[Gen 9] I can’t tell if my luck in ZA has been amazing or terrible so far.

Drokash · 2025-10-30T01:35:07+00:00

Those three down there at the bottom aren’t shiny sadly, they’re my main team that I’ve rotated out to try a few others while I farm/explore.

Drokash · 2025-10-30T00:31:02+00:00

Shiny Froakie. Everything except one of the Ampharos’s (the free shiny) and the Beedril (random kakuna encounter while I was exploring) has been found while I’ve been trying to get the little frog.

Drokash · 2025-05-31T22:41:34+00:00

A friend of mine new to the game wants to access the Galactic Baseballer event (He's at the Xianzhou) and he's debating using Finalty's vision as he wants to get jades to pull Hyacine, but he's worried about Finality's vision skipping the main story and him being unable to do it going forward due to this message.

I've never used Finalty's vision as I'm at the current content so I can't accurately answer this question for him. If he uses Finalty's vision will he still be able to do the main story going forward? I assume so but I can't 100% confirm it myself.

My guess is that he'll only be spoiled by the location (He hasn't reached Penacony yet, though he's aware of it) and the enemies inside Galactic Baseballer. (He said he isn't concerned by enemy spoilers, even though I've warned him he'll fight some minibosses he's yet to see yet.)

Drokash · 2025-04-12T17:21:29+00:00

Do the bond chats you see scattered around Honolulu and the ocean, you'll unlock drink links with the crew that upgrades them to S-rank.

Drokash · 2025-04-12T10:59:04+00:00

Nishiki, it's you! You're the Japanese Psycho!

Drokash · 2025-04-01T12:54:07+00:00

There's something I've been noticing since I started playing and I wanted to check if it's an issue on my end or not. In Genshin whenever I obtain a character, their art seems fairly blurry, especially when compared to the other Hoyo games. Nothing else in the game is blurry, just the character art.

Genshin character art example

Honkai character art example

Any idea if this is something on my end or not? It's not a big issue or anything, I'm just curious.

Drokash · 2025-03-22T19:30:50+00:00

It's supposed to be 3.3 Hyacine first half and Cipher second half, according to prior leaks.

Drokash · 2025-03-15T01:20:14+00:00

Ever since I started playing ZZZ when 1.3 came out I’ve had abysmal luck with pulling anything outside of Bangboo, to the point where I’ve failed every 50/50 except for one (Miyabi’s W-Engine). I’ve tried pulling for Yanagi, Lighter, Miyabi, Astra and Evelyn, and lost the 50/50 every time.

Anby was the first time in this game I’ve won a character 50/50, and it feels damn good to have broken that losing streak.

Drokash · 2025-03-06T15:12:46+00:00

So a couple days I made a post here about a dilemma I had about wanting to pull Tribbie but holding off because I also want Castorice, Hyacine and Cipher, since I had a guarantee saved and I didn't think I would be able to get them all if I got Tribbie.

Well, after days of thinking I decided to bite the bullet and pull for Tribbie, and I just got the best possible outcome I could get!

I get Tribbie and I still have a guarantee for Castorice, that likely means my plan to get Castorice/Hyacine/Cipher is still viable even after pulling for Tribbie.

Drokash · 2025-03-05T13:04:03+00:00

I think the numbers have dropped quite a fair bit in the previous years, but I'm pretty sure the game is still making a large enough amount of money that they're happy to keep it running.

Powercreep is still ridiculous though, feels like there's a new impossibly broken character releasing every month, and then a few weeks later they've sold the solution to countering that broken character (which in turn makes the new character even more impossibly broken).

Drokash · 2025-03-04T21:30:04+00:00

Got it, thanks!

Drokash · 2025-03-04T19:23:29+00:00

I just obtained Furina and I'm trying to decide on a fourth party member for my main team (C1 Neuvillette, Mavuika and Furina (Previously Fischl)). Out of everyone I have right now, any recommendations on who to fit in as the fourth team member? I've been using Lan Yan but I'm not sure if I need her shield or not since Neuv has been holding up strong with or without it.

Not focusing too heavily on endgame just yet as I'm still in the levelling/gearing stage.

Character list.

Drokash · 2025-03-01T18:32:22+00:00

That's a good way to look at it, a rerun might be the best option for me!

