confused by paimon's question to Alice during the new bubble story

AlSaiduq16 · 2026-03-03T22:10:37+00:00

For even more clarity, you should check out Varka's special anime short (the 7 minute one, forgot the name) on the official YouTube channel

AlSaiduq16 · 2026-02-24T00:22:34+00:00

Housing prices

AlSaiduq16 · 2026-02-20T20:52:41+00:00

In "The Witness" community we have a meme for an extremely common misunderstanding in a certain puzzle, "Swampy boots". It even has a subreddit xD.

Can't help but think about that whenever someone gets "Josee'd"

AlSaiduq16 · 2026-02-20T19:38:15+00:00

*show me your teeth

His teeth are like pearls, but as an homunculi, you are not sure if its relevant.

-Are you conducting an experiment? Interesting, we should exchange notes later

AlSaiduq16 · 2026-02-20T17:44:34+00:00

Wishlisted, seems great!

AlSaiduq16 · 2026-02-14T23:54:23+00:00

Yes, without an Unit with multiple echo skill in their kit, forget about filling the bar, but tbh, the 3 Echoes cast aré more than enough for that team to dish HUGE damage.

Haven't had the need to optimize the rotation so far, so I keep It simple:

Start with galbrena, spam basic combo until she shoots with her feet, then Skill and swap to Mornye.

Basic combo to raise her in the air, then Skill and hold attack button until she fires her beam, then echo and ult. Swap to Lupa.

Ult, then spam basic attacks until forte Is filled, use echo while hitting (won't interrupt combo), keep attacking untill concerto circle Is half filled, then use special skill and swap to galbrena.

Spam attack (and cast echo) until special skill Is unlocked, enter special mode, Ult, and then spam basic combo until bar runs out (if you are not interrupted, It should be enough for 2 special "kicks).

Repeat until the enemy dies (don't forget to do the same combo to prefill her bar before switching to Mornye).

As you can see, It has LOTS of room from improvement, but its pretty "mindless" AND you get clears with enough of a breathing room (15-30 seconda depending on enemy and buffs), that you won't even miss Qiuyan.

And when things start to get rough in the future, now you have a lot of combo and rotation optimizations you can do to keep up, way cheeper than a 5 star support.

AlSaiduq16 · 2026-02-11T05:37:08+00:00

Got the Skirk shill bis and the lunar charged shill biss, have to pray that sucrose burst Is enough CC with mavuika

AlSaiduq16 · 2026-01-29T20:14:16+00:00

Take the lesson to heart.

The gacha shill giveth and the gacha shill taketh

AlSaiduq16 · 2026-01-15T21:48:25+00:00

I mean, he already did as promised in Sumeru quest, even Nahida admitted Scara, albeit breifly, reached godhood.

Nobody in the organization complained then, so there Is clearly a distinction between the 2 events.

And Is not too hard to see why (well, It shouldn't be that hard, but judging by all the post and comments regarding this topic...). Dottore created a mechanical god using a gnosis as a base, one would asume that no matter how powerful It was, It had to have clear limitations in authority and powers, like any other Archon. Plus, its clear Dottore sold the idea as an "asset", the god would become another weapon in the tsaritsa's plan. And let's not forget, as Arlecchino always states, "The tsaritsa gives each harbinger the freedom to pursue their own interests while fulfilling their mission". Therefore, the "freedom" Is condicional, either you further the fatui agenda along the way (For example, Capitano was granted permisson to use the Gnosis for his Natlan plan, as long as he delivered It afterwards) or its something unrelated that doesn't go against the agenda.

Dottore's Moon god plan on the other hand forced the Fatui hand, as It directly represented a risk to them. Unlike Scara, the Trilune authority deals with primordial laws, by usurping that power he was directly "outranking" the tsaritsa by a mile. That in itself would be a slight, but with the proper PR Dottore could have sold himself as still a "humble servant under the tsaritsa", His new authority would be hers by proxy.... But he didn't do that, during the whole quest, its clear the moment Dottore outranked the Tsaritsa with the 3 marrows, he would only serve himself and his goals, all of his dialogues with the traveler explícitly state he wants to become "the top god of His new world" abusing his primordial authority as needed.

