|OT| Honkai: Star Rail | Trails to the Wallet
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Well... I have Robin now. Took me 80 more pulls, and I only got one Xueyi Eidolon out of all those pulls! Tons of Hanya and March, who are both E6 already. I love FUA teams, so it is what it is though.
I have zero jade now, and had to swipe 30 pulls from my starglitter reserves..
I have zero jade now, and had to swipe 30 pulls from my starglitter reserves..
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Next banners are nuts. Firefly and Ruan Mei followed by Jade and Argenti. If you don't have Ruan Mei, I would strongly recommend looking into getting her. She is an insane force multiplier for any team. I'm not sure if she has been powercrept by Sparkle or any newer character but she is stupidly powerful.
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I will continue to skip Ruan Mei. No amount of OPness will get me to pull a character I don't like!
Firefly is still a get, Jade is a skip.
They've also deliberately put the possibility of different SAM versions existing elsewhere out there in the stream, so that basically confirms it as far as I'm concerned.
Full mech team let's gooooo
They've also teased the Myriad Celestia and Animated Short.
Obvious EVA vibes Hektor
Firefly is still a get, Jade is a skip.
They've also deliberately put the possibility of different SAM versions existing elsewhere out there in the stream, so that basically confirms it as far as I'm concerned.
Full mech team let's gooooo
They've also teased the Myriad Celestia and Animated Short.
Obvious EVA vibes Hektor
I love March, so I'm glad they're doing something to hopefully make her more useful.
It's wild how much stuff they are adding in the next update. The new SU sounds great, and I'm excited to see who the silhouettes are, even if they are all going to be Xianzhou.
My current plan is to skip Firefly and I already have Ruan Mei, though her LC is tempting. I was very set on not wanting Firefly, but I'm starting to come around on her. I just don't think I need another DPS, and I'd rather hold off on getting another one unless I really love the character.
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New March looks great.
Really looking forward to Divergent Universe as well. Getting built versions of your own characters to "trial" them and experiment is legit huge. It's going to alleviate the time it takes to properly build up a character somewhat, since there will be content you will already be able to properly use them in while building them up until they are endgame ready.
Really looking forward to Divergent Universe as well. Getting built versions of your own characters to "trial" them and experiment is legit huge. It's going to alleviate the time it takes to properly build up a character somewhat, since there will be content you will already be able to properly use them in while building them up until they are endgame ready.
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Cause that's probably just March cosplaying in a side story. We'll get 5 Star March when we dive deeper into her origins.
It says March 7's new path, so it'll be a toggle like the maincharacter and not a new character?
Seems weird with how much teasing there was about her backstory in the last update i figured her 5 star version was coming sooner rather than later.
Oh yea that definitely looks like a plug suit.
Im currently at 120 Tickets for pulls, hope that'll be enough to get her.
Seems weird with how much teasing there was about her backstory in the last update i figured her 5 star version was coming sooner rather than later.
Oh yea that definitely looks like a plug suit.
Im currently at 120 Tickets for pulls, hope that'll be enough to get her.
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Yes, toggle just like with the Trailblazer. They mentioned it during the 2.1 stream back then.
Im currently at almost 130 Tickets, gonna use them to get Firefly (And whale a little if nessecary), and whatever i have left will go towards Ruan Mei.
I love that the Jade lady has a Step-on-Me ultimate, but i don't quite like her character design.
I love that the Jade lady has a Step-on-Me ultimate, but i don't quite like her character design.
<POST HAS SPOILERS FOR THE MAIN STORY OF THIS PATCH>
I assume everyone is up to date with the story so far.
I just played an unhealthy amount of the game in the last couple of days trying to catch up on the story and get through the events before the next patch. Still haven't done the combat event and I now have 5 maps to explore to find all the chests/collectibles but the important stuff is done.
Just reading back through this thread today. I realized I've spent the last 3 whole months just autofarming relics for Acheron whenever I played because I wasn't happy with what she had. I'm still not happy with her even after all this time. That's crazy. This RNG system for gearing up is so bad.
