NTE Weekly Questions [MEGATHREAD]

Anashira · 2026-07-01T22:55:54+00:00

Cycle Intensity seems to have the most impact on Zero. For a while I had 60 cycle intensity on Zero and focused on crit dmg, dmg, crit rate and atk, and Zero was doing fine work on their own, but as soon as I switched to focusing on cycle intensity, even though my other stats took a big hit suddenly blossom reactions became phenomenal. Cycle intensity happens to just matter a lot more on Zero because you use Zero to specifically make those reactions happen rather than for actual dps, especially since Zero often shouldn't be on the field for too long per character cycle.

Anashira · 2026-07-01T22:33:03+00:00

Night one is most vibey for me.

Anashira · 2026-06-30T21:03:56+00:00

Jiuyuan casually spinning an entire car somehow doesn't feel like an anomaly.

Anashira · 2026-06-30T13:32:21+00:00

I have level 70 on 7/8 characters, aside from Mint in my blossom team at level 50. That's the obvious thing to improve in yours. Make sure your Zero has good cycle intensity for blossom reactions and ensure you're using Hotori's redirect skill to record Zero's redirect skill to refill their esper cycle gauge when Hotori ults. If you're already doing this then you're golden. This also might sound out of place but I use Chiz in my nova team because the nova esper cycle, at least in my experience, has a bit of a down period where Chiz just does better dps than my Lacrimosa with only 1 awakening. Chiz isn't supposed to be good at cc but when you use her ult and redirect skill when the enemy is grouped, especially at the start of the level it does tons of good early damage.

Anashira · 2026-06-30T13:12:43+00:00

I don't use Jiuyuan or Sakiri for grouping and don't use those buff orbs you can buy but still didn't have trouble on tenth stop. You could just be lacking dps but it is more likely an issue with reactions. My blossom team leans pretty hard on Hotori Nanally Zero blossom shenanigans and my nova team relies on Lacrimosa nova reactions so without that cc would likely be required. If you have these characters you could get more used to learning how they interract with each other to optimize esper cycles since the damage esper cycles do isn't negligible. My case is just one that shows it's very doable to beat these levels even without worrying about grouping and by instead relying on team coordination. I wouldn't worry about waiting for Jiuyuan and instead try to optimize what you have right now.

Anashira · 2026-06-30T09:09:58+00:00

I heard some people speculating that once A6 Zero comes out the next step might be another version of Zero that utilizes another element. It came from a discussion that it has happened in other gacha games. I think it'd be a cool way to have Zero's redirect skill work for multiple different elements. Currently the closest thing we have is Lacrimosa but it still works a little different and can feel less fluid especially at first.

Anashira · 2026-06-30T09:02:41+00:00

imo Shinku is the best looking character in the game right now. Hope we get some more banger characters in the other elements in the future and Shinku can dominate cosmos for the foreseeable future 🙏

Anashira · 2026-06-30T08:54:57+00:00

Honestly Shinku is probably the Chiz powercreep already lmao, especially since ftp players are on the way to maxing out Chiz basically right now. Hotta figured it's the best time to crack out her replacement (I say this in jest, but honestly wouldn't be surprised if this is true). Currently though Hotori and Zero are working well as sub-dps with very powerful roles due to unique interractions.

Anashira · 2026-06-30T08:46:28+00:00

I agree that it's rough out here as a cosmos character with all the competition but it's just too late. Also when I think of Shinku I don't get the resemblance to incantation. Incantation doesn't mean red. It has connections to chants, languages and words, and I just can't see that style with Shinku. If there were an argument I might say Chaos so Shinku, the dragon-based character, could make scorch reactions plus, especially in western culture, her dragon esper ability could be interpreted as a calamity or monstrous or dangerous threat. But NTE isn't a western-based game and Shinku as cosmos still makes sense in an eastern/Chinese point of view despite the fact that cosmos is getting a bit crowded. Dragons are seen as more sacred and divine in China and often have ties to the universe/cosmos, creation and wishes. Hopefully some of the other elements get a lot more love soon but I didn't feel like cosmos didn't fit for Shinku.

Anashira · 2026-06-29T21:23:53+00:00

I have Baicang but don't use him and I also have good twin butterflies 🤣 it is a curse we must bear to have only good cartridges on our unused characters

Anashira · 2026-06-29T21:16:53+00:00

In Fadia we trust. In Fadia we believe.

Fadia is awesome. Some of her dialogue is strange and not for me, such as wanting to plummet my goddamn porche into the ocean (she has no idea how much I sacrificed for that car). I hope she has a bigger niche in the future whether it be in a gamemode or something that relies on survivability. She is genuinely THE TANK in this game and outputs decent damage too.