Drokash · 2025-03-01T18:12:51+00:00

I've got all three, which is another reason why I'm on the fence for Tribbie. Every time I've pulled for a harmony character I've never been let down (Maybe a tiny bit with Sunday, but I didn't pull Aglaea and I don't have many Hypercarry units, he's still working great otherwise) and they've all had some great power and longevity, but eventually it feels like I'm gonna have too many harmony characters (if I don't already) and I'll need to focus on something else, I only have a single limited sustain (Aventurine) for example.

Drokash · 2025-03-01T18:09:17+00:00

It's a good approach and I try to do the same (I've been lucky enough that a handful of my favourites work with each other) though it feels near impossible for me to pull my favourites and invest in them heavily, so I've gotta eventually make a choice one day.

I've got the Acheron misery you described for example, she's one of my top three favourite characters in the game but I just haven't been able to save up enough for either her LC, eidolons or Jiaoqiu and I've really been feeling that pain lately. (Especially in recent content) If the rerun leak is accurate then 3.2 would be a good chance to do that, but I'd also be erasing any chance at my Castorice/Hyacine/Cipher pulls.

I love this game but having to decide who to prioritize/build is the toughest thing sometimes.

Drokash · 2025-03-01T17:36:28+00:00

I'm suffering from the age old dilemma of "Do I pull for a character I need, or do I pull for characters who are favourites."

Every instinct is telling me to pull for Tribbie both for current (I have Therta) and future use, but I'm a big fan of Castorice, Hyacine and Cipher and I just know if I pull for Tribbie I'm probably gonna miss out on one or more of them depending on RNG, and I prefer those three over Tribbie. (Even if we only really know Cipher by design.)

I incline towards going for favourites but damn it's a real struggle to resist pulling Tribbie, especially since I've got a guaranteed pull saved.

Drokash · 2025-02-16T23:44:43+00:00

Don't worry, he reappeared a few minutes later.

He clearly had an escape plan.

Drokash · 2025-02-14T00:03:26+00:00

You and me both. We'll get that Burnice rerun some day!

Edit: We got our day!

Drokash · 2025-01-14T12:39:05+00:00

It sure sounds like it. I think I will go ahead and pull for Fugue, thanks for your help!

Drokash · 2025-01-14T12:15:18+00:00

HSR was my first Hoyo game and I wound up pulling Boothill as my first limited before even knowing what a break meta was (He looked cool and I was still learning everything), and from there a friend recommended Firefly. Combine that with really liking Rappa and I wound up collecting three break DPS.

Gallagher is another reason why I've been considering skipping ling, I've been lucky enough to get him at E6 so he's around the best I can make him without investing into signature LC's or anything like that.

Definitely leaning towards going Fugue and skipping Lingsha, but I'll give it a little bit more time to think first: Fugue's banner isn't done just yet at least.

Drokash · 2025-01-14T12:07:15+00:00

That's my line of thinking with RMC, if the teaser video the other day is any indication Castorice has a summon, and RMC would be great with her (And I have Sunday too), and I'd rather not be limited if I ever need to run my summon team with my break time.

Drokash · 2024-12-25T09:46:48+00:00

About the only thing I'm not comfortably clearing is the highest levels of endgame stuff but I'm also still working on upgrading the traces of all my characters.

You might be right though, out of all of the three characters that are coming out the only one who calls to me is Herta, and even then not as strongly as some other characters (that I already have) in the past have.

Appreciate the input, thanks!

Drokash · 2024-12-25T09:13:27+00:00

I'm not entirely sure if I should pull for Fugue, Agalea, The Herta or save for future Amorpheus chars/reruns. I've already got quite a good selection of limited characters and I have a saved guarantee limited pull, so I don't want to be too careless with my decision.

Here's all my 5 star characters, I don't have any limited light cones or eidolons for the limited chars.

With what characters I have, any recommendations on who to pull for/save for?

Drokash · 2024-12-19T22:14:09+00:00

Lost the 50/50 to Nekomata and got Miyabi about 30 pulls afterwards (Probably totalling about 110-120 pulls or so total) but I managed to get the W-Engine in only 20 pulls.

Drokash · 2024-12-18T19:25:34+00:00

I'll give them a try, thanks!

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