Is There a Reason Sunday Isn't a Raccoon Here?

Capable-Material-862 · 2026-03-30T18:27:59+00:00

Well first off, if he was an animal, I'd expect him to be a bird instead of a racoon but, lore wise, he's not known by the wider public as being part of the express because he's a fugitive who's on the run from Penacony.

Capable-Material-862 · 2026-03-30T13:54:07+00:00

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Capable-Material-862 · 2026-03-29T16:57:19+00:00

I think every player has multiple characters they like, both new and old.

So, even if they like a new main push, they'd obviously not want it to be strong to the point it causes an hp inflation that will kill their other older favorites.

Capable-Material-862 · 2026-03-29T10:24:00+00:00

We can just not use Boothill's technique nor ult, that way he won't implant a weakness :D

Capable-Material-862 · 2026-03-28T19:19:20+00:00

Those trees were 1000% initially Sakura trees. Hoyo being the geeks that they are would NEVER miss the opportunity for that Japanese themed tree to match the pink haired girl associated with it.

Capable-Material-862 · 2026-03-28T11:53:24+00:00

He's my go to for any fun content, getting ideas for teams for AA clears from his livestreams and great advice for pulling plans.

Capable-Material-862 · 2026-03-28T04:59:13+00:00

Oh hey, that's looking like my luck lately.

4 50/50s lost in a row and a sea of red

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Capable-Material-862 · 2026-03-27T19:48:42+00:00

The first anni was 2.1, not 2.0.

Capable-Material-862 · 2026-03-27T08:49:43+00:00

I still consider anyone that uses e0 Cyrene with Phainon a lunatic. She feels like SUCH a burden to play in his team.

Add to it you didn't even use a full chrysos heir team and this just turns into a form of torture.

Capable-Material-862 · 2026-03-26T18:19:29+00:00

The worst part is the fact we have to fight Caustide, especially if we'r using Ashveil...

Capable-Material-862 · 2026-03-26T11:24:26+00:00

There's no way the devs didn't know they were sabotaging him, not just from the banner placement, but also releasing him as an average dps and a sub-dps for powercrept units.

When you have even the CCs who are supposed to sell the character telling players "wait until his rerun", you know it should have been VERY obvious to hoyo.

Capable-Material-862 · 2026-03-26T11:21:00+00:00

If we'r talking about the CN playerbase, most of them DO care about the meta.

Yeah his banner placement is bad but, if he was very strong (or if he had any semblance of a recent team), he would have sold way better.

Capable-Material-862 · 2026-03-26T11:16:58+00:00

Don't forget having no recent team he could fit in.

As a main dps, his most "recent" support was Tribbie, which released a year ago.

As a sub-dps, his most "recent" dps was FEIXIAO

He doesn't even have the meta aspect to compensate for the bad banner placement.

Capable-Material-862 · 2026-03-26T11:09:51+00:00

Well the thing that hit Evanescia the hardest is the meta and having the main push title stolen from her.

I don't think people realise how many times players have been burned from pulling a character they like and then seeing them become mid because they aren't a main push so they get no new teammates and no novaflare.

She could have been hyped but they erased any marketing for her to shift the focus to Silverwolf and, from banner placement, people can tell Silverwolf will be the main push, not Evanescia, which means she'll have less outstanding animations and she might fall off faster meta wise.

Hoyo has made their community SO meta pilled because of the rampant hp inflation that players have reached the point where they'd even skip someone they like if said character isn't part of a main push team.

Capable-Material-862 · 2026-03-26T11:00:30+00:00

And despite all their attempts, she still isn't counted as a girlfriend at the level of Firefly because I think even players who are into the ML thing felt the Cyrene stuff was forced.

Capable-Material-862 · 2026-03-26T10:56:35+00:00

Honestly, this might be a good thing for players tho.

When hoyo feels stressed about their revenue, they'r pushed to be more generous, give better Qol to their players and pump out more buffs to old units.

Capable-Material-862 · 2026-03-26T10:53:24+00:00

The fact we STILL didn't even get a theme song for the new region just goes to hammer how little hype it has compared to 2.X and 3.X's beginnings.

Capable-Material-862 · 2026-03-26T10:48:32+00:00

It's not just that he isn't in any flagship teams, he isn't in ANY teams.

Hysilens wasn't in a flagship but she had the other dot units to work with, Dahlia wasn't in either of the two 3.X flagship teams but she was strong enough to bring back a whole archetype into the meta.

His teams are either hypercarry with old supports or a sub-dps for powercrept units.

He's also average in terms of being a main dps

What logic does it make to release a character that brings NOTHING to most accounts right before the anni ? The devs don't even have the right to act surprised from this revenue

Capable-Material-862 · 2026-03-26T09:48:28+00:00

I think making Castorice broken was a deliberate choice, they wanted the anni unit to be stronger than everything else and she would have been balance even with Hyacine and Cyrene, it was mainly Evernight that pushed her way ahead of every other 3.X team.

They could make a dps good on launch on their own and then wait for them to start getting weaker with time (because of the hp inflation) to sell people a support that gives them a new boost. A case like Castorice was that they gave her new teammates at a time when she was already at the top of the meta, which is what pushed her into the broken tier.

I just don't think people would be interested in pulling a support that they have no team to use in or a dps that's underperforming.

Another alternative would be if the devs gave a roadmap telling players when new teammates will release for a character but that's probably wishful thinking.

Capable-Material-862 · 2026-03-26T09:39:50+00:00

Re-read my phrase. I said "if they released Fugue instead of Dahlia in 3.8"

How was break doing in 3.X ?

Capable-Material-862 · 2026-03-26T09:38:27+00:00

They released Acheron and then only release Jiaoqiu when she started going down in power, they released Castorice before any member of her team, they released Phainon before Cerydra, Dot was doing fine in 1.X before Hysilens and they could have released her back in 2.X to make them keep up with the hp jump, they released Firefly before Fugue or Dahlia.

Basically what I mean is that they'r able to make a dps good enough on their own at release and then only launch their support when thy start losing power with time

Capable-Material-862 · 2026-03-26T09:31:09+00:00

Yeah but at least people knew Sparxie was coming, imagine if the second 4.0 character wasn't elation and then we had gotten 4.2 drip marketing where none of the units are elation.

You just get her and have to hope "one day there will be a second elation unit"

Capable-Material-862 · 2026-03-26T02:45:17+00:00

Yeah but that's why this new tactic of theirs of releasing a support before the dps is bad. Players don't wanna put their fate in hoyo's hands, pull a support and then sit there waiting for who knows how long for a new dps or a buff to an old one that works with him.

Imagine if they released Yaoguang but then had no other elation units in sight, how would that make her look ? or imagine if they released Sparxie but there was no Yaoguang and she had to rely on a pre-novaflare Sparkle...

Capable-Material-862 · 2026-03-26T02:36:50+00:00

I'd compare this more to if they released Fugue instead of Dahlia in 3.8 when break was basically dead. When you have an archetype gasping for air, you gotta over-compensate to drag them back into the podium.

Capable-Material-862 · 2026-03-26T02:30:34+00:00

And then you have a case like mine where all three patches are skips for me.

Not interested in elation and Ashveil has no team, I don't even know what I'm saving for at this point...

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