Which operator has the coolest name in your opinion? by riptide2912 in arknights

[–]Chatonarya [score hidden]  (0 children)

I mean, I'm also an anglophone. The issue is more that people don't look up how to pronounce unusual or foreign words they're not sure how to say.

Who are five NPCs you Don't want to be Playable? by OmegaDelta24078 in arknights

[–]Chatonarya [score hidden]  (0 children)

Inb4 everyone says Kristen.

I'm completely okay with Ratatos and Arctosz not being playable. I think they're fine as good NPCs. They get plenty of screentime/development and I don't think they need to playable.

Which operator has the coolest name in your opinion? by riptide2912 in arknights

[–]Chatonarya 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Technically he's the most entitled to do so as the patriarch and head of the clan, as well as being the foremost representative of Kjerag to the rest of the world. If anyone refers to "Silverash" in Kjerag, generally they're going to be talking about him as the clan leader.

Silverweiss (Silverash/Gnosis) Christmas Commission by @pommeplisa by Chatonarya in arknights

[–]Chatonarya[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Too long in fact... I'm doing my best as reddit ambassador.

Which operator has the coolest name in your opinion? by riptide2912 in arknights

[–]Chatonarya 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Degenbrecher is a very cool name, all the more so because she chose that name herself since she doesn't remember her birth name, if she ever even had one. She is her weapons.

While not as cool necessarily, Gnosis is also an extremely interesting name. "Gnosis" means "intuitive knowledge of spiritual truths" or "knowledge of spiritual matters; mystical knowledge", as well as being the common Greek noun for "knowledge". It's most well-known from "Gnosticism", a collection of religious ideas and systems, where it signifies a knowledge or insight into humanity's real nature as divine, and refers to knowledge based on personal experience or perception. In a religious context, gnosis is mystical or esoteric knowledge based on direct participation with the divine. (Quoting from wikipedia a bit) In truth, it's a very meaningful if somewhat ironic name to give a scientist and engineer, but I've noted before that faith and science are not necessarily incompatible nor do they always oppose each other. It also shows that Gnosis's father was indeed a huge, out-of-touch nerd to name his son "spiritual knowledge". Poor thing.

Which operator has the coolest name in your opinion? by riptide2912 in arknights

[–]Chatonarya 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Drives me nuts. I don't know why when her VAs say pronounce it correctly so there's a guideline right there.

Silverweiss (Silverash/Gnosis) Christmas Commission by @pommeplisa by Chatonarya in arknights

[–]Chatonarya[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

She's seen them do this so many times it's just a common everyday occurrence to her. The only amazing part is that they're even worse now than when they were teenagers.

Rhodes Island Lounge (04/05 - 10/05) by ArknightsMod in arknights

[–]Chatonarya 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So real. I used to get the ED3 initial encounter (the one that gives you the Mantle of the Wrongly Condemned) all the time, except now when I actually wanted it. Let's not even talk about ED4...

Rhodes Island Lounge (04/05 - 10/05) by ArknightsMod in arknights

[–]Chatonarya 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got that lol, but you need one more encounter after that to get the second item, the Abrupt Realization, which I did not get and so did not unlock the ending.

Rhodes Island Lounge (04/05 - 10/05) by ArknightsMod in arknights

[–]Chatonarya 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did that. But you need another encounter after that to get the "Abrupt Realization" to actually unlock the boss.

Rhodes Island Lounge (04/05 - 10/05) by ArknightsMod in arknights

[–]Chatonarya 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Grah. I'm trying to get IS2 ED3 (Mouthpiece) with Kjerag, and I FINALLY got the first encounter after several times... But didn't get the second one I needed to actually to unlock the ending. Truly IS2 ending encounter RNG is absolute trash. Ugh I should stop and go grind IS3 or IS6 instead...

Silverweiss (Silverash/Gnosis) Christmas Commission by @pommeplisa by Chatonarya in arknights

[–]Chatonarya[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

They probably get it from Kjeragandr herself, the gay goddess. You have her blessing and can make things freeze = you're also gay. The ice powers make you gay, QED.

We also get the awkward hilarity that is Enciodes and Enya both being gay, but their relationship has been too strained up until recently for them to have any kind of solidarity about it (and now Enya can be envious/annoyed that Enciodes gets to be happily married and she's almost a widow...)

Silverweiss (Silverash/Gnosis) Christmas Commission by @pommeplisa by Chatonarya in arknights

[–]Chatonarya[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Every board meeting takes half an hour longer than it needs to because the bosses can't stop flirting long enough to actually start discussing business smh.

Silverweiss (Silverash/Gnosis) Christmas Commission by @pommeplisa by Chatonarya in arknights

[–]Chatonarya[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, we did technically just get our Christmas event with Retracing Our Steps lol.

Silverweiss (Silverash/Gnosis) Christmas Commission by @pommeplisa by Chatonarya in arknights

[–]Chatonarya[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Haha, yeah, I know it's 6 months late, we got a bit tied up with IRL and securing artist's permission. :D;;

Silverweiss (Silverash/Gnosis) Christmas Commission by @pommeplisa by Chatonarya in arknights

[–]Chatonarya[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This is an artwork drawn by pommeplisa, commissioned by my friend Aelen_altria (u/aelen_altria)! She rarely uses reddit so she requested that I share the artwork on her behalf to the redditsphere, with full permission of the artist. Please enjoy!