I liked how they wrapped up the story and how it was a lot more straightforward to understand. They really drilled home the whole comfort vs free will main theme of this entire plot, although I did feel like it got a bit heavy on the philosophical musings in the second half of the quest. Still, you could understand why Sunday did what he did. I liked the revelations of what happened to the first trailblazers and the reveal of Mikhail. Even the Raiden Bosenmori Mei moment seemed momentous despite the fact that we've all known she's Raiden from the back when she was revealed for this game. I liked how they did a fake out with the story and then came up with the real ending afterwards. The boss fight was about as good as the Xianzhou final boss but nowhere near as good as the Jarilo-6 fight. I liked how the credits changed between both endings as we got new information but also how March never had her real name listed. I liked how they gave the trailblazer her new path.
All in all it was very good. I was in a rush so I couldn't absorb the whole thing as well as I'd have wanted to. I wonder if there's any youtuber who does a deep dive into the story of this game because I feel like that would be very useful for many people trying to understand both the plot and the cosmology they've set up.
The story did feel like it definitively ended here. So the tease for the upcoming content starting with Jade now just feels like it'll be 'content' to sell the characters rather than being any sort meaningful addition to the actual story of Penacony.
I assume everyone is up to date with the story so far.
I just played an unhealthy amount of the game in the last couple of days trying to catch up on the story and get through the events before the next patch. Still haven't done the combat event and I now have 5 maps to explore to find all the chests/collectibles but the important stuff is done.
Just reading back through this thread today. I realized I've spent the last 3 whole months just autofarming relics for Acheron whenever I played because I wasn't happy with what she had. I'm still not happy with her even after all this time. That's crazy. This RNG system for gearing up is so bad.
I liked how they wrapped up the story and how it was a lot more straightforward to understand. They really drilled home the whole comfort vs free will main theme of this entire plot, although I did feel like it got a bit heavy on the philosophical musings in the second half of the quest. Still, you could understand why Sunday did what he did. I liked the revelations of what happened to the first trailblazers and the reveal of Mikhail. Even the Raiden Bosenmori Mei moment seemed momentous despite the fact that we've all known she's Raiden from the back when she was revealed for this game. I liked how they did a fake out with the story and then came up with the real ending afterwards. The boss fight was about as good as the Xianzhou final boss but nowhere near as good as the Jarilo-6 fight. I liked how the credits changed between both endings as we got new information but also how March never had her real name listed. I liked how they gave the trailblazer her new path.
All in all it was very good. I was in a rush so I couldn't absorb the whole thing as well as I'd have wanted to. I wonder if there's any youtuber who does a deep dive into the story of this game because I feel like that would be very useful for many people trying to understand both the plot and the cosmology they've set up.
The story did feel like it definitively ended here. So the tease for the upcoming content starting with Jade now just feels like it'll be 'content' to sell the characters rather than being any sort meaningful addition to the actual story of Penacony.
There is still the actual Charmony happening, And Sparkle has yet to play a role too, given that she's been handing out these buttons to random citizens for the festival, unless that's all a red herring and they are genuinly just fireworks for an epilogue or something.
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Kits and animation leaks are out as well.
I unironically think Hunt March has the most interesting kit of them all and I'm thinking of using her alongside Firefly instead of Ruan Mei, as I continue to skip her.
Yunli looks cool, but is also kinda just Clara on steroids. But her Ult is kinda a parry, so that is interesting. 50/50 on whether to pull her or not right now, but leaning more towards skip at the moment tbh. Have to see her in-game and trailers.
Jiaoqui looks cool too, but is a skip.
I love the leaked animations for Yunli and Jiaoqiu!
My plan:
1. Get Firefly. No signature LC for her - she'll have to use Fall of an Aeon.
2. In the process of getting Firefly, get 3-4 Gallagher Eidolons.
3. Get Jiaoqiu and his signature LC so he doesn't have to share Tutorial.
I'm currently still farming traces for Firefly, then I need to move onto Gallagher -- I have him leveled and geared, but he has no traces at the moment. I used the double-trace event to work on Hatblazer and Robin. Relics for Firefly will take priority over Gallagher's traces though.
