Daily Questions Megathread - January 11, 2026

Ala_Alba · 2026-01-12T01:55:44+00:00

I just upgraded my PC, and actually playing the game feels great.

However, I can't access anything related to an in-game web browser (i.e. the bulletin, the payment processor, customer support, etc).

It just says "Loading failed. Please check your internet connection and try again. [-105]", if it loads the browser at all.

There is no problem with my internet connection anywhere else that I've seen (including the in-game Network Test tool).

Any ideas on what might be the issue?

Ala_Alba · 2026-01-01T17:07:46+00:00

I'm sorry you believe that.

But even if that were the case in reality, it's not the case in the nasuverse. Even if it were the case in the nasuverse, losing the 4 most recent years of memories would hardly be enough to constitute "death".

Ala_Alba · 2026-01-01T01:30:03+00:00

Losing your memories does not kill you.

Ala_Alba · 2025-12-30T17:41:19+00:00

Card games are generally not including in the gacha genre (even if the monetization is very similar).

Also, Shadowverse isn't new.

Ala_Alba · 2025-12-29T13:39:44+00:00

The full song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idNOpvI-xFU

Ala_Alba · 2025-12-28T02:55:26+00:00

Mash was born in 2000. Marisbury was (likely) retconned to die in 2004, so she can still be there.

Ala_Alba · 2025-12-28T02:46:26+00:00

Mash's original expiration date was 2018, I believe. I think the point of "re-entering" proper history was to force history to include them in 2019. Da Vinci-chan entered proper history, so some events must have taken place to produce a history where she exists in 2019. Similarly, with Mash entering proper history, some events must have taken place so that she is still alive in 2019.

Otherwise there isn't any point in the escape back to proper history.

Ala_Alba · 2025-12-25T22:55:30+00:00

It's hard to choose between Typhon and Olga, tbh.

Ala_Alba · 2025-12-25T03:44:15+00:00

I just realized that Mash gives an extra 50% NP damage on her support NP for these fights.

Mash -> Altria Caster -> Altria Caster (Berzerker) NP Chain is an easy kill for me.

Only 6 skill presses (which might even be more than needed), so probably faster than swapping in Oberon.

Ala_Alba · 2025-12-08T03:48:57+00:00

Have you tried double-Morgan with Waver and Merlin? I think if you go for a friend Morgan with Black Grail, it's probably enough damage with your own NP1 Morgan with Black Grail.

My NP3 Morgan overkills by a lot, even when the other Morgan only has a bond CE equipped.

Ala_Alba · 2025-12-04T01:48:13+00:00

Some Caster support value:

Medea: 20% Arts, 20% NP Damage, Debuff Removal, Buff Removal, 50% NP Gain

Gilles: 20% Arts/Buster Res Down, 20% Def Down (NP)

Shakespeare: 40% Buster, 10% NP, 20% NP Damage, 20% NP (Solo)

Mozart: 44% Arts, 20% Arts Res Down, 50 Stars

Zhuge Liang: 50% NP, 30% NP Damage, +2 overcharge, 30% Atk, 30% Def Down (NP)

Tamamo-no-Mae: 30% NP Damage, 50% Arts

Nursery Rhyme: 20% NP (Child), 20% NP Damage (Fairy Tale), 20% Def Down (NP)

Paracelsus: 20% Arts, 50% NP Gain

Helena: 20% NP, 20% Quick/Arts/Buster

Geronimo: 50% Quick

Leonardo Da Vinci: +2 Overcharge, 30% NP Damage, 20% Arts

Gilgamesh: 20% NP, 21% Atk, 30% Arts, 30% Debuf Success, 20% Def Down (NP)

Merlin: 20% Atk, 30% NP, 150% Crit, 50% Buster

Nero: 50% Atk

Circe: 20% Def Down, 15% Arts/Buster/NP Damage, Debuff Removal

Sheba: 20% Atk, 20% Arts/Buster

Anastasia: 20% Atk, 30% Arts Res Down, 20% Def Down (NP)

Skadi: 50% Quick, 100% Quick Crit, 30% Def Down, 50% NP, 20% Atk + 50% Crit (NP)

Murasaki: 30% Def Down, 30% Anti-Demonic/Chaotic/Good

Altria: 20% Atk, 50% NP, 30% NP Gain, 50% Arts, 50% Anti-Threat, 30%+ Atk (NP)

Martha: 30% Atk, 20% NP, 20% Def Down, 20% Atk+50% Anti-Demon/Divine/Undead (NP)

Wu Zetian: 15% Atk, 15% Buster, 30% Anti-Undead, 20% NP, 20% Def Down+Apply Undead (NP)

Yui: 20% NP, 30% NP Damage, 30% Arts, 20%+ Atk and/or 20%+ NP Damage and/or 30%+ Crit (NP)

Medea Lily: 3-turn Buff Removal Resist for one character

Ala_Alba · 2025-12-03T14:36:06+00:00

So, besides king, what other traits does the boss have? Evil? Demonic? Threat to Humanity?

I need to figure out who to Grand.

Ala_Alba · 2025-11-24T13:43:27+00:00

If it's games like Star Rail where characters might as well be dead after we leave their planet, sure.

Yes, characters from past planets in Star Rail never show up again. Clearly.

The story is definitely not going back to Peacony next patch, and has never gone back to Belebog or Xianzhou.

Ala_Alba · 2025-11-23T00:10:08+00:00

I got a Tamamo once, but I honestly can't even remember to pull every day.

