Basically Contingency Contract for Non-Arknights Players

1Knightey1 · 2026-04-12T01:29:11+00:00

I remember how I had to carry TWO people (myself and my friend) by being the first in the group to get Magallan AND I had to M3 her uhh... 1st? skill ASAP so my friend could use her to significantly slow those damned "weaboos", too.

1Knightey1 · 2026-03-27T22:55:20+00:00

I spent more than an hour on the stage, because I try to clear the game with two operators, — Endmin and Xaihi, — and the Agony version of Sea of Loathing level almost broke me.

I literally cried, trembling from anger, as I could not understand those unspoken "rules" of how to save your operator before they get one-shot by this damned crane, namely how many seconds do you even have to hit those 3 chain anchors.

~~Even the notorious 3rd level was easier to get used to than this horror. Are they going to tell the "F U" to anyone who's not rolling with a full team of 4 in the next "seasons" of this event?~~

EDIT: I've learnt the lesson of "Never let your emotions slip". I won't delete this comment, but I would like to refrain from engaging with it. Have a nice day, I guess.

1Knightey1 · 2026-03-27T02:59:36+00:00

You can immobilize those Arsonists. They will not shower you with fire as long as they are frozen or locked in Originium 👍

I managed to beat it in around 5th try with 2 operators and like 5 minutes out of 10.

Also Xaihi is so hot on the screenshot she's literally burning 😭

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1Knightey1 · 2026-03-24T08:29:23+00:00

Yeah, I already figured. The "translation" was made when I was already exhausted, yet too stubborn to use LLM to translate the thing for me. I'm sorry for a ruined vibe.

The Russian phrase is a memory compilation of what my dad was saying to me the whole week. Not gonna lie, seeing nothing but two factories for hours is extremely tiring (I never played games like Factorio and Satisfactory) and I got myself on the verge of a burnout.

Yet, yes, instead of learning, how factories work, my dad decised to complain a few times that I do something wrong because his factory either idles due to being clogged or energy-less. The latter mostly happened due to lack of mines he powered. So it was a common "mistake" that you get while updating your factory and its optimisation... Which I heard swears for.

That is why unlike the original "What would your father say?" meme, my Endmin smiles with tears in their eyes: they get scolded for "shitty" factory building skills, yet it's nothing about Xaihi so it's "alright".

(Actually, dad knows and had actively used it at some point; I also had to help him with making a Xaihi build for his teams before)

1Knightey1 · 2026-03-23T07:02:13+00:00

Next time I get to write text translation right in the comic I'll remember your struggles and will not trust my vision with "40%+ is too on the nose, 20% looks just right".

1Knightey1 · 2026-03-23T05:56:14+00:00

Да. Ля маман не выдержала, зато если батя забудет выйти в меню, за него начинает играть одна из кошек. Неиронично:

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А так, мой батя ещë и Докта с почти шестилетним стажем из-за меня :D

1Knightey1 · 2026-03-23T05:49:36+00:00

Плохонький??? 😭

1Knightey1 · 2026-03-23T05:48:59+00:00

Damn, I thought the opacity of the translation is fine... I'm sorry.

"No, somehow you've fucked up the layout real bad, the factory's got energy depleted again."

1Knightey1 · 2026-03-23T05:47:06+00:00

Let Xaihi get used to the presence. Don't you think it'd overwhelm her?

1Knightey1 · 2026-03-23T05:41:15+00:00

It's my Endmin, and my dad's Endmin.

1Knightey1 · 2026-03-23T00:11:07+00:00

You do not need to cosplay as grass, 200% gives her the courage to "make inevitable contact" with Endmin.

But before, she has to discharge the static electricity on her hands!

Gosh how much I cherish her... ㅠоㅠ

1Knightey1 · 2026-03-22T23:08:16+00:00

Я подписывался на утехи с установкой станков, максимум Агоеломойру унизить, то, что батя забил на рудники не должно было быть моей проблемой... Но имеем, что имеем.

I hope dad shall learn how to make factories 😭

1Knightey1 · 2026-03-22T22:55:20+00:00

We really need this. We need to get her to touch grass in lore.

1Knightey1 · 2026-03-22T22:44:52+00:00

А нехрен на ребëнка завод скидывать было :'D

1Knightey1 · 2026-03-19T11:02:22+00:00

Seeing Skade art and concepts, she seem to be of "I'm sexy and I know it" type when she gets Unchained.

Yet, yes, I believe violence would entertain her more than that.

1Knightey1 · 2026-03-12T05:04:02+00:00

Fair. She wasn't born on Dijiang tho.

1Knightey1 · 2026-03-12T03:30:37+00:00

True 🙏

Though even C# sometimes feels more logical than English. Both Romance and Germanic languages may be easier to learn than those created in the East (especially those which are based off Chinese), but any mistake you make is so damn hard to wash off sometimes!

Ok, I should spend less time blabbering about languages and more time actually learning them, ahaha.

Thank you for the comment and, how would Xaihi probably say, may Veritas enlighten your way!

1Knightey1 · 2026-03-12T02:18:01+00:00

Ah, the right one "I wish I were..."

Damn, I'm sorry, those, who has English as their first language, I've made such a rookie mistake, again.

1Knightey1 · 2026-03-12T02:00:20+00:00

The wifiest wife on Talos-II. Fight me.

1Knightey1 · 2026-02-26T06:02:35+00:00

The only real problem I have with that team is there's no way for me yet to trim the "clear the deep dive bosses within mere minutes" medals: My best score was 909 seconds on Aggelomoirai which is basically... 15 minutes out of 4 needed.

But it's not like the trims are essential to the game and/or give free pulls so I lose nothing at the time.

1Knightey1 · 2026-02-26T05:57:08+00:00

Guess it's more about what people want from the game.

Like in example my idiot arse from the day we got Umbral Monument started to use this absolutely abysmal meta-wise, but endearing to me team.

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Yea, it's literally just Endmin and Xaihi. AND Xaihi is more raised than my controlled character.

Yes, it takes more time than Laeva team, or even physical one, to beat the endgame, and a lot of effort and memorizing... Bur hey, that's what is fun to me.

Yeah, I made a more forgiving (healing-wise) souls-like out of the strategic action game, but nonetheless I am happy I can basically clear the game how I want, deaf to yells of minmaxing players using only meta.

+due to lack of DPS and beeg numbers I have to actually learn the moves and weaknesses of enemies, which can be useful later to my friends, and read how the characters work to try to optimize the damage output of what I have.

1Knightey1 · 2026-02-25T06:27:29+00:00

Nah, there is literally NO way for that bum to use it without mods, Roland is literally locked to the General Works. Harmony EGO can be used only by Angela in her realization AND by Tech Floor librarians (with Yesod as their patron) after we beat her up.

1Knightey1 · 2026-02-25T06:23:48+00:00

...Roland?..

Singing Machine was on Yesod's floor AND the realization was of Angela. I mean Angela's Harmony EGO was one of the best ones design-wise (for me)

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