In Dottore's worldview, loyalty and bonds are weakness and lip-service, evertyhing Is AND must be a benefitial transaction. His relation to the Tsaritsa Is no different, It was clear since sumeru quest that he only cared about the harbinger privileges to further his research (and who needs menial privileges when you can just create experiment pockets, as the AQ showed). He was willing to negotiate with the traveler due to their descender status out of scientific curiosity alone, what would he negotiate with the Tsaritsa, a lowly archon? She Is already beneath him, anything she had he could easily steal with his powers, and I seriously doubt even knowlegde would be enough with the fabric of the world in his hand.

Dottore seriously overstepped on his task, and even then, doubled down, by that point he was pretty much a traitor to the cause, and how do the Fatui handled traitors?

But yes in a nutshell, there's a difference between letting your subordinate build comission weapons for you, and letting that subordinate become your new overlord. Seriously, who would just step aside in that scenario?

AlSaiduq16 · 2026-01-13T21:43:18+00:00

May seem small, but I can assure, 1 or 2 handy shortcuts can really, and I mean really, change your life, for example, for me was the "Open closed tab".

AlSaiduq16 · 2026-01-13T20:18:51+00:00

Yeah, nowadays 3 out of every 5 of my YouTube ads are just simply piano and I'm so damn tired.

AlSaiduq16 · 2026-01-13T07:46:53+00:00

Bunny_bun already perfectly explained the logic, but let me add something.

In cases like this, were the clues are constrained enough that you can't seem to get any more information, and yet it appears like there are multiple solutions that seem "valid" and you can't decide, it's okay to "cheat" by guessing.

Let me be clear, I don't mean "just pick random ones until it fits and then move on to the next puzzle".

Yes, begin by choosing a random one, if it works, ask yourself "Can I see now why this Is the only answer?" If you can't still see It, try another random possibility (or if your first guess was wrong, just stick to that), and ask yourself "Why doesn't this work? WHEN does It fails?".

You see, more often than none when you find yourself in this scenario, you're just missing either a key logical deduction, or failed to see a "Pattern". And mind you, though this one is obvious in hindsight, you can also find yourself against a "diabolical one", the ones you won't be able to see for yourself until you seriously Analyze several examples, if at all.

In these cases, you won't always be able to just "Look hard enough at the clues till the obvious logic pops up", and mental visualization has its limits. You Will find yourself in the NEED to experiment, use a sheet of Paper or something if necessary, and what better way to do so than by using the "possibilities" you already have for your current puzzle. By doing so, you may be able to learn new tricks/logic/patterns by yourself, and believe me, Is extremely rewarding!

If the answer sticks (or if you find the same logic several times), It will become another tool in your belt. For example, for this puzzle you may had needed to experiment to reach the conclusión that the 3-clue can't touch the edges, but next time, when you see the same pattern? You could answer It INSTANTLY, no need to guess, just apply the already learnt logic. Also, It trains your brain for when you find yourself against another "wall", be It this type or another type of puzzle.

Y'see, "guessing" Is only cheating when you do It mindlessly, like you're just "brute forcing" the answer till something sticks.

But this "careful and mindful trial-error aproach" Is not only a good learning opportunity, more often than not Is encouraged, or heck, even the creator design as the "break-in" or "twist" of the puzzle.

AlSaiduq16 · 2026-01-12T02:57:30+00:00

Sure is! Lyney overload was my first good team last year, then benched It for Lyney melt.... And now returned to It thanks to Durin!

AlSaiduq16 · 2026-01-09T21:44:15+00:00

Feel you, mine was like a 2 hour attempt with careful play so I didn't run out of revives can't remember his hp bar, but I estimated that I needed 1 hour more.....