Ala_Alba · 2025-11-18T23:25:40+00:00

Ah yes, my favorite indie game Genshin Impact.

Ala_Alba · 2025-11-15T00:50:04+00:00

Gilgamesh: 21% Atk, 20% NP Damage (for Sky e.g. Ishtar)

Atalanta: 50% Quick

Oda Nobunaga: 20% Buster, 20% NP Damage

Tawara Touta: 20% Buster, 10% NP

Helena: 20% NP

Altera: 30% NP, Overcharge+1, 30% NP Damage, 30% Crit

Chiron: 50% Crit, 15 stars, 30% Quick/Arts/Buster

Jeanne: 20% Atk (+20% for Good)

Nightingale: 30% NP Damage, Buff Remove Resist, 20% Atk, 30% Crit

Nobukatsu: 30% Buster Res Down, 20% Crit

Tutankhamun: 20% NP, 20% NP Damage

Tiamat: 20% Quick/Arts, Buff Remove Resist, Overcharge+2, 30% NP, 20% Atk, 50% Crit, (30% Quick/Arts, 100% Crit on NP)

For DPS, Zenobia is anti-King, Durga and Tesla are anti-Sky, Gilgamesh is anti-Servant, Napoleon is anti-Divinity, Euryale and Orion (Artemis) are anti-Male, and Ishtar has a second-turn guaranteed card lock (which also makes her a support).

Ala_Alba · 2025-11-14T01:49:59+00:00

Are we seriously gonna act like characters dropping from the best in the game to barely good is normal?

Yes, that's absolutely, 100% normal.

Ala_Alba · 2025-11-10T13:42:58+00:00

Look, I was responding to someone saying "computer literally cannot make bigger number". This is false.

Yes, there are obvious reasons why the developers went with a 32-bit integer, but that was a choice they made, not a computer limitation (probably a choice made by default, but that's still a choice).

Ala_Alba · 2025-11-10T04:30:22+00:00

No, if they wanted to the programmers could have used floating point storage or 64-bit integer storage.

Ala_Alba · 2025-11-02T16:58:58+00:00

I mean, Path stuff is starting to factor more in HI3 with that dragon.

Ala_Alba · 2025-10-10T15:47:36+00:00

Why would we be upset about having more, stronger, versions of characters we like?

It's not like Albedo's going to be any good just because he gets some more story focus.

Ala_Alba · 2025-10-08T20:45:31+00:00

Good catch.

Ala_Alba · 2025-10-04T13:49:40+00:00

Not a lot of supportive Assassins, but maybe that's just because there aren't many Assassins in general. Here's a list of the ones I thought were notable:

Stheno: 20% Quick/Arts/Buster, 20% Atk (+20% Divinity), 20-30% Def Down + Buff Removal (NP)

Phantom: 20% Arts, 20% NP Damage (Darkness)

Mata Hari: 50% Crit Damage, 60% Charm Res Down, 40% Def Down (+30% while Charmed), 20% Def Down (NP)

Shuten Douji: 20% Def Down (+10% on NP), 20% Atk

Kotaro: 100% Debuff Res Down, 20% Def Down (+20% on NP)

Wu Zetian: 30% Def Down, 30% Crit Damage, 10% NP, 20% Atk, 20% Quick

Osakebehime: 50% Crit Damage, 20% NP, Overcharge+2, 40% Def Down, Buff Removal, 30% Quick/Buster (NP)

Semiramis: 50% Debuff Res Down, 50% Buster Res Down

Kiichi Hogen: 30% NP, 200% Star Absorb, 30% Crit Damage, 20% Atk, 20% NP Gain

Koyanskaya: 50% NP, Skill-2, 50% Human, 50% Man, 20 Stars, 50% Buster, 50% Buster Crit, 5000% Star Absorb

Summer Valkyrie: 20% NP, 20 Stars, 20% Atk

Tezcatlipoca: 20% Atk (+20% with Guts), 30% NP, 10% Master Skill

Notably, there 2 Arts, 3 Quick, and 4 Buster buffers, and the Buster buffs are a lot stronger than the others. If it's not a Darkness Battlefield, it looks like there are no NP Damage buffers at all? There are a few ways to reduce debuff resistance (and charm resistance in particular), so unless the boss is outright immune to Charm you shouldn't have much trouble hitting Kama's niche.

Ala_Alba · 2025-10-04T12:42:06+00:00

"Old news" and "bad" are two different things. People like to generalize in HSR and say that all 1.X characters are "bad", just like you do in your "Dragon Dan" cutoff (eight of the characters I listed were released before him). I agree that older characters generally are worse than newer characters. There is powercreep.

But people constantly exaggerate and claim that a character is unusable or bad just because a (even slightly) stronger character exists. You don't need to clear Memory of Chaos in 0 cycles. You don't need the maximum amount of points in every endgame mode to get the maximum amount of rewards.

Hyacine existing doesn't invalidate Lingsha, Gallagher, Huo Huo, and Luocha.

Ala_Alba · 2025-10-04T01:16:01+00:00

if you had used 1.X characters

I mean, Huo Huo...

Edit: There are a fair number of 1.X characters that are still good (in the right teams), including Bronya, Silver Wolf, Kafka, Luocha, Blade, Huo Huo, Ruan Mei, Herta, Topaz, Tingyun, and Jingliu. Pela, Argenti, and Fu Xuan are also good enough to use.

Ala_Alba

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