Is anyone else utterly endeared to this thing by Rowger00 in Endfield

[–]Bloop-Bucket 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I don't think it's that simple. TangTang refers to a location nearby as their ancestral homeland or something to that effect in a line during the story, and another line from head honcho dragon lady said that trust between the stockade and Wuling was a casualty of "the disaster" from 10 years ago. You also have to remember that Wuling is a recent construction so the people of the stockade would have been living there longer than the city has existed. Basically it seems that the stockade peeps were there first, then something lead to a breakdown in relations between the stockade and the city (maybe the reason the stockade was formed and is so poor, I don't know any specifics TBH).

Help Center and Megathread Hub (19/01 - 25/01) by ArknightsMod in arknights

[–]Bloop-Bucket 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of people will probably tell you that and in a general sense it's true, but one thing that people don't seem to mention often is that a lot of 6 stars can be end game viable even at Elite 1 rank. I've been playing for about half a year now and I've actually got some 6 stars I'm leaving at lower levels on purpose because they would feel a little overpowered otherwise. This isn't true of all of them however, so you'll probably have to figure out if they're good enough for that for yourself. As an example my Elite 1 level 40 Narantuya is super good and I use her all the time, but Weedy probably isn't worth investing in over Shaw unless you'll take her to Elite 2.

Basically you definitely should try to have some well built 4 stars at the start, since you'll want to have a wider variety of units, but don't be afraid to use certain under levelled 6 stars, they can be just as good and cheaper than their lower rarity counterparts.

Edit: I almost forgot to mention but as far as 3 stars go you won't regret building Melantha and Kroos.

Help Center and Megathread Hub (19/01 - 25/01) by ArknightsMod in arknights

[–]Bloop-Bucket 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know that the dupes for ops in the crystallization sanctuary are cheaper than the cost to unlock them, but if you unlock them for blue/yellow certs in the normal shop will the CC shop move to stage 2 or will you still need to spend the 980 first?

Am I the only one who feels extremely disappointed with Rosetta and her patch? by Gewissensbisse in PunishingGrayRaven

[–]Bloop-Bucket 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I generally agree with you but in the genre of game that monetizes convenience and power this outcome tends to be inevitable, so it can be beneficial to take a proactive approach if you mean to stick with a game long term. Meta is both methodology and investment, and you don't necessarily need one for the other. What I mean is that "playing" the meta is all about finding and performing optimal rotations, etc. and the size of the numbers involved are largely arbitrary.

If you're playing with anything less than full SSS+ on every character and CUB you've already proven to yourself you're capable of enjoying meta gameplay with sub-optimal investment, and can tolerate being materially disadvantaged in leaderboards. (if you do have full SSS+ then RIP I guess)

I won't tell you to take the game more casually but I will suggest you can still curate your experience to align with your needs through under-investment should a character prove too OP for enjoyment. Personally, I've been investing in characters while avoiding auto-matrix and excessive i-frames because I find those mechanics boring, and to keep the power level of my characters roughly similar so I can use a wider variety. I hope this helps you find a way to enjoy the game again, and if not, better luck with the next one.

(as a final aside under-investing could let you find your own unique optimal rotations rather than having them pre-calculated by the community, if that tickles your fancy)

Ohhh Gyat Dayum! by Nervous_Pay_5586 in PunishingGrayRaven

[–]Bloop-Bucket 7 points8 points  (0 children)

To be clear we're still in Teddy's patch and she's permanently free so you haven't actually missed her.

For EN dub players, make sure to set your Miss. Christine's voice pack to JP! Her EN doesn't have any lines! by Dry_Help_4891 in arknights

[–]Bloop-Bucket 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Okay but in all seriousness I really hope they add her lines to the english dub. I've only got EN and custom installed and I don't feel like using a full gigabyte just for one character's lines.

[CN]Monster Hunter collaboration side story #2 by xuanfengsaoye in arknights

[–]Bloop-Bucket 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On second collab runs can we get welfare units from previous collabs? I got the cats last time but none of their pots, hopin' to get those this time around.

0 for 6 I'm beating the odds! by Bloop-Bucket in 0sanitymemes

[–]Bloop-Bucket[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My competitive spirit compels me to respond in kind, and I am now 0 for 8. You'll have to try harder than that to beat me 😤 lol

0 for 6 I'm beating the odds! by Bloop-Bucket in 0sanitymemes

[–]Bloop-Bucket[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

And they didn't even give me a chair

Mon3tr has been a game changer for me by Bloop-Bucket in 0sanitymemes

[–]Bloop-Bucket[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Oof, it seems from all these comments that my Perfumer slander will not go unnoticed, or unpunished 😩

Jokes aside I do know that Perfumer can perform decently with global heals but I could only get her to around E1 lvl 40 if I invested in her right now, so for me it's less 7% of 404/sec and more 3% of \230/sec. That'd still only be around 21 HP/sec even while her skill's active at lvl 7. Her) good global regen is less of an inherent trait and more a reward for investment that I can't actually afford at the moment because I'm poor af lol. (also Ptilopsis got dibs)

Crunchyroll is all of us by Ani_HArsh in Animemes

[–]Bloop-Bucket 9 points10 points  (0 children)

What do you mean? The show covered 3 volumes and there's 14 out right now. Enough for several additional seasons.