My plan:
1. Get Firefly. No signature LC for her - she'll have to use Fall of an Aeon.
2. In the process of getting Firefly, get 3-4 Gallagher Eidolons.
3. Get Jiaoqiu and his signature LC so he doesn't have to share Tutorial.
I'm currently still farming traces for Firefly, then I need to move onto Gallagher -- I have him leveled and geared, but he has no traces at the moment. I used the double-trace event to work on Hatblazer and Robin. Relics for Firefly will take priority over Gallagher's traces though.
Yeah Sparkle is still a loose end and I guess there probably are a couple of others but the main story/mystery of Penacony is definitely done, right? They'll wrap things up in the epilogue for sure but any new story tracks they go on now do feel like they'll be for the benefit of new characters. Just like we're probably going back to the Luofu for a set of side stories given that they're revealing upcoming Xianzhou characters now.
This was quite handy. When I watched it a few days ago I left with the impression that I had understood about 70% of the story on my own and 30% was new information that I hadn't picked up on or rushed past because I was in a hurry to finish up the quest. I have to say though, watching the whole thing in one go really reveals how utterly convoluted and dense the full picture really is. I'd be surprised if anything other than a very tiny percentage of the playerbase is able to follow it in it's entirety. I'm not saying they should simplify it but there really are too many factions with their own agendas, too many aeons, too much history among the aeons, their followers who have their own motivations... it's just really hard to keep track of everything.
One thing I forgot to mention in my last post was that the harmony trailblazer is mandatory for the final boss fight. When I saw that requirement, I backed out and decided I needed to gear up my MC. Fortunately, one of the side effects of farming Acheron relics for 3 months was that I had tons of pieces of the other set which is the one that she needs. So I was able to get very good gear for her instantly. I haven't done SU for months though so I had to put some very mediocre planar ornaments on her and borrowed Ruan Mei's lightcone. Then I did some trace farming and used up extra energy and get her to trace level 6/7 roughly and figured that should be enough for a story mission. Finally when I went back to the final boss mission and reached team selection it turns out they... give you a trial, leveled up Trailblazer for the fight. Felt pretty stupid at that point given how many resources I had just spent.
Luckily though, I read a Firefly preview a couple of days later and it seems like Harmony TB is basically mandatory for her team. In fact, it seems like her team selection will be rather limited given how she has an almost entirely new mechanic for dishing out damage. The default team for her seems to be Firefly/Harmony TB/Gallagher/Ruan Mei. So I'll need to level up and farm relics/traces for both Firefly and Gallagher because I've never leveled him at all. It's going to take a long time for her to become useful for me.
It seems like Firefly's signature LC is super important with the amount of break effect it provides. Almost identical situation to Ruan Mei where it was possible to reach her break effect break points with relics but the LC made it much easier and gave you a lot of flexibility for other stats on relics. Fall of an Aeon is being used by Jing Liu and I'm not taking her LC away so not sure what Firefly will get.
I have just under 250 tickets saved up. I know it's greedy for me to want Firefly early after getting Acheron and Robin in back to back pulls but I do hope I can get her quickly. I want to try for her LC as well and if there are still tickets left over I'd like to throw some on Ruan Mei's banner for an eidolon. Too much wishful thinking
EDIT: Just saw this on Twitter. Kinda cute. She's definitely one of the most popular characters the game has had. Even Aether and Lumine are interested.
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I got Firefly in 30 pulls from 0 pity but kept going for more Gallaghers. Now I have her at E1. All told it took 112 pulls, so not bad, and her E1 is good.
Unfortunately, I only got 2 Gallaghers so he's E4 now. Near the end of this banner I may throw a few more at her in hopes of getting Gallagher to E6 with the upcoming selector.
For now, it's into the relic mines.
Unfortunately, I only got 2 Gallaghers so he's E4 now. Near the end of this banner I may throw a few more at her in hopes of getting Gallagher to E6 with the upcoming selector.
For now, it's into the relic mines.
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Got quite lucky with my pulls. Won both 50-50s and got Firefly and her weapon in 100 pulls. Bit less lucky with the 4-stars. Wanted Gallagher obviously but he only went from E1 to E3. Meanwhile Misha went from like E4 to E10 or some shit. Since I had enough tickets left over I decided to drop a few 10 pulls on Ruan Mei's banner. Got more even Misha eidolons after thirty tickets so I got pissed and gave up lol.
