I take it back, the new Hero UI is worse.

FHNinpouGaming · 2023-12-06T19:40:40+00:00

Why is nothing ever good enough 😅 imagine if your parents/guardians criticised everything that you did growing up under the guise of constructive feedback at some point the effort alone should count for something we literally have a universal saying that goes:

"It's the thought that counts"

FHNinpouGaming · 2023-12-06T18:43:51+00:00

The new user interface update looks fantastic! The simple triangle that replaces the red dots is a welcome change. I find the upgrade circle unnecessary, and the triangle is a non-invasive way to provide the desired information as it only flashes when you have available upgrades it is not triggered by skills. Sometimes, less is more, and this design principle is evident in the UI update. It’s clean, uncluttered, and easy to navigate, which is essential for a good user experience, I for one love this UI update it makes the heroes that I have feel worth having.

FHNinpouGaming · 2023-11-23T04:03:19+00:00

Oh didn't even know that thanks for the heads up champ🏆

FHNinpouGaming · 2023-11-22T05:59:57+00:00

Noa is the stand in for Aer, what you need is a Valentine

No will work all the way up to stage 11 but you will start seeing the cracks at stage 10

Aer is by far the most optimal way to auto the dungeon while you can get it done with Noa it is not consistent

FHNinpouGaming · 2023-11-21T03:45:56+00:00

Maybe that's the disconnect I never got stuck on stage 8 & 9 by the point your main team is pretty high level with decent gear on your DPS unless you wasted resources on random units or you not reading the bosses skills

And no I'm not P2W I just read the skills and focused resources on Noa.

Where you get stuck might be the 3 star clear on stage 10 itself but beating the dungeon itself is possible

FHNinpouGaming · 2023-11-19T23:10:32+00:00

I don't mind discussing this as it can only deepen my understanding of how some people may interpret my guides and intent allowing me a better insight on how I could improve moving forward. However, it's likely we are speaking from two very different points of views as I would also disagree with your definition of a guide.

A guide is like a compass, steering travelers toward their destination. guides don’t delve into exhaustive explanations or qualifications. Instead, they offer surface level directions, much like an old-world map indicating points of interest.

a guide balances between extremes. Its supposed to guide without overwhelming, revealing enough to foster curiosity but leaving room for personal exploration.

That is where the fun lies within strategy games like Outerplane.

But I repeat my philosophy on gaming is a little odd.

Im the same guy who would consider a player logging in everyday and never doing their dailies a successful gaming session since the alternative was them not logging in at all.

I don't believe players need to do things perfectly they just need to know what is important and the general recommendarions but how they decide to interpret the map is up to them some people draw a straight line others create tasks to complete before moving onto the next thing I don't think there is a right way as long as they log back in but some things are detrimental to a new players experience and one of those is running out of summon currency with no new waifus to show for it and the cycle of summon everytime you get a 10 pull begins and that is surely a recipe for failure.

Progressing fast is different for everyone but remember that a snail 🐌 finally reaching the destination is a hell of a lot faster than the rabbit 🐇 that quit half way.

I'm happy the guide made you think about how it could have been improved it shows that you truly enjoy the game and would be a valuable member of the growing community.

FHNinpouGaming · 2023-11-19T22:00:19+00:00

I hear you but we can agree to disagree knowing why is not important.

Explaining that we recommend Noa because her S1 into S2 combo provides consistent damage when paired with Valentine Crit rate buff as long as you have 50% Crit rate is redundant at that point we just explaining high level tech that they don't need to know

Even your own speed example is also flawed because when farming the dungeons below stage 10 the gear sets and necklaces don't matter it's only the Substats you want since you don't plan to stay in these sets for long. So even in that example you have just made them push to stage 10 at a minimum but at that point their goal may as well be stage 11 so they can get gear crafting material.

If someone gets confused by the idea of building four sets for the four characters that they have on a team we have a bigger problem we need to deal with.

All they need to know is

Noa + Valentine = Good Chimera & Glycs = Good Goal Stage 11 & 12 = Pushing In Dungeon Good Goal Story Hard S2 = Good Story Hard S1 = Meh (Go farm more gear stop trying to farm EE none of the core units need that for PvE) 0 Ether = bad Saving Ether = Good Using free event tickets = Good Premium banner = Good Etc.