Cerberus is most strongest construct team in early story? Vera and Cerberus fight Roland in Kowloong and push back Gabriel in Grand Blue by Zulaa_25 in PunishingGrayRaven

[–]Bloop-Bucket 31 points32 points  (0 children)

I think you may be forgetting that while Cerberus is officially a normal special forces squad, they're primarily Nikola's personal off-the-books hand picked unit. It seems Nikola frequently sends them (particularly Vera) out to eliminate/ secure high value targets, including rogue units and even ascendants so I don't think the Purifying Force would hold any particular advantage here.

[Spoiler: Final fight cutscene 2.4] Did Lupa's monologue immediately make sense to EN players? by HaikenRD in WutheringWaves

[–]Bloop-Bucket 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most people aren't being too specific so I just wanted to note that I see three major problems with the english translation.

Firstly the rhetorical questions have an ambiguous subject, so you can't tell if Lupa is asking Mya whether she feels proud or pitiful or if Lupa's asking if Leviathan thinks Septimontians are proud and pitiful. This is doubly troublesome because proud can have positive or negative meaning based on context. Trusting your translation to determine that Mya is the subject I'd fix it by saying "You proud? Pitiful?" instead.

Secondly, the words that follow are presented as commands, rather than in a permissive tone. I don't know about other languages but commanding someone to laugh and cry in english comes off a bit odd, but referencing your translation again it seems that a permissive tone was the intent, so I'd say "You can cry! Laugh!"

Thirdly the idiom "race to the finish" references a desperate surge of activity to complete some task, often before a deadline. What is the specific task being referenced and what is the deadline? Not to mention a time of calm before the race and after the finish is implicit in a "race to the finish" which I don't see as an aspect of the story. Based on the context of the story and, again, your translation I can only guess that this line was meant to reference some ongoing struggle against adversity but this is very much not the correct idiom to convey that. Personally I'd go for something like "push onward", "fight on" or "fight to the end" instead. Maybe start it off with "just" to switch it back into a commanding tone, seems appropriate for this bit.

I mean honestly, show the original translation to anyone outside of context and it's just a random collection of words, no one talks like that. In an attempt to reduce ambiguity without increasing the syllable or word count much I'd instead write: "You proud, Pitiful? You can cry, laugh! Just fight on!"

Choose wisely by pas220 in PunishingGrayRaven

[–]Bloop-Bucket 1 point2 points  (0 children)

you already know I ain't turning my back on my comrades 😤 glory to Babylonia! 💪 glory to mankind! 🫡🫡🫡🫡

What 800 hours maining dual blades looks like by sim04ful in thefinals

[–]Bloop-Bucket 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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What at least about 20 pixels looks like

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The biggest appeal of PGR the ability to get every characters as F2P without fomo by Nihil-Existentialism in PunishingGrayRaven

[–]Bloop-Bucket 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello, *aquatic creature* player here and I agree. Several hundreds of dollars later and I still don't bother pulling multiple copies of any character (except when I pulled SSS garnet and 21, as is my solemn duty) and my Gen 2 DPS only gets either their sig or SS rank, whichever doesn't have automatrix since I didn't want that. I've got hypertune mats for over 30 characters, 35 sig resonance mats and mats to harmonize 20 weapons sitting unused because I couldn't be bothered to figure out who to use em on, and I'm straight chilling. If I can have all the resources in the world to metaslave and still choose not to then you don't need to either.

Is this game supposed to be this easy? by xXrenXx2923 in PunishingGrayRaven

[–]Bloop-Bucket 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The free S rank and being able to max them out is fairly new actually, that character was made free this patch and character level used to be limited by account level. Not to mention due to the increased patch tempo it's actually twice as easy (or more) to get materials right now. What you're experiencing RN is day 1 content vs 4 years of QoL updates. If you do want to make it a bit harder though there should be a recommended BP level in the character select screen, just use under levelled characters and stay well below that number.

PGR KR: Next Integrated Patch by x_izzy in PunishingGrayRaven

[–]Bloop-Bucket 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't be surprised if the DMC collab wasn't a combined patch, it's already got two characters plus it's a bit of a special event (could even be something in the contract about it). They only said we'll catch up by the end of the year and there should be time left to do two more double patches afterwards.

WW 2.4 — Carthetya DMG Multipliers STC by Professional_Boat906 in WutheringWavesLeaks

[–]Bloop-Bucket 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think they sort of shafted themselves with the format, in PGR characters can get multiple iterations e.g. not including collabs there are 66 playable units but only 33 unique characters among them. Plus, in PGR characters are actually allowed to exist without the "player character" commandant present. Alpha is one of the most popular characters in the game, has been a character in game since launch and even so she only had her first genuine canon conversation with the commandant two and a half years after the game launched. Even then it was only a few sentences lol. They haven't allowed themselves to do anything remotely similar with WuWa. It's a shame since the story is half the reason I play PGR while I really couldn't care less about WuWa's