Still, very fortunate with Firefly. I have 127 tickets left over and nobody on the way who is super interesting to me as of now. Might try another one or two 10 pulls on Ruan Mei near the end of the banner when I'm less annoyed by Misha.
Absolutely zero trace materials/relics pre-farmed for both Firefly and Gallagher so it will take more than a month or two for that team to come online.
EDIT: Question about Gallagher. Which light cone are you guys using for him? Prydwen says an S5 blue LC is better than his 'signature' purple at S5 but that doesn't make too much sense to me since his purple one has break effect on it. Also that purple one can be bought from the Forgotten Hall store.
Still, very fortunate with Firefly. I have 127 tickets left over and nobody on the way who is super interesting to me as of now. Might try another one or two 10 pulls on Ruan Mei near the end of the banner when I'm less annoyed by Misha.
Absolutely zero trace materials/relics pre-farmed for both Firefly and Gallagher so it will take more than a month or two for that team to come online.
EDIT: Question about Gallagher. Which light cone are you guys using for him? Prydwen says an S5 blue LC is better than his 'signature' purple at S5 but that doesn't make too much sense to me since his purple one has break effect on it. Also that purple one can be bought from the Forgotten Hall store.
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There is a new simulated universe mode and i'm only just close to wrapping up Swarm Disaster... havent even started with gears yet.
Got Firefly after losing my first 50/50 to fucking Welt of all things, could have at least been a character i'm actually using. Let's see if i'm still getting Ruan Mei
Got Firefly after losing my first 50/50 to fucking Welt of all things, could have at least been a character i'm actually using. Let's see if i'm still getting Ruan Mei
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I use him with the blue Light Cone (Multiplication).
While it lacks the Break Effect, it's value is the 20% Advance Forward on Basics, which gives him many more turns, letting him heal more often, Ult more often, get in a decent amount of damage thanks to Super Break and generate more Skill Points, which is nice because Firefly eats them for breakfast.
The lower Break Effect shouldn't really be an issue, since he gets a lot of extra when run in a team with Hatblazer due to their Talent, Ult and Watchmaker set effect (if you have the 4p on them).
But if you end up struggling with Multiplication, the Break Effect Cone is recommended I think.
I just went through the older MoC 12 earlier and Gallagher had no issue sustaining though, he's crazy good.
In fact it's the first time I got all stars in MoC.
(Should have run the regular Acheron team with Silver Wolf and Pela though, I used that because I got the final star in Pure Fiction beforehand with this team, but didn't think about how much difference the DoT buffs made.)
Yeah that was the logic on Prydwen as well. I think I'll leave the light cone choice until the very end, after both Firefly and Gallagher have their relics and traces. Then I'll see if break effect seems to be lacking numerically and decide on which weapon to use.
Mr. Definitely Not A Whale just happened to find 45 pulls underneath the sofa cushions
This was the most important post in the thread.
Like we're supposed to believe 20 pulls are falling out of the sky every 2 hours or something
Congrats on E3. The highest I've ever gotten one of these limited characters is Raiden Shogun E1 and that took something like 300 wishes.
Has anyone finished the story mission? Same question as last time; how long is it roughly and how many new maps are there, if any?
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Maybe they were saved up! I also still have ~450 pulls in the bank (Jade + Undying Starlight shop pulls) and the most I put into the game is a monthly pass every now and then.Like we're supposed to believe 20 pulls are falling out of the sky every 2 hours or something
Gonna continue just getting E0 without Signatures, especially now that I have full stared all the 3 endgame modes for the first time. Just takes a bit longer to get there, but patience. Didn't even need Ruan Meh!
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Memory of Chaos I already posted above, but to have it all in one place:
Apocalyptic Shadow:
Oh my dear Inspector Spindoctor, those 20 pulls were always there! I didn't use all of my pulls at once. In fact, I still have about 115 pulls(with Starglitter) even after getting Firefly to E3! My top up bonus is still untouched even.Like we're supposed to believe 20 pulls are falling out of the sky every 2 hours or something
Congrats on E3. The highest I've ever gotten one of these limited characters is Raiden Shogun E1 and that took something like 300 wishes.