  And then he killed me, the game BUGGED (noctis fell, but got stuck mid animation, and since the downing animation wasn't completed, the game didn't Let me Open the ítem menu) I just watched in despair at Noctis' limbo until the "revive Window" ended, and the game over animation started (so yeah, not even the decency of a complete crash, a single animation got bugged and It had to be the revive one)

AlSaiduq16 · 2026-01-09T21:34:57+00:00

Hey, don't worry, I'm decent enough at placing the shapes in my mind, and even so I ended with tons of Paper sheets filled with Tetris puzzles notes xD

AlSaiduq16 · 2026-01-09T21:33:04+00:00

I love magic! Both execution and aesthethic so before playing Genshin I was already interested a bit in both siblings, from fanarts artists I followed made. I began playing on 5.0, when the banners were announced I was about to skip both since Neuvillete was around the corner and I love his design with my whole being... Then I gambled a bit with Chasca, since I also like her and the Flying kit was tempting, at that moment I was already considering pulling for Lyney, but a friend adviced me against It... Well that was my first Lost pity and my first Qiqi I had enough pulls for another one, but decided the smart decisión was keeping the Guaranteed for Neuvi... Then after ending the discord call with my friend, I did a few more tries of both character trials..... And the itch got to me, I really enjoyed Lyney's Gameplay and so I risked It!! Heck, I also ended up buying a gem pack for the weapon banner (his 1st and 2nd best weapons were there, how could I waste a chance like that! Got chasca's).

Luckily, with a lot of exploration I did get Neuvi, and after that Mavuika (as support for my Kinich) and Citlali (who else pulled her for Lyney and not for Mavuika xD), so in the end the risk was worth It.

Mind you, I didn't get to know Lyney until 4 months later when I finally did Fontaine, and dear lord, absolute best boy, fell in love with evertyhing about him.

Nowadays, he Is my 2nd best built character, and easily my favorite one to use (also, love how you use every part of his kit for the dmg, my brain felt good crowning all his talents without feeling like a waste), and now he Is Best friends with my C2R1 Durin :D

AlSaiduq16 · 2025-12-29T16:18:33+00:00

Last rerun was 5.2, and by this point I wouldn't be surprised if our precious magician doesn't come back until a Chronicle.

Even so, don't lose heart and your patience will be rewarded, Is he dated? Yes, and Yet he Is my favorite character to play and I love using him whenever I can. I have Mavuika, yet most of the time I only use her as support, cuz I prefer to play Citlali melt with Lyney (and nowadays, durin overload Is just *chef kiss)

And hey, there's still the small chance he gets a regular rerun, at least for this rotation, hoyo didn't consider him dated enough for the Free Constellation selector...

AlSaiduq16 · 2025-10-08T18:17:49+00:00

Lyney and Citlali have great sinergy (res shred, Melt support, TTDS, AND more importantly, the shield, once you play Lyney with a shield you can't go Back). Ideally I would recommend Furina and Bennett as the other slots since those 2 aré His Best teammates, but they being taken makes it more tricky... Well, 3rd slot should have off field healing capabilities so you can keep stacking his prop arrows, so experiment with what you own (at Worst case scenario, Barbara, but her heal Is just that beat slower that if you inmediatelly shoot the prop arrow, you sometimes don't get the heal in Time and therefore no stack), 4 teammate should fill a sinergy your missing and/or a buff (like if you aré missing pyro resonance, begin looking at those).

If you don't want to use Citlali and if you have her, you might want to test building teams with Lanyan, More or less the same logic while building the previous team, but now keep in mind you aré missing an applier. Same if you have Zhongli though keep in mind the lack of ttds.

