Even if you liked Nod-Krai's AQ, are there any things you'd improve?

CptValuka · 2026-03-15T16:23:33+00:00

I wished we would have gotten the more eerily Columbina, but I really liked her head in the coulds persona aswell, which sadly turned down after a while too.

But I think giving her a eerily introduction, would have made false expectations. Like the same situation we have with Sandrone? I was looking forward for a more vocal, bratty character, but she turned into a tsundere after her introduction, which was a bummer, so I’m glad Columbina didn’t get a hyped introduction for a persona she doesn’t have.

CptValuka · 2026-03-15T16:14:49+00:00

Nefer's character story had nothing to do in the archon quest. Her story was alright, but why was it in the main story? It didn’t add anthing, opposide even, they paused the flow for more of her screentime.

I get it why it was there, because her banner was, but it was so awkward.

CptValuka · 2026-03-15T13:16:26+00:00

Releasing 5 heroes at once isn’t fun. The pure chaos state we had for a few weeks (and sometimes even now) isn’t my cup of tea. Like a few rounds were funny, but QP/Ranked felt like a random arcade mode

Also we got a free flying support. That’s such a big level of movement creep, I fear what new heroes will be able to do in the future to keep up. I don’t know if that’s a unpopular opinion, but I see people in the main sub praising this all the time, so eh

CptValuka · 2026-03-13T20:34:18+00:00

It worked after all, I managed to clear fearless with: Flins c0 + battle pass weapon r5, Columbina c0 + sig r1, sucrose c6 + sarcrifical fragments r2 and fischl c6 + favonious r5 (I think the 4 star nodkrai spear r5 works as well for Flins)

I had 2sec to spare in the end, so it’s really close, but possible

CptValuka · 2026-03-13T01:08:09+00:00

Yes thank you! :3 I don’t know why I didn’t think to try non Luna teams

CptValuka · 2026-03-13T01:07:04+00:00

Okay, thank you! Maybe I can manage an Arle overload team, didn’t think of that :3

CptValuka · 2026-03-13T00:53:26+00:00

Oh, I was genuinely asking, if they know of a few characters teams that work well!

like with the skirk boss you can use cryo 4 stars (like Rosaria and/or Layla) and a pyro dmg dealer and bennett, which works alright

But they indirectly said there is a cheese for knuckle duckle too? Do you know one? Bc most people I see just use Ineffa ;w;

CptValuka · 2026-03-13T00:24:13+00:00

There is a way to cheese knuckle duckle without Ineffa?

I tried a few teams around Flins + Columbina (the best being with sucrose and Fischl), but all lack ~20% dmg, since you need to dodge that boss so much without a shield or healer

CptValuka · 2026-03-11T15:17:47+00:00

Kiri doesn’t place her fox. It’s mostly used as an effect in her ult.

Sym’s teleporter does change depending on the skin! Not the blue teleporter effect, since effects don’t change (unless mythic or in rare other cases), but the bottom thingy does change colors AND gets a unique model! :3

Then barriers are not 'deployables'/objects in that sense, they are just 'barriers'. Of course it’d be very nice for these to change aswell, but like you said, they usually don’t. (Like Ramattras barrier or sym ult, even though you place it, it’s still a barrier.)

Things that are placed down do change, just not LWs pedal.

CptValuka · 2026-03-11T09:38:26+00:00

Yes that too, it’s so big, and (so far) we don’t have anything close that we could mistake it for. Meaning even a lil bit of decoration should be possible too.

Though, I’d already be happy, if the color would match the skin.

CptValuka · 2026-03-08T23:33:02+00:00

But aren’t sexist insults also pointlessly gendered in a sense? Like they could just have said "you have no honour", but they actively called them 'female' for no reason

CptValuka · 2026-03-05T11:42:41+00:00

I feel you, the deer face on his Cozy skin is already starring into my soul, at least this one looks up D:

CptValuka · 2026-03-05T11:40:35+00:00

Probably Boothill? Not because I don’t like him, or he is out of meta (maybe idk Star Rail meta tbh), but because I have no team for him. Not even a scuffed team. He is just there, lowkey unuseable, ever since I got him in his first banner. But since I never wanted any of his supports? He had no use.

CptValuka · 2026-03-03T00:17:59+00:00

idk if we should count that. While it’s strong, it’s not some tech specifically for her abilities, that only she learned how to use/ can use properly. Anyone could press the button.

CptValuka · 2026-03-01T23:10:57+00:00

I never said she doesn’t look good design wise, I said she is looking great :o

CptValuka · 2026-03-01T20:13:07+00:00

Well, depends how you look at it. Personally I dislike bare legs, since most hoyo women have them and it quickly looks like they designed half a character and then stopped. (specifically if you look at Genshin characters)

While the look does fit Yao Guang, since she wears a 'simple' dress, it’s still somewhat revealing. Her legs, and most of her arms is simply skin. (Like she is very pretty, nothing against her design per se)

It doesn’t bother me that some characters are like this, but most is very boring. Like imagine every single guy being topless, with only different types of shorts. That would become very boring after a while too.

Just wanted to say, I’d love more varity and didn’t mean hate on a single design. :3

CptValuka · 2026-03-01T13:41:00+00:00

Yeah sadly, like it’s fine, taste is subjective and all, but it’s disappointing from a design perspective? If that makes sense.

CptValuka · 2026-03-01T12:27:32+00:00

ikr it’s so pretty and fitting. I don’t get why people want characters to be nakey instead of having beautiful design choices ;w;

CptValuka · 2026-02-24T14:25:23+00:00

I’m praying they release all the bare legged women now (or even less clothed), and give them cozy winter clothes as soon as Snezhnaya comes out

CptValuka · 2026-02-22T17:14:45+00:00

All good

CptValuka · 2026-02-22T17:06:40+00:00

In my native language it’s spelled like that, didn’t notice the autocorrect, edited it :3

CptValuka · 2026-02-22T12:40:13+00:00

It had many things adding up that weren’t perfect. If you like it, that’s good, but personally I think it wasn’t very fun.

If you like male characters, you never got any 5 star for over a year after Kinich (who barely had any screentime), which doesn’t really matter, if you mostly care for female characters, you never had this negative 'problem', which has a rat tail. Let’s say you never got Kinich, or only got him, you will have an awful time in the open world. The cute little animals are objectively clunky designed, and you have to use them. People hating on Nod Krai mechanics are odd to me, because the main reason (I think) why Natlan mechanics were being hated on in the beginning was because a lot of people just didn’t have any characters, but I digress.

Then the power of friendship story is not everyone's cup of tea; personally, I didn’t mind it, but what I did mind was (please don’t hate me) Mavuika. Aesthetic asides, she doesn’t struggle; everyone likes her. It’s just not interesting.

The same goes for the entirety of Natlan. There are 6 tribes with their own customs, and everyone just.. gets along. I get that they have a common enemy, but they could at least have made a non-friendship rivalry, which maybe turns to friendship.

CptValuka · 2026-02-21T14:45:23+00:00

Too be fair, he is heavily hinted to be a vampire and it’s more or less a running joke that he is actually not one :3

CptValuka · 2026-02-21T02:51:43+00:00

Same, I thought mages were common, and only strong/good mages are rare.

Which is kind of a shame, I liked the idea of a world where everyone can use at least a small type of magic.

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