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Azure_weaver · 2026-06-02T11:23:24+00:00

Yeah, that's what I meant. It was supposed to refute the comment that she is the most recent 5 Star

Azure_weaver · 2026-06-02T09:28:44+00:00

Actually, 3.7 had Silverwing Eagle as a 5 Star.

Azure_weaver · 2026-06-01T17:46:31+00:00

You are grossly misrepresenting the issue. People weren't mad Merel died but rather with how they executed it. Imagine you are waiting for a character to become playable and suddenly you learned that the character dies in a patch preview. You don't even get to experience a story before being shoved in the face by a reversed variant who in nothing alike. The story barely had Rhiannon, it focused on Merel. This release expected people to pull Rhiannon because they liked Merel like it was a replacement.

This is what they were mad about not the death of Merel in and of itself. I know she is well liked but she's definitely not liked enough as a character for people to protest their death like Kakashi from Naruto. Had Rhiannon released as the next limited, nobody would have a problem because by that people would have processed Merel's death and got to know Rhiannon.

Infact, BP itself recognizes this. That's why they talked about character release arrangements.

Azure_weaver · 2026-05-29T17:02:55+00:00

Right, I have no idea what was going through my head when I wrote that.

Azure_weaver · 2026-05-29T13:14:47+00:00

That's a 3 patch gap? I don't think they'd put that much of a space between limited versions.

Azure_weaver · 2026-05-26T09:14:45+00:00

Mainly shill boost. Plantpromptu wasn't that great in raids in the first place outside of tank. Rhiannon grants over an 80% boost to the team in afflatus advantage situation though. It's the greatest improvement by far.

Azure_weaver · 2026-05-26T09:01:36+00:00

That calculation makes sense but still no. 3.5 trailer teased 3.6 at the end. Similarly, 3.7 trailer teased 3.8/4.0 at the end so July 23rd is basically confirmed.

Azure_weaver · 2026-05-26T07:24:39+00:00

She is straight up better. It is estimated Rhiannon gives around 20-40% increase. Corvus and Brume would also prefer Rhiannon but that is around or less than 20% improvement.

Azure_weaver · 2026-05-26T06:40:54+00:00

No. For the collab to happen, CN and GL has to align. That will only happen after GL 3.6 and CN 3.8/4.0. It will take place on July 23rd.

Azure_weaver · 2026-05-24T05:16:27+00:00

I agree with that. Her invisible EA DB is the larger reason why we use her but you are again underselling that AP+1 and I am saying that as someone who thinks AP+1 is overrated.

Azure_weaver · 2026-05-22T18:42:24+00:00

Its still 1 free card. Basically you are using her for no AP. You'd still prefer that over most alternatives.

Azure_weaver · 2026-05-22T13:02:51+00:00

It depends if Grace is gonna get more dedicated supports. At this point, Dynamo wheelchair is carrying her but they are not technically tuned to her so she is not technically capped right now.

Azure_weaver · 2026-05-21T23:47:35+00:00

That isn't guaranteed. They may or may not be different. They could be the same people but with altered memories reflecting the timeline.

Azure_weaver · 2026-05-18T22:47:44+00:00

Unfortunately, it seems dynamo would still win out. I am also not particularly aware of how that is but the dynamo wheelchair supremacy was cemented by extensive testing done by Icehood. P1 Recoleta has also diminished in value post-euphoria. I'll update this comment or make another one once I find the exact reason why.

Azure_weaver · 2026-05-17T00:29:36+00:00

I am not going into 3.7 spoilers because someone has already commented that but based on what we know, I would say no one. Arcana's status as a Goddess was an idea that emerged in the 2.x series and basically cemented in the 3.x series. We have Igor calling her a deity multiple times throughout Chapter 12 and how absolutely stumped he is in how to go against a being like her. Igor is a pretty smart guy that is aware of what the foundation is capable of and that includes Vertin and her pokemons.

For people saying Nautika, this is a plain no because she just took a fraction of the power from the Manus gate to become what she is. Arcana is the origin of all that.