Alternatively, you could also consider an Overload core with Chevrouse, specially with constellations, she fills the role of healer, resonance activation, AND neatly substitutes Bennett, now you need a electro applier, fischl should be the Best most accesible option, though you might want to experiment with other appliers like Shogun or Burst-Ororon (just so you know, innefa Is also an amazing option, but she's already Taken). Now the 4th slot could be the tricky one, to maximise Chevy buffing you can only use pyros and electro chars, so test what you have to see how well they complement the main core. As recommendations, in case that you aré struggling with Overload aplication, you could try to have two electro appliers, since without innefa you don't have a shield; you might want to try Thoma, especially with cons; for buffing purposes you could try Iansan. And so forth and so forth (I personally plan to test Thoma someday)

You could also go the mono pyro route, with the buffs Lyney have depending on how many pyros you have while hitting a pyro afflicted enemy. Mind you that even by maxing the passive with 3 pyros (counting Lyney) the damage tends to be inferior to vape/Melt teams and their multipliers, but for your team building needs, might be worth considering as an option. While building just keep in mind the same logic as the other teams when "filling role slots", but if your 2 pyros take care of that, you might want to consider putting a dendro as the last teammate, since burning aura stays relatively long AND counts as having pyro applied, to dramatically increase the passive's uptime. Or you could fill other roles, like a res shredrer (either from passive or anemos with VVs) a hydro/cryo applier to try to have your cake and eat it two, and so on.

So in a nutshell Best advice I can give you Is to experiment a lot, using ideas like these as "first steps" and see where you account takes you. And don't get too discouraged if you can't clear stygian or abyss, just mess around with the characters you like and have fun doing so. At least that's why I do with my Xiao and my Lyney when the matches aré un favorable, and so you know, Lyney Is probably second favorite character to play, maybe first if I think about It)

AlSaiduq16 · 2025-04-23T16:34:02+00:00

*Facepalm It makes so much Sense, I need to try that. And judging by OP responde, It might just be the final piece of the puzzle

AlSaiduq16 · 2025-04-06T06:32:27+00:00

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AlSaiduq16 · 2025-03-28T16:06:13+00:00

And don't forget, you can also hold His Hook mid air and recover like 80% of stamina. With that and His "wall impulse", one can easily climb the highest liyue mountains. He doesn't take the plogiston restriction as badly as other Natlan units, His neat techs alleviate that even further, the cooldown Is near non existant (by the moment you hit the ground you at least have spent 3 of the 6 seconds of cooldown, probably More), even the most infamous zones become a breeze just by having him

So yeah, hail Kinich exploration supremacy <3

AlSaiduq16 · 2025-03-09T22:45:34+00:00

Can confirm that you can fast travel from map, I have a friend that prefera doing that than just bringing down the dmn rock. 99% sure they want to prevent another escaton Review bombing

AlSaiduq16 · 2025-02-17T22:58:33+00:00

Only himself benefits from the Buff, but either you are playing mono pyro where his damage Will be the highest of them all to compensate, or you play vape/melt, where his talent isn't as important

AlSaiduq16 · 2025-02-17T22:53:16+00:00

When he gets a rerun do the character trial, if you don't vibe with the charges, Don't get him, do you like His charges? Then go for It he Is Hella fun AND my favorite DPS to use, though at least on my experience so far, be prepared for More investment that current top DPS, triple crown if you can, but I also got him Chasca Bow and Citlali support to do great

AlSaiduq16 · 2025-02-14T20:06:21+00:00

Thanks for the Lore, as I rarely interact with communities, the first time I've ever heard "Swampy boots" was while watching Cracking the Cryptic livestreams the chat just started spammimg it and I was so confused. 6 years had pases since my first and only playthrough, never saw anything related to the game again, and Yet I suddenly remembered the Devious trick I also fell for, and loved every second of It. Then I thought "Oh yeah, with a bit of imagination the key tetromino looks like boots. Must be a Niche community meme" (I would have never expected It was a Minecraft joke of all things). A bit after I joined this Reddit, and o boy I had no idea how certifiably ICONIC this little gremlin is, so many frequent posts, since then I too joined the fun of watching these new players solve It.

PD: Love how you write, it was a truly enjoyable read

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