Has anyone finished the story mission? Same question as last time; how long is it roughly and how many new maps are there, if any?
The new story is shorter than the previous ones, and there is one new small-ish map. It usually takes me 2 evenings of playing to finish a story update, but this one took me one.
My only limited characters with eidolons are Neuvillette, Topaz and now Firefly.
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Well that just means you've been topping up from third party sources to avoid being caught! Or you loaded up thousands and thousands of dollars before the anniversary reset to cover your tracks! Criminals do things like that but I'm on to you like Inspector Clouseau
At this point I think it's best for everyone if you just accept that I'm going to bully you over this forever
(I hope you realize I'm not at all being serious about this. If you say you're not whaling then so be it and even if anyone were to do so, that's perfectly fine. Everyone can spend their money on whatever makes them happy. No judgement at all.)
Your post got me looking at my own account and I realized I have 55 pulls with starglitter as well. And 900 oneiric gems from buying the monthly pass which can be converted to jades as well but I guess just like in Genshin it's best to save those for when additional costumes are introduced to the game.
I finished the story mission of this patch. It really just was an epilogue about saying goodbye to Penacony. The one loose thread with Sparkle was just there to fulfill Firefly's 'destiny' of three deaths. The idea of Penacony going public and the Astral Express getting a board seat and all was a bit too 'real world' for my taste. I mean I get it, that's what the IPC is meant for, but it felt a bit comical and out of place.
The Origami event was fun. Multiplayer match-3 is super entertaining.
Now I have a question about Divergent Universe. To back up a bit, I've not done Swarm Disaster outside of a couple of runs. I thought I'd try it at a higher difficulty and got my ass kicked, which I assume means I need to unlock the passive tree before going up in difficulty. I've not touched Gold and Gears. And now we have Divergent Universe. My understanding of these modes is that Swarm Disaster is sort of a long term thing where you have to keep... 'grinding' it out to unlock all the stuff to finish it. While Gold and Gears is a something which you can finish in a reasonable, finite amount of time. (I could be wrong about both of these since, like I said, I haven't played them.) My question is... is Divergent Universe more like Swarm Disaster where it'll take a long time to do or is it like Gold and Gears where I can 'finish' it. If it's short and finite I think I'll do it now to get all the rewards but if it's a long term thing I might just go back and continue Swarm Disaster or, more likely, just kind of ignore it completely.
All good! I'm not taking it seriously! I have spent money in HSR - I always get the Express Supply Pass, and for a long time I was getting the Battle Pass as well. I also used the $100 top-up bonus a few months before the anniversary reset it, so you're not totally wrong. I didn't really consider myself a whale though...Well that just means you've been topping up from third party sources to avoid being caught! Or you loaded up thousands and thousands of dollars before the anniversary reset to cover your tracks! Criminals do things like that but I'm on to you like Inspector Clouseau
At this point I think it's best for everyone if you just accept that I'm going to bully you over this forever
(I hope you realize I'm not at all being serious about this. If you say you're not whaling then so be it and even if anyone were to do so, that's perfectly fine. Everyone can spend their money on whatever makes them happy. No judgement at all.)
Until 2 days ago. When I spent a stupid amount of money and C6'd Furina in Genshin Impact.
I'm not even sure what happened. I was planning on getting her to C2 and I think my stupid good luck with Firefly just convinced me that I was a gamba god or something. And once I got to C2 I decided that surely my luck would get better... But it didn't -- I lost a lot of 50/50s. It's scary how easy it was to keep swiping. I shut off part of my brain and kept adding funds every time I ran out.
Anyways. Hopefully I learned my lesson. This little trip down whale lane didn't financially harm me in any meaningful way. I just feel embarrassed about it because it's such a stupid thing to waste that much money on lol
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Mine is 600807176 if there are any other North Americans here.
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Some more thoughts;
What do you guys do to consider a map being fully explored? Do you just go for the chests and call it a day or do you do more stuff? Or not even that? In Penacony I've been getting all the chests, the origami birds, all the stickers and all the readable books/documents. I just finished it today and it was exhausting (although I was admittedly a patch behind). The Scorchsand Audition arena map was a total nightmare to complete, even while following a video. I have no idea how someone is supposed to do it without a guide.