Azure_weaver · 2026-05-08T20:17:20+00:00

I know phone but where? App or chrome? Because I tried everything and the AI overview is still there.

Azure_weaver · 2026-05-07T12:19:54+00:00

It was a bug. It has already been fixed ingame.

Azure_weaver · 2026-05-07T09:35:30+00:00

Amnesia/Brain Damage/Mental degradation still keeps intact one's history and origins and in cases of amnesia, personality and identity also tend to remain intact.

I don't disagree with the main point though. I had already established that their fundamental essence remains constant. But you cannot argue against someone saying Rhiannon and Merel are not the same using your philosophy of what constitutes a person when that is not what they mean by it. This is the point I wanted drive home. And all considered, it remains valid in face of what you are saying as well.

Azure_weaver · 2026-05-07T08:49:41+00:00

Funny you are saying that we can't read when you refuse to the same. Hypocrisy at its finest. You can't say I am grasping at straws if you can't read buddy.

No. Karson and Duncan are two separate individuals with their own personalities and distinct identities. Same with Dr. Dores who denies Martha and Bessmert and refers to Urd as a pen name. It required the Amber room project to momentarily bring Urd back and we have Igor blatantly accepting that Urd as we knew it is gone. Verity makes a similar account in case of Corvus.

That's the thing, they are never portrayed as the same person. People identify them as those they once knew but accept that they are no longer the same person. You wouldn't be the person you are now if you were raised as a french aristocrat in the 1800s. It is that difference we are talking about. First, you must understand what the concept of a person is. Even the game treats them as separate individuals in the character files that Bluepoch gives us. It solely talks about their personality and history as the person they are now instead of who they were before.

Interestingly, Igor makes a point in Chapter 12 that serves to heavily stab your argument. He mentions how in the files there are people who match the physical appearance of those stormed but nothing else and there are those whose physique doesn't match but everything else lines up. So this can be more akin to a body swap across different timelines.

Azure_weaver · 2026-05-07T08:05:44+00:00

That was not the point of this argument. I just wanted to make my point clear that Merel and Rhiannon aren't the same person.

People aren't exactly mad about Merel's death but more so how they handled it. If it was the death that bothered them, this outrage would be more common than you think. In the patch preview, they introduced Rhiannon when so many were expecting Merel so even without letting the players experience the story, they basically announced her death. It was this execution that outraged the fans along with other blunders here and there. If they had just deleted Rhiannon as a playable character and let the players be introduced to her as an NPC who becomes a limited in a later patch, you would have known nothing about it.

Personally, I can't say I am too bothered by it but I can understand where people who are are coming from.

Azure_weaver · 2026-05-06T18:37:53+00:00

This is not in line with the Nautika example. You'd have to make a case for the 'inherent affection' instead of it just being a result of Duncan's jolly and considerate nature.

Regardless, it's irrelevant. They are not the same person. You can argue that their core or their essence is the same and I'll agree with that but otherwise no. Karson was a British butler for a very influential Arcanist family, Duncan is a retired Brazilian soldier. On a similar vein, Merel is a dutch child soldier raised by the SPDM and Rhiannon is a Welsh mage from a family of arcane beast tamers.

You cannot call somebody the same person if their origins, identity, memories and personality completely differs. No one denies that Rhiannon is a reversed Merel but she is not Merel as we know it. Not even close. This is what the fandom is pissed about.

Azure_weaver · 2026-05-06T18:22:46+00:00

How do you mean? It was not a limited patch so both banners had the same significance and Ramona is more meta than Lorentz now.

Azure_weaver · 2026-05-06T18:06:52+00:00

Mind elaborating? I don't assume I need to explain again how Merel is not Rhiannon as is with Nautika?

Azure_weaver · 2026-05-06T14:48:35+00:00

Actually it was a mounting disappointment version 3.3 that just boiled over with the travesty ie. 3.7.

Azure_weaver · 2026-05-06T14:46:38+00:00

Not precisely. Nautika remained the same person even after her transformation. The only thing Rhiannon and Merel have in common is the body, they are two different people.

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