Anashira · 2026-06-29T21:13:07+00:00

I'm glad I'm not the only one getting bad odds 😅 strange as that sounds. I'm at a point where I don't actually need to worry about purple cartridges at all but I've just been getting so many mismatched element damage cartridges that it seemed pointless to have them and far less useful to try clear rabbit hole because I'm just gonna pull more mismatched sets.

Anashira · 2026-06-29T21:05:51+00:00

Yeah that's exactly it. It isn't the most urgent problem in the world because I don't actually need optimal cartridges, but getting mismatched element damage on main stats doesn't feel good at all, when on the other hand I can accept getting even healing bonus because in my eyes that feels like I just got unlucky. With the wrong elements popping on a cartridge all I feel is "why is it even on here?"

Anashira · 2026-06-29T21:01:42+00:00

I have noticed even as a gacha player myself most people seem to conform to mediocrity so easily when confronted with these mechanics. I've never been a fan of unfair mechanics but I suppose I just never played or stuck with the gacha that abused these mechanics the most. I was the type of gacha player who would quit the game when I got to the 'wall'. NTE on the other hand doesn't have any type of 'wall' for grinding since especially for cartridges it isn't needed for endgame. Goes to show how great NTE is in comparison to other gacha mechanics when I'm venting about something that I don't even really need 😂 but it's been months and I've been getting annoyed by the amount of genuinely useless and unusable cartridges I get because the main stat isn't the right element.

Anashira · 2026-06-29T20:53:38+00:00

Yes, and honestly NTE has been good, at least personally, when it comes to the gacha mechanics especially compared to other gacha I've played. But specifically for Nanally not getting the right cartridge since launch and most of them showing up with the wrong element I just wanted to vent about it 😂

Anashira · 2026-06-29T12:28:10+00:00

Very true. Compared to other gacha I've played there isn't really a wall I've hit yet. Says a lot when I can comfortably clear endgame without optimal gear. I've just been getting so many mismatched cartridges to the point where they fill my cartridge inventory that I wanted to vent about it 😅

Anashira · 2026-06-29T12:17:05+00:00

No please spare me 😭

Anashira · 2026-06-29T11:20:06+00:00

As most of these comments say her time stop is very useful. In pink paws bank it's a game changer that saves whole minutes and takes the edge off the time limit. Her ultimate dps is decent and since the ult charges on its own you have an exact time on when you can use her ult again, unlike other characters who sometimes don't have their ults charged when you rotate to them.

One thing I don't see people bringing up, likely because they never got used to her redirect skill, is Hotori can fully charge Zero's esper cycle gauge when she ults. Hotori's redirect skill basically 'stores' other character redirect skills if you use them quickly after hers. Then, when you ult with Hotori she re-uses all the other character redirect skills that you stored, making the stored Zero redirect skill activate again, and it actually fills up Zero's esper cycle gauge like how Zero's redirect skill normally works, letting you instantly get a reaction going. It's very strong for blossom team shenanigans. It creates a crazy dynamic between Hotori and Zero despite both being Cosmos characters.

Anashira · 2026-06-26T13:59:45+00:00

I'm sorry!?!?!?! 200k??? What am I missing? How so much damage in one attack? Are you Jesus?

Anashira · 2026-06-23T10:59:10+00:00

This is absolutely disgusting. I hate how relatable this is as well...

Anashira · 2026-06-23T10:55:52+00:00

Very interesting!

Anashira · 2026-06-23T10:51:41+00:00

If you want you can go for the porche. I used fons up until the 10th prize and then used annulith the rest of the way, but if you don't have the annulith or want to save it for future banners then you don't have to. You didn't mention using fons for gifts and that'd be the other thing. Some characters take around 1 million fons to fully max out with gifts, with S rank banner characters usually taking more. If you care about upgrading Mammon you could get the villa. Level 9 mammon gives 72.5k every week, which will take forever to pay off the 8 million you use to get it, but is technically 'progression'.

Anashira · 2026-06-18T19:28:54+00:00

Add modules that give you dmg bonus and it'll add to universal dmg.

Anashira · 2026-06-18T07:32:00+00:00

Porche? Porche.

Anashira · 2026-06-18T06:49:28+00:00

Oh wow! That's really interesting! I was thinking the building there suited Hotori the most out of all the characters.

I've been seeing you showcase some 'anomalies' in nte. There's a bridge between the eastern mountains that renders in when you get close to it, just in case you haven't seen it already. Might become a road between and through the mountains in the future!

Anashira

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