Next, when you guys see Pepeshis loitering around on the maps, do you wish you could kick them like a football? Uh... asking for a friend...
I tried the Divergent Universe starter quest and I don't think I like it too much right now. First of all, I'm not sure I see the point of the mode except that it lets you bring undergeared and underleveled characters into the SU environment. Next, the equations do not have symbiosis with my main team (Fu Xuan, Acheron, Kafka, Black Swan). It seems like you'd have to constantly change around your team mates to take advantage of the different equations and blessings. The main team is a comfort pick which can burn through any level of SU comfortably but instead of using that and getting the appropriate blessings I'm going to have to pick other characters and modify how the team plays and I'm just not sure what I'm getting out of it? And finally, this is not a short, limited event. This is a long term thing where you level up all the way to 60 and fill out a full new passive skill tree. Then there's a whole new set of curios and blessings you have to collect as well. It all feels very grindy and that's one main reason why I never did the Swarm Disaster either... it just felt like you'd have to do it way too many times. So, what am I missing here? What's the fun part of this mode that isn't just sort of a grindy remix of SU that we have already?
I reached 50 pity on Ruan Mei's banner and still didn't get her eidolon. After that I stopped to think whether I should even get her eidolon or try for Firefly's E1. Ruan Mei E1 lets your entire team ignore 20% enemy defense when her ultimate is active. Firefly E1 gives her 15% defense ignore. I feel like Ruan Mei's eidolon is better but that's because I haven't actually played Firefly. I'm not even sure I want to get any eidolon anymore, which in retrospect means I was pretty stupid to use 50 pulls on this banner when I'm now having doubts about whether to get anything at all. Also I need to save for HuoHuo because I only have one proper sustain character now that Stelle has shifted over to the Harmony path. Totally confused about what to do. Any advice?
I just collect all treasures, and in case of Penacony, the birds.
I'm not searching for every last interactable.
I WILL NOT STAND BY THE PEPESHI SLANDER IN THIS HOUSE
The point of that mode is just that it's WAY WAY FASTER than any of the other Simulated Universe modes to get yout weekly rewards.
A run takes about 15 minutes and gives you all points if you're at the highest difficulty, as opposed to an hour or two for 2 normal SU runs.
You also don't really need to switch your team around, the mode is babyeasy compared to the others.
Like i don't see how this feels grindier than the other, vastly slower modes.
If anything it feels like a QOL update.
There's a case to be made to look for the stickers at least. They unlock some side quests where you have to manipulate emotions for people standing around that you might not normally do. Plus getting more stickers does give more jades.
Their fault for being smol and football like
Sparkle could easily launch them into space with her roundhouse kick...
Sir, you are behind the times. SU hasn't taken more than 10-15 minutes or so ever since Acheron was introduced into the game. Do you know you only have to do 3 fights in SU if you have Acheron around? The only time benefit that Divergent Universe offers is that one run gets you all 14000 points whereas in SU you need to do 2. But DU does not allow you to abuse Acheron talent mechanics because you cannot refill talent points. Also you can end up with like Erudition x Hunt and Preservation x Destruction buffs but you're running a Nihility team and the blessings do fuckall for you.
The grindy bit is the whole new talent tree you have to slowly unlock and the 60 levels.
I'm not saying this mode is bad or anything. It just feels like a remix for the sake of doing a remix. And you get to use any character you want even if they're not leveled up. That's a nice touch. But I'm still not seeing the value...
8 posts in this thread all month. Ded gaem? 
After losing the 50-50 on the last banner, I was (and still am) planning to get Huohuo. Kind of wanted Jade but Huohuo seems more important right now. Well, after playing Jade's trial and using her in that event, I thought, let's maybe try 20 pulls on her banner. Didn't get her. Ok maybe 10 more. Didn't get her. Ok last 10. Got her. Which is nice, obviously, but also has some negatives. My guarantee for Huohuo is gone and I don't have enough tickets to get her if it goes to double pity. Also my backlog of characters to build is no longer sensible. After Acheron I got Robin who has no relics, Firefly who has terrible relics, Gallagher who has no relics, now Jade who has no relics and soon I'll get Huohuo (no pre-farm) and I want to try March's new path (but have no relics).
