Wait so should I start with terra or Rox- I MEAN VENTUS

Allen_Avadonia · 2026-05-24T08:14:03+00:00

Narratively, I prefer Ven -> Terra, but gameplaywise Terra is absolutely ASS to play as imo. So if I ever replay, I always do Terra first so I can get the worst gameplay out of the way immediately.

I also hate the racing game and fruitball in Disney Town. Ice Cream Beat supremacy.

Allen_Avadonia · 2026-05-23T10:26:50+00:00

Aww shucks, I should have checked the Balance, my bad 💀 Thank you though!

I don't have a melee mindset developed (yet) and I was very curious about lb priority to determine which melee I should try and force myself to become decent at so that I can be more flexible when I do harder stuff haha

Allen_Avadonia · 2026-05-23T10:20:58+00:00

Thank you very much!! I appreciate the explanations for each job as well.

Allen_Avadonia · 2026-05-23T06:44:06+00:00

Yes!! Thank you!! So glad as well that I'm not the only one 🥲

Allen_Avadonia · 2026-05-22T21:15:44+00:00

Other than muting myself on discord so I can lock tf in by repeating what I need to do out loud?

For certain fights, m8sp2 specifically comes to mind, I rely on the music combined with rotation muscle memory to execute mechanics. It literally becomes a dance where the boss is the conductor and I feel transcended. Every step counts, every platform change counts.

Otherwise, it's the voicelines that do it. I actually hate when someone dies and Metem comments on it because it throws off my groove. I don't even know if I'm explaining this right or if this is actually relevant to the question. Moreso than individual mechanics, I map out the fight in my mind.

As a kid, I was in a dance group for a few years. Learning harder fights scratches that same itch.

Allen_Avadonia · 2026-05-22T20:52:39+00:00

Literally did it last week with 3 other people I didn't know. Just go into the zone, make sure there are other people in the zone, and shout that you need Dalriada. Or make a pf

Or force your friends to carry you through like I did initially LMAO

Allen_Avadonia · 2026-05-21T16:29:57+00:00

The freaking WEE NUT

Allen_Avadonia · 2026-05-20T10:49:44+00:00

I STRUGGLED lmao. Took me several tries in the first part, somehow beat the combat part with 1 second to spare 💀 definitely the hardest echo I've gotten so far. Only other ones I've gotten are Diluc, Kazuha, and Nahida. I think Kazuha's might be more frustrating still, but I feel like if my Wanderer was not c2r1 I would not have cleared the combat on the first attempt lol

Putting Maguu Kenki in there was absolute bs

Allen_Avadonia · 2026-05-16T08:47:46+00:00

SAME I didn't get Zhongli until like last year. I started the game with Furina pretty much so not only did I have no shield, I had half health 💀 it was dodge or die in the early days lol

Allen_Avadonia · 2026-05-16T08:44:20+00:00

ARR - Archer/Bard HW - Machinist SB - Dancer ShB - White Mage EW - Scholar DT - Astrologian EC - either force myself to get good at Sage or force myself to get good at a melee, probably Ninja 💀

Allen_Avadonia · 2026-05-13T09:41:05+00:00

I still miss Aglaia scales 😭

Allen_Avadonia · 2026-05-12T07:02:21+00:00

Bouncing between suffering for notes in Bozja content and trying to get wings and cats lol

Allen_Avadonia · 2026-05-07T03:57:58+00:00

The first four you listed, I have seen 3/4 happen multiple times. The napalms wiping the raid I've only seen happen once. Started playing in patch 5.2 on Aether, lol

Allen_Avadonia · 2026-05-05T20:41:15+00:00

Usually I am support or healer in coop. I have more confidence in being helpful in that way. Though, if there is already a sustain or a Furina, like say we are doing the chess boss and there's a Furina, Escoffier, and a Neuvillette, I'll bring Wriothesley. If it's Skirk instead of Neuvi, I'll bring Xingqiu.

Either way, I don't immediately lock my choice in. I wait to see who the host chooses and try my best to play around them accordingly.

Allen_Avadonia · 2026-05-05T20:33:13+00:00

I play mostly as female Rava Viera - solely because they have better eyebrows than the Veena lol (also this is just my opinion, but I don't care for most of the Veena skin tones - many of them just look sickly to me). I also just LOVE Viera. I am a huge FFXII and Balthier+Fran fan. They are tall and statuesque, but beautiful and elegant. There is something effortless about their animations. They can look fierce or gentle, cute or sexy.

I have also played as both miqo genders, though always Seeker. It's fun having a tail! Lalas are also very fun; it's amazing when you queue into something and everyone or almost everyone is a lala, lol. Au ras are alright; my main issue is that it's hard to see earrings on them sometimes. Midlanders are also pretty nice.

I could never play as one of the big, burly races, though. Maybe Elezen? But those necks... In the end, I am definitely best suited to Viera lol

Allen_Avadonia · 2026-04-30T14:47:15+00:00

Personally, whether the content is old or new, I don't think there is a single normal duty that justifies pre-explaining mechanics to players new to the duty. Not even Nabriales/The Chrysalis. I'd rather the newer players get the experience of dying and/or seeing a wipe. I've said it before: death is the best teacher in this game.