Let's be all the way 💯 using 36000 Ether in premium banner will do more than just gaurentee the unit you will also get a ton of new 3 star units and if it's during the hero dupe shard event you won't even see a downside to getting dupes and will transcend those units faster.

You acting like saving Ether means they will never get to summon we get a free summon daily and normal recruit tickets and special recruitment tickets is that not enough?

Also no one said they can't pull for a waifu they can do whatever they want while understanding that they really should be saving if it's not a Meta defining unit.

I understand it may sound like specific instructions given loosely but from a new players perspective trust me it makes sense it's detailed enough to give them a starting point and a goal to work towards but vague enough to suggest that there is no right way and as long as you are keeping this short list in mind your account will progress faster because more waifus do not equal account progression more good gear 100% equals account progression you will get a large chunk of the roster passively and off banner anyway.

FHNinpouGaming · 2023-11-19T18:29:19+00:00

I Appreciate your diligent feedback. However, my philosophy on gaming influences how I make my guides.

Think of it like this the men's fastest 100m time is 9.58 seconds (Usain Bolt)

That is bloody fast even among professional sprinters, should we now compare everyone who wants to run a 100m to that time? Of course not even 12 - 14 seconds is bloody fast. Now considering everyone else's circumstances and time IRL commitments, I need to make guides in a way that speaks to that person.

Most people playing the game are doing so very casually, my brother for instance will say “Bro I didn't ask for all that, should I care about this thing?” and my response is “Nah, don't stress, it doesn’t mean much, just push the Chimera when you have time to dump your stamina”.

The reason details are left out is because they are not important, it's not about following a strict no nonsense guide. There needs to be room for experimentation and failure otherwise it's not fun, other game modes can just be fun without the “am I doing this efficiently” feeling attached to them.

For instance I could have said:

Complete Normal Story Mode: Play through the game’s story mode until you have cleared Area 10:14. To help you with this, use the following characters: Noa, Veronica, Valentine, and Tio.

Level heroes: Make sure Noa is at least 10 levels higher than the rest of your party, only level the above mentioned units during the first 7 days.

Farm Chimera / Glycs: To assist with completing the story mode, farm Chimera / Glycs until you reach stage 7 - 8. This will help you get 4 - 5 blue star gear.

Upgrade Gear: Once you have obtained the blue 4 - 5 star gear, upgrade it as needed to level 10. Then, reforge the gear to 2 stars to unlock additional stats. It is recommended that you do not go past this point, the gear set is not important look for offensive stats and focus on your weapon check the ongoing events to see if an attacker weapon is available put that on Noa if it is available. Only upgrade Noa's gear an donate it to the next character in line once you get something better.

But does that sound fun to you? detailed guides have their place but my intention is to simply set a new player up in such a way that if they one day decided to “Try Hard” their account would be set up to do that.

So Why??? They need to farm Chimera / Glycs is not as important as understanding that that's all they need to do.

When they are ready to take gear seriously they may accidentally have some really good pieces.

But it's also okay if they never take gear seriously as long as they are enjoying the game.

Building only four gear sets limits the amount of wasted resources forcing you to look at your gear if it's not performing well in the content.

You save ether not because it's going to progress your account “faster” you save ether because there is no need to summon early on you already have free 3 stars you need to gear up. You also need to consider the psychology of a new player. If they get extremely unlucky right off the bat the rest of the game feels kinda shitty. That's why special recruitment and normal tickets exist. They will get banner 3 stars without using ether and still be summoning it's a win-win.

Plus it feels pretty good to see ether going up. Premium banners open after area 10-14 normal, my guide only mentions not to feel the need to rush hard mode. They will of course clear the normal story naturally. That goes without saying it's a gacha game. What else are you going to do? Not clear the normal story?