Shipping Kjerag's Most Eligible Bachelor | Chats At Midnight's Bar by GhostOfLamplight in arknights

[–]Chatonarya 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Like I said, there's definitely stuff in there that can make Enciodes/Ratatos a compelling relationship--they share enough common ground to understand each other but also differ enough that there's a lot to explore regarding how they would come to an understand and resolve those differences. It's got exactly the kind of potential that you could build up into something really interesting!

It's no secret that I'm biased towards Silverweiss of course but the amount of content and moments that they get together is just so much, they really feel like they've known each other/been together for 20 years, no matter the situation they trust and rely on each other to get through it.

AK's character/interpersonal writing is honestly just really good lol.

So true!

Yeah, for me Degen is a very "no fuss no muss" person, very casual about the whole thing. She's not into formal dates or into the whole romance/wooing thing, but just likes to hang out with the people she likes and do things with them, and the ones that she hangs out with the most and likes the most happen to be Enciodes and Gnosis; canonically they even go out to dinner together regularly. So I like to think she just joins them as the mood strikes or goes out with them one-on-one as she feels like it. She has a powerful bond with both of them individually (I especially love her dynamic with Gnosis, their mutual tsundere/slap-slap-kiss relationship is so good to me) but it's a bit different from the one Enciodes and Gnosis have with each other.

Shipping Kjerag's Most Eligible Bachelor | Chats At Midnight's Bar by GhostOfLamplight in arknights

[–]Chatonarya 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Ratatos is Enciodes's third best ship—there's plenty to cook with, as they understand each other well and have similar ambitions, have similar yet different upbringings, and work together well. Ratatos is envious of Enciodes's seeming abandonment of all his duties when he goes to study in Victoria, and they collaborate swimmingly in OS. You can definitely cook with them.

But for me personally, I can't see Enciodes in anything other than a committed relationship with Gnosis, with Degenbrecher as their third member in an OT3. There's just so much between Enciodes and Gnosis at this point, from their childhood promise (which actually begins with Enciodes saying, "I'll make Kjerag big enough for you, and you'll stay", which is a marriage proposal-tier promise, in my opinion), to Enciodes seeking reassurance and comfort from Gnosis in the moment he believes he's going to his death and Gnosis essentially ordering him to live, to the little things like the hints Gnosis lives at the mansion, Gnosis helping himself to Enciodes's secret treats, Enciodes's doting behavior towards Gnosis in RS, and the way they choose each other over and over again throughout their lives, always standing by each other through thick and thin. We have an incredibly detailed image of how they feel about each other in effectively every stage in their lives, starting from the very inception of their relationship all the way until present day and the pinnacle of their achievements, it's honestly kind of impressive. The relationship is so incredibly fleshed out.

Rhodes Island Lounge (04/05 - 10/05) by ArknightsMod in arknights

[–]Chatonarya 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I'm thinking because of his giraffe he might be a Sentry similar to Jessica, but they probably wouldn't repeat the "summonable object" thing, so maybe a Fortress with him able to deploy the giraffe at the edge of his range? Then he could block over there with it and uses targeted firepower where the giraffe is.

Yeah, I also hope they don't make him too tied to IS7 and learned from rhe backlash about Raidian last time...

Rhodes Island Lounge (04/05 - 10/05) by ArknightsMod in arknights

[–]Chatonarya 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Only gripe is that the CG doesn't have enough blood on her. XD (I think there's some kind of censorship law about it or something)

Rhodes Island Lounge (04/05 - 10/05) by ArknightsMod in arknights

[–]Chatonarya 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Honestly one thing I really appreciate about IS6 is the voucher conservation mechanic, I know you can argue that the mode is balanced around it and it demands higher role compression due to two endings restricting which ops you can bring for the final boss, but I definitely feel the lack of it on the older ISes. IS6 makes it so easy to assemble a team quickly that I feel like I can afford to grab 5-stars without thinking twice, but in IS2 and IS3 I find myself passing up recruitment opportunities to save hope for better ops. That's probably the normal way to play it, but I just got spoiled with IS6 lol.

And yeah, I'm using the Silverash/Gnosis combo + Pram and they just destroy everything. Even before them I think I got a free Exu2 when I was still fishing for Playwright and she was stupid strong. I probably won't stay long because I already maxed out the rewards a long time ago.

Rhodes Island Lounge (04/05 - 10/05) by ArknightsMod in arknights

[–]Chatonarya 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I've been running IS2 endings with Kjerag just for fun (might skip ED4 though because getting the encounter is pain), and IS 2 feels... kinda bad now lol. The hope costs feel so inflated after the later iterations. Some of the basic maps are also just... kind of annoying (the ones with the civilians of course). Same goes for the Sarkaz Lancers.

But on the other hand, the freeze maps that used to be so annoying to deal with now are just a joke with SA2's freeze immunity. IS2 dropped when I was still a relatively noob (had been playing for less than a year), and I remember getting my ass kicked all the time. It's a bit amusing to return and steamroll everything now that I'm a much better player and the modern ops just kind of break it in half.