a second ult you could trigger at will

getting mem to advance a unit that was literally about to take their turn is unforch

[fiery geyser]

[reef elm]

Yeah very annoying

[reef elm]

https://x.com/lLue_l/status/1883856629323710975

[west meteor]

https://fxtwitter.com/lLue_l/status/1883856629323710975

[rocky palm]

and by wenor

i mean

[crisp birch]

[fiery geyser]

miyabi mf cancel

[wicked gazelle]

[reef elm]

Wait is algaea not out yet

[wicked gazelle]

1 week

feesh is barely containing themselves

[reef elm]

Oh I thought she was out

[plain bluff]

her banner was a month ago

[wicked gazelle]

oh never mind she is out

[humble citrus]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1220949073209593906/1306922531181301822/IMG_0411.GIF

[wicked gazelle]

https://tenor.com/view/tuck-in-cat-pet-gif-23430126

||spreading misinformation||

[rocky palm]

https://tenor.com/view/crazy-cat-insane-cat-help-my-cat-is-insane-help-my-cat-cat-gif-21688581

mfw i open aglaea mains hoping to see a countdown and all the posts are about cleavage powercreep

[reef elm]

Not wrong

[reef elm]

Oh I met skott

After seeing him in march event this feels weird

What’s that hsr akasha site

[plain bluff]

strive?

[wicked gazelle]

i think thats granblue

[plain bluff]

true

granblue?

[wicked gazelle]

i think im heading to bed soon unf

it is 3am somehow

[plain bluff]

unfortunate

we can play granblue another time

[wicked gazelle]

when ol sandy comes out

i might pick it back up and give it a try

[lilac spire]

but whats his name got a new sword

[fiery geyser]

I threw myself off a cliff with clorinde lunge

💀

[shrewd plinth]

[fiery geyser]

also wow, calamity of eshu is amazing

[shrewd plinth]

Yup!

It's limitation of needing a shielder isn't that big for Clorinde, since she appreciates a shielder anyway, so the free Crit Rate and DMG% is super nice

[fiery geyser]

plus the base ATK is still really high

[shrewd plinth]

Yep!

[fiery geyser]

https://youtu.be/XF0XePG1p4E?feature=shared

[shrewd plinth]

https://www.phixiv.net/en/artworks/126698934

https://www.phixiv.net/en/artworks/126687388/2

https://www.phixiv.net/en/artworks/126517162

https://www.phixiv.net/en/artworks/126669406

[reef elm]

Rare Rosaria art

[rocky palm]

I have done the unthinkable

Robin has been given an atk rope

[plain bluff]

how could you

[rocky palm]

i was doing some thinkin with the old fish noggin

e2 is basically a 33% ERR from e0/e1

[plain bluff]

imagine thinking

[plain bluff]

if you're running her with fua, this honestly makes sense

[rocky palm]

So using an atk rope is still an improvemen over an ERR rope at e0

[plain bluff]

especially with her LC

[rocky palm]

Nah still running hypercarry acheron l mao

[plain bluff]

you generate far too much energy otherwise

[plain bluff]

respect

playing a bottom 1 dps

[rocky palm]

QPQ Gallagher helps a lot

who i have also just put on Lushaka

[plain bluff]

even on Acheron?

[rocky palm]

bc lushaka is a broken set

yeah

[plain bluff]

using QPQ with her feels so bad

when she steals it

[rocky palm]

true

just gotta gamble tho

[reef elm]

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

[rocky palm]

Highest attack I've ever had on her

Even when I was running attack boots

(i think)

My next farming goal will probably be getting JQ on wind set ig

[rocky palm]

Do you know if they fixed this actually

Bc I haven't had it trigger on her yet

It's been going straight to Robin every time

In other news, Robin now does 25k with her ult

[wicked gazelle]

I like your words funny feesh

[rocky palm]

ehrm

this is a very serious matter

[wicked gazelle]

and i understand everything you're saying

[toxic rain]

[rocky palm]

one week to aglaea

[wicked gazelle]

1 week to robin 3