Relic farming in this company's games is undeniably the worst part of the experience but having a queue of characters you need to farm for is just soul destroying. The last new character I got in the game that I'm actually playing is Acheron from February or whenever. Everyone else since then is just not ready. I've spent 5-6 weeks working on Firefly and this is the best I've managed
This is just poor compared to my other teams. I'm sure it's fine for overworld, story or farming content but anywhere that requires any level of performance, her team will be outperformed by my other characters. I don't know if I have too high standards for the gear I want that's causing it to take so much time (I'm still not happy with Acheron after 3 full months of farming for her). I don't know if my luck is just really bad. It just feels like I don't get to have fun with the characters I'm pulling because I can't get them ready to play in any decent amount of time.
Now we're going back to the Luofu (and maybe other ships). That is not really a pleasant memory of this game, so I really hope they tighten up the storytelling this time around. Penacony was fun and I'm sure we'll get more maps in the coming months but I can't help but wonder when the next planet is due. Is it foolish to expect it any time before Feb next year (as in, a year after Penacony with a cadence of one planet per year?). Will we be treading water in the same 4 locations we have for the next 8 odd months?
I'm not trying to be down on the game but treading water really does seem like what's going on both narratively and gameplay wise (endless, futile relic farming).
After losing the 50-50 on the last banner, I was (and still am) planning to get Huohuo. Kind of wanted Jade but Huohuo seems more important right now. Well, after playing Jade's trial and using her in that event, I thought, let's maybe try 20 pulls on her banner. Didn't get her. Ok maybe 10 more. Didn't get her. Ok last 10. Got her. Which is nice, obviously, but also has some negatives. My guarantee for Huohuo is gone and I don't have enough tickets to get her if it goes to double pity. Also my backlog of characters to build is no longer sensible. After Acheron I got Robin who has no relics, Firefly who has terrible relics, Gallagher who has no relics, now Jade who has no relics and soon I'll get Huohuo (no pre-farm) and I want to try March's new path (but have no relics).
Relic farming in this company's games is undeniably the worst part of the experience but having a queue of characters you need to farm for is just soul destroying. The last new character I got in the game that I'm actually playing is Acheron from February or whenever. Everyone else since then is just not ready. I've spent 5-6 weeks working on Firefly and this is the best I've managed
This is just poor compared to my other teams. I'm sure it's fine for overworld, story or farming content but anywhere that requires any level of performance, her team will be outperformed by my other characters. I don't know if I have too high standards for the gear I want that's causing it to take so much time (I'm still not happy with Acheron after 3 full months of farming for her). I don't know if my luck is just really bad. It just feels like I don't get to have fun with the characters I'm pulling because I can't get them ready to play in any decent amount of time.
Now we're going back to the Luofu (and maybe other ships). That is not really a pleasant memory of this game, so I really hope they tighten up the storytelling this time around. Penacony was fun and I'm sure we'll get more maps in the coming months but I can't help but wonder when the next planet is due. Is it foolish to expect it any time before Feb next year (as in, a year after Penacony with a cadence of one planet per year?). Will we be treading water in the same 4 locations we have for the next 8 odd months?
I'm not trying to be down on the game but treading water really does seem like what's going on both narratively and gameplay wise (endless, futile relic farming).
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Still playing and looking forward to the next patch, just not posting much here since I'm now playing a bunch of Hoyo games and also it's way too hot outside most of the time, and if I post I mostly do it in the respective OTs on Era since there are just a lot more people active in there.
The Luofu main story mostly sucked, but imo the Ghostbusters event was great so I'm really curious to see if they can deliver a good story again.
Feixiao is a must pull (her animations and kit have leaked), so I'm probably gonna skip both Yunli and Luocha and probably also Lingsha.
The Luofu main story mostly sucked, but imo the Ghostbusters event was great so I'm really curious to see if they can deliver a good story again.
Feixiao is a must pull (her animations and kit have leaked), so I'm probably gonna skip both Yunli and Luocha and probably also Lingsha.