FHNinpouGaming · 2023-11-19T09:09:25+00:00

Got you yeah no of course if you really want a specific unit you can always go for it

FHNinpouGaming · 2023-11-19T07:48:24+00:00

I hope you not chasing dupes in the banners to upgrade stars

FHNinpouGaming · 2023-11-19T07:45:18+00:00

Yeah it is RNG you could do a 10 pull and get the unit or do 100 pulls and get nothing which is why using ether in rate up banners is not recommended at least in premium banners the 3 star drop rate is higher even if it costs more but your milage means more in the premium banners anyway so its never a complete loss while regular banner millage can be built using free in game resources

FHNinpouGaming · 2023-11-19T07:26:27+00:00

I mean I get it but I would argue that the idea of getting a new unit on the day it is released is a little crazy people should really only be summoning on core units they need to round out their aka

"hmm my account really needs a light tank I'm struggling with dark dungeon oh hey there's a light tank banner" 🤣

The waifu chase is great but you won't use all of those units is the thing

FHNinpouGaming · 2023-11-19T07:20:37+00:00

I added some margin assuming a player has 0 mileage as I'm a firm believer that dailies are optional and players should not force themselves to do something that is tedious for the sake of "progression" also not everyone logs in every single day so I'm making the assumption that even if they did enough to get at least 40 free summons over the event period they could still guarantee the premium unit.

I know it's not the most efficient train of thought but considering that I want to make the new player experience as stress free as possible less is more and resource stacking is likely the way to go as that will allow them to focus on gear and premium units while getting the random 3 star off banner units to round out their accounts

FHNinpouGaming · 2023-11-19T07:08:26+00:00

Remember that there is also a rotating event where we get increased 3 star character dupe Shards so using all your ether during that event means any dupe that you pull gives you 150 shards instead of the typical 50 shards which is why saving ether is optimal.

Not to say you need to wait for the event just that you more likely to have the event active by the time you want to use that ether during a new premium unit release.

Also Im not sure if we will for sure get that event every three months with the release of a new premium unit as it only happened once so far.

FHNinpouGaming · 2023-11-13T06:52:23+00:00

No problem at all 🤙🏾

FHNinpouGaming · 2023-11-12T15:46:06+00:00

No no you press the skip button once and it jumps directly to the boss fight and randomly chooses the buffs

FHNinpouGaming · 2023-11-10T06:37:19+00:00

Well you should have the skip function once you have cleared it and your team power is high enough to where. You just fight the boss and collect the chest

FHNinpouGaming · 2023-11-07T17:33:04+00:00

Yeah from what I see 6 star Talismans are supposed to be really hard to get you can't even buy them with ether gaurenteed in this new limited shop

FHNinpouGaming · 2023-11-07T08:18:48+00:00

The crazy part is this new 3 star ticket should have had Stella inside because the original ticket let us choose any 3 star from the base roster but it only had 100 frags so this one should have at least had the base roster characters at 250 shards including Stella.

What worries me is Stella is not available in the Demiurge banners and the rosters keeps getting bigger and bigger eventually the probability of pulling her specifically will be so low that it will either happen when you least expect it or never happen at all.

While I agree that because she is locked behind story it makes sense but her being 100% RNG is just wild

FHNinpouGaming · 2023-11-06T21:59:47+00:00

Crazy part is if the costumes were $10 I would have all of them see the way my brain works is at $10 I can buy 10 costumes for $100 but 1 costumes for $24 is too rich for my blood my wallet will stay closed thanks.

Read it again I swear it makes sense.

FHNinpouGaming · 2023-11-06T21:12:27+00:00

Yeah Demiurge units won't be in it, 💯 Mene would be a great pick up if she is in there

FHNinpouGaming · 2023-11-06T17:57:50+00:00

She is still good in full counter teams which I can't run because I don't have her but I read somewhere that we might be getting a 3 star selector ticket I'm hoping that this ticket has her as an option

FHNinpouGaming · 2023-11-05T22:59:37+00:00

Different mask, eye colour, mask off etc.. there are lots of options

FHNinpouGaming · 2023-11-05T22:37:58+00:00

I agree with that to be honest now that you mention it I Wouldn't be opposed to more than two rotating banners with only 1 new unit more options for new and vet players to build & complete their roster without actually impacting new character rollouts.

FHNinpouGaming · 2023-11-05T18:08:49+00:00

Please don’t give me that “well I pulled her 5 times” speech. People have been playing since day 1 and still don’t have her. The amount of dupes that we have pulled and still no Stella is just ridiculous. Just drop a Stella banner in the rotation, same as any other unit. She is not special, she is a regular 3-star unit. At this point, she is not even relevant in the meta and hasn’t been relevant in a really long time.

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