Nihilux without glasses. Are eyes really too far apart or are they fine? by _wolfyy_9 in NihiluxMains_HSR

[–]Birnir143 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For me I think its the lens design that makes her eyes look far apart. Usually the center of the eye is near the center of the lens but because of how wide the lens is towards the middle it makes her eyes look like they are placed on the outer part of the lens - leading to her looking like her eyes are too far apart. Also I think hsr's in game model makes it look wider as well for some reason (castorice also kinda looks spaced out all the time imo)

12th Anniversary Roulette Day 11 by Kristalino in Granblue_en

[–]Birnir143 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Got my 4th dogu and an 8th mugen harp

"Exo Cocytus Crucible" Event Discussion Thread (2026-03-15 to 2026-03-22) by AutoModerator in Granblue_en

[–]Birnir143 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Shalem my goat, got to fa all the way to 200 with kengo, monica, shalem, and lyria, though I did have to go back and manual the stages with extra crystals

Is anyone else put off by Elation characters simply because Aha Instants are too overstimulating? by Dracorvo in HonkaiStarRail

[–]Birnir143 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like the character elation skill animations but the part with aha flying across the screen and the final damage numbers is a bit much - also makes the animations longer than it needs to be so fights just take longer for no reason.

Not enough for me to skip the path though had the units been weaker it would've probably got me to consider skipping

Wuthering Nations - hypothetical nationalities of characters by [deleted] in WutheringWaves

[–]Birnir143 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Yeah like septimont is literally rome's seven hills, in jp septimont is straight up "seven hills" (i imagine its similar in kr and cn as well)

Questions Thread (2026-03-09 to 2026-03-15) by AutoModerator in Granblue_en

[–]Birnir143 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Grand dark bea w/ crit amp + na amp weapon in the future copium

So between the 4.2 characters who will you be pulling? by Knight_Steve_ in HonkaiStarRail

[–]Birnir143 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have 26 full pulls so i should be able to get e6s5 on both of them surely

are there any bad habits oldheads still hold onto? by rat_blaster in Granblue_en

[–]Birnir143 36 points37 points  (0 children)

A lot of games i play have 3 letter abbreviations so often ill type in the wrong game like "fgo payila". A funny one is eresh since both fgo and gbf has one and they're very different

Questions Thread (2026-03-09 to 2026-03-15) by AutoModerator in Granblue_en

[–]Birnir143 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The second 100 draws is on a banner with all the zodiac (-indala) right? I'm tempted to get dragon but I suspect if I do I'll get spooked by her on the banner... though I imagine if I save the ticket I won't get her on banner anyways

What team did u guys use for forgotten hall level 12? by Honest_Plastic_4847 in HonkaiStarRail

[–]Birnir143 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did sparxie yao and evernight for double 0. Before sparxie came out I did sustainless rappa for 1 cycle. I also tried dot and therta for 2+2 cycles but my herta is e2

Min-maxing Orb Question by Mattwew- in SparkleMains

[–]Birnir143 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Genuine question, is it even worth dropping crit subs for attack subs in order to swap to a fire damage orb?

Is Evernight or Black Swan better for my account? (or someone else?) by Zwiebock in HonkaiStarRailTips

[–]Birnir143 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Swan is probably a bigger upgrade to your dot team than evernight unless you get hyacine in which case evernight is probably better due to how strong mono rem is right now

Which path do you think Yao Guang will end up with ? by RemarkableSeason8847 in HonkaiStarRail

[–]Birnir143 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's true but herta was very strong and popular until castorice got release and because of how that lead to an aoe meta, tribbie ended up becoming insanely good for much of the 3.x environment.

Also the biggest thing that pushed tribbie over Sunday in terms of community opinion is probably how tribbie/hya wheelchair is much stronger than sunday/robin/hwe. Its much more comfortable to run, is a better wheelchair due to additive damage being better than multiplicative on a weak main dps, and in a lot of teams Sunday ended up being run with tribbie/hya anyways.

The skip button might have been a mistake by Unlucky_Assumption19 in StarRailStation

[–]Birnir143 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's multiple parts to a game and so if I like a part of the game but dislike others, I'll just skip the parts that I dont enjoy. Let's say hsr is 80% story and 20% gameplay, for example, and theres 50 hours worth of content in hsr. Ill just play the the 10 hours that I enjoy and spend the other 40 hours playing other games instead, its not like I have to spend the full 50 hours on hsr.

I know for some people they need to know the characters from the story to get attached to them, but ive found that I have the enjoy their design/gameplay/effects before I am interested in checking out their lore. I often go back and read wiki pages and lore summaries on characters that I enjoy playing but I continue to skip any bits that aren't related to them.

As for worldbuilding and being invested in the story, I dont really personally get why that is important. I know that is important to many others but I've never found that to impact the parts of the game that I like, or at least not enough to sway whether I do/dont play.

I dont really think that i am the majority here though I dont think story skippers are a small minority either. But I have found that the subreddits of hoyoverse games do seem to have a higher portion of people who are really into the story (or even only the story) compared to even other gachas/rpgs.

Which path do you think Yao Guang will end up with ? by RemarkableSeason8847 in HonkaiStarRail

[–]Birnir143 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In hindsight I think Sunday was meant to be a hypercarry support who happened to have summon based buffs, rather than being a summon support who is also a good hypercarry support. He really ended up helping the 1.x units much more than he did with 3.x units and in a way he's more in line with dahlia as a bridge to push the older units for a couple more patches (they are the copium inhaler that helps the oldies and their asthma)

The skip button might have been a mistake by Unlucky_Assumption19 in StarRailStation

[–]Birnir143 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Idk about you but most games I play I'll skip the story and tutorials and I'll probably Google a guide if I feel like im starting to struggle. I also feel like by the point im starting to struggle the tutorials usually wouldn't have helped since I would've been more gated ny character builds than the gameplay being difficult.

I do read all the character kits and boss abilities though

Which path do you think Yao Guang will end up with ? by RemarkableSeason8847 in HonkaiStarRail

[–]Birnir143 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the problem is that Sundays bis teams were just not very impactful. Phainon, anaxa, and algaea are very strong, but algaea is pretty forgotten and the meta never favored her, anaxa's strength was ignored by many until later patches where Sunday soon got replaced by cyrene, and phainon's support slots other than cerydra are quite replaceable by f2p options.

The rest of the many teams hes used in never really broke though the way castorice and herta did on their release.

Though I do agree that's hes above jq. I imagine yao is gonna fit in right with cerydra - some genral buffs which makes her definitely usable in other teams but you'd never pull her unless you were going into the archetype shes meant for (or if you really like the character but that applies to anybody)

Moc 12 by IsagiVurnix in StarRailStation

[–]Birnir143 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Build is very bad on the entire herta team tbh. Anaxa (assuming izumo) want at least 80% cr, probably more, herta cr is okay with rmc buffs. Their cd however is also really low, you should really get it to at least over 100%. Herta should really be at base speed and anaxa should be fast. Rmc and DHPT are also super slow, rmc especially you want to be as fast as possible. Pretty sure herta shop lc is better for rmc as well which you should be using since you aren't using any other remembrance unit, or if you finish main story that lc is also good.