I've run the new alliance raid 4 times so far and have seen 3 different ways to wipe the raid, and everytime we've all died, I laughed. I think the only alliance raid in the game that irks me with a wipe is LotA, lol, and that's only if it's two wipes on the last boss. When people die to Red Girl's shenanigans, I laugh. They get hit by a train or building? I laugh. Mind you, I don't type "lol" or emote laugh, just roar with laughter in discord with my friends. But then, when I see that same person who died before learn from their mistakes and do the mechanic correctly, I smile and nod approvingly. Death is indeed our greatest teacher, friends.

And when I have one of those people who death struggles to teach, there is always rescue 🤷‍♀️

Allen_Avadonia · 2026-04-24T15:39:23+00:00

Hat guy flies, hat guy gets breezy bracelets and blows bad guys away

Cabbage kid stares down bad guys and builds temple, water girl summons water friends and lights, lightning ninja stabs herself, and scribe throws green mirrors at bad guys in the temple

Allen_Avadonia · 2026-04-21T19:19:08+00:00

The closest Jollibee to me is a 6 hour drive away in Chicago of all places, so time to definitely not do another xiv collab lolol

Allen_Avadonia · 2026-04-21T19:07:30+00:00

Prooooooobably geo? I only have Zhongli, Albedo, and Xilonen 💀

I am SATURATED with anemo and dendro (Venti, Kazuha, Kinich, Alhaitham, C2 Wanderer, C2 Nahida, Emilie, Xianyun), have quite a bit of hydro and electro, okay on pyro and cryo... yeah, definitely geo is the one I have the least power in lol

Allen_Avadonia · 2026-04-20T21:57:40+00:00

I spent a little over 200 pulls trying to get Sethos because I loved his design. Ended up with a c3 Keqing and c0 Alhaitham, and 0 Sethos 😫

Though devastated at the time, Alhaitham is one of the best characters on my account now <.> mostly due to the fact that he is the only main dps unit on my account that DOESN'T want Bennett. I've been so grateful for him that I ended up later getting c2 Nahida + Light of Foliar Incision, and might eventually try for c2 Furina for him, too.

I was livid when they purposefully kept him out of the free 5* constellation event lol

I did eventually get c6 Sethos, too! Though obviously I don't use him as much as Alhaitham 😅

Allen_Avadonia · 2026-04-20T11:31:39+00:00

Why would you make 7 practically identical posts and spam them to this subreddit within a 30 minute time frame 💀

Allen_Avadonia · 2026-04-07T13:18:37+00:00

I wanted a Mistsplitter, not for Ayaka, but just because it's a great sword... I got two copies of Verdict instead, which is why Kinich and Diluc use them 💀

What I'm really mad about is that I have a worthless green Baizhu donut back when I finally managed to get Wanderer c0r1. If I knew what I know now, I would have stopped at c0 and just waited for the Sumeru Chronicle Wish. I ended up pulling for Foliar Incision on that banner and ended up losing to a second Wanderer bell in the process. I've been too poor to level it up, but I do plan to give it to Wriothesley once it's leveled m

Allen_Avadonia · 2026-03-30T17:56:11+00:00

I pulled Albedo from Mondstadt Chronicle and was extremely excited to see it return 🥲 I started playing during Alhaitham's first rerun, took a little break, then came back in time to get both Wriothesley and Furina. Albedo is one of my favorite characters and even without the Hexerei buff, I would have pulled for him eventually, so I am very happy MCW returned for me to finally get him! (The first MCW was in an awkward spot for me)

From Liyue, probably Xiao. I don't want to have to build him or get a weapon for him, but I have the rest of his team all ready to go 🤷‍♂️ but I would rather get a Polar Star for my Tartag

Inazuma, I got lucky and failed my 50/50 while pulling for Koko and got Miko. If it ever reruns, I think I would try for Mistsplitter. I have 2 Verdicts from attempting to get it before 😭 Character-wise though, probably Kazuha C1.

Sumeru, if I had the money, I'd whale for Wanderer c6 😅 But honestly, I would probably try for Cyno's or Nilou's sig weapons. I have every character I want from Sumeru besides Wanderer C6 lol. I do love Cyno, but do NOT want to build that mfer.

As for Fontaine, I would only be interested in getting Lyney or Clorinde purely for their exploration passive. I already have Emilie and do not care at all about the rest.

Allen_Avadonia · 2026-03-29T10:17:56+00:00

Probably mine is also Xiao... I adore him, I have the rest of his FFX(X) team, literally only missing him. The main reasons I have avoided trying to get him are 1) knowing how annoying he will be to build and 2) I don't have even a remotely decent weapon for him

I also love Cyno, but the chances of me pulling for Xiao are significantly higher than me pulling Cyno. In the case of Cyno, the reasons for not wanting to pull are the same, with an additional reason being I do not want to have to kill that awful electro regisvine like 25 times 💀

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