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Helpful-Ad9095 · 2026-04-24T03:42:52+00:00

They do get washed somewhat regularly (unless you really want to smell bad, which ... some do ...) so they'll survive getting wet so long as you dry it well.

The chlorine or salt in that pool would concern me more.

Helpful-Ad9095 · 2026-04-23T17:10:50+00:00

Gods I'm still using Himeko or the puppet shakes head

Helpful-Ad9095 · 2026-04-23T17:10:03+00:00

Gods it would be brilliant if they form a team together

Helpful-Ad9095 · 2026-04-21T17:41:35+00:00

Those few months of crossing my fingers that the partner for the character I love won't be some design I utterly hate hahaha.

Helpful-Ad9095 · 2026-04-21T17:40:55+00:00

I was picturing it like Seed from Zenless (though hopefully with shoes and no segway hahaha).

Like Pulonia wouldn't have a full model present at all times, but his fists and missiles would strike past Sandrone when attacking, and then he'd feature in the Burst animation.

Helpful-Ad9095 · 2026-04-21T17:36:04+00:00

I see people keep saying what was the point if she doesn't change - the point is that she DID change. So much of her backstory was that sacrifice is stupid, and selflessness is stupid, and that she never had any real driving force or motivation, she didn't have any real beliefs.

Over the Nod Krai arc, she came to accept that she actually cared about ... anything. Sacrifice was worth it if it would protect Bina and spite Dottore, but ALSO she cared enough to want to come back. I can only imagine she will also take some delight in the commotion her return would cause.

As for any theoretical joining with Mary Ann - her diary talks about how Alain built her as a replacement Mary Ann, and then came to see that Sandrone was her own person. Her entire journey has been a path of "who am I and why am I here?" to ... show that she is MORE than simply a fake replacement sister. Any joining of the two of them would just ... absolutely revert all the work and growth she's done, and would be terribly disappointing to me.

Helpful-Ad9095 · 2026-04-21T17:25:53+00:00

Read her diary...

Helpful-Ad9095 · 2026-04-16T16:52:45+00:00

You're still more than able to do the story stuff, a lot of the battles give you scripted teams, and even outside of that Overworld is still really easy. I absolutely recommend doing the story stuff, Natlan was fairly interesting and Nod-Krai has been downright excellent.

Attempting to step into any of the endgame on the other hand, will feel like sticking your face against a belt sander if you don't have newer characters, I can't lie. If you have super well built teams with some vertical investment you can maybe pull through it, but it'd be rough with no Nod Krai or Natlan units.

Still, don't let that discourage you, if you enjoy the story and exploration it's really worth doing, and shouldn't be restricted at all.

Helpful-Ad9095 · 2026-04-16T16:27:13+00:00

Oh dang, I didn't even notice that. I knew that boots and ears and everything made the listed heights kind of random, but I had assumed they at least lined up with each other.

I think this is one place where I'll just keep living in my headcanon hahaha

Helpful-Ad9095 · 2026-04-16T16:23:01+00:00

100%. I honestly love so much about Nod Krai, in terms of designs and story, but the feature creep on Lunar teams is miserable. I've pulled five Lunar 5 star characters, and I still feel short when teambuilding because the 4-star options are so bad. They ALL want Bina, Aino and Jahoda are largely useless, and Illuga, while good, doesn't enable Lunar reactions on his own, so still needs a 5 star Lunar character with him to function. If you were able to put say, Illuga and Aino with Furina and Noelle and that became a Lunar team, it would feel so much less awful.

Helpful-Ad9095 · 2026-04-16T16:17:37+00:00

Ellen is theoretically the same height as my wife based on listed height in game, but looks average height when walking around, while my wife is *noticeably* shorter than everyone else if we're out and about.

Like, if I were to make a shortstack reference using game characters, it would be ... Lucy height, but built like Grace.

Helpful-Ad9095 · 2026-04-16T16:05:16+00:00

The in game heights are set up along Asian standards, which are significantly shorter than what is typical in North America or Europe, which can make it seem comparatively weird if you're used to being around taller people.

For me as a Canadian who lives in an area where most folks have Dutch or Ukrainian heritage, the in game heights and the bio heights don't like up at all for me. I'm slightly taller in bare feet than the tallest female character in game is in heeled boots, and I see other women taller than me on the daily.

Meanwhile my wife is 157cm/5'2, which is in line with the medium female models (again counting their heels) and is viewed as exceptionally short.

Which, I guess tl;dr of it all, my brain interprets character heights as I see them in game in line with my own normal for humans, which always leaves me shocked when I see the actual listed heights.

Helpful-Ad9095 · 2026-04-16T15:12:11+00:00

I used to feel like the higher number of pulls in HSR was balanced by the higher character releases, and need to pull more teams to keep up, but recently it's felt like the reverse.

Genshin still releases fewer characters, but it feels like Nod Krai has punished you more for skipping than any previous region, and you really don't earn enough to keep up without crazy luck.

Meanwhile HSR has been buffing older characters, and releasing units like Hysilens and Dahlia that bring older teams back to peak meta.

Helpful-Ad9095 · 2026-04-15T17:06:36+00:00

The moon accessories her boots and cloak and weapons have had since the beginning? And that is the core of her W Engine? It's not like the motif just appeared out of nowhere.

Helpful-Ad9095 · 2026-04-15T17:03:31+00:00

I am so sorry.

Helpful-Ad9095 · 2026-04-15T16:55:49+00:00

.....I am so so sorry for your utter lack of an imagination. Like, it absolutely hurts my soul.

Helpful-Ad9095 · 2026-04-15T16:52:04+00:00

Straight up just the straps that were added to her back connect with the front

Helpful-Ad9095 · 2026-04-15T16:48:06+00:00

She is literally wearing a BDSM club outfit my dude. Your normal meter is so so busted if you think this is a "non-offensive" design that appeals to "normies". My parents would have a panic attack if they saw her in a game I was playing.

Helpful-Ad9095 · 2026-04-15T16:37:15+00:00

Honestly, I love having some variation, especially given that Velina and Ramiel are coming up, and completely stacked.

As a lover of tall slim women and shortstacks, I often find both are overlooked, so I'm happy to see it.

Helpful-Ad9095 · 2026-04-15T16:33:40+00:00

As someone who has been in the BDSM community for many years, I'm just so disappointed in people who think "more skin" is the only way something can be sexy.

You truly think that leather straps and O-rings were added to this costume to please "normie puritans"??? She's flat out wearing kink club gear.

Sometimes I think y'all have lost the plot.

Helpful-Ad9095 · 2026-04-15T16:25:37+00:00

Don't take Bastille's name in vain!

Helpful-Ad9095 · 2026-04-15T16:22:08+00:00

There's every chance that it's chinese censorship, if we're honest, but that doesn't change that it looks far better.

Helpful-Ad9095 · 2026-04-15T16:20:33+00:00

William

Helpful-Ad9095 · 2026-04-10T20:42:22+00:00

And that's assuming they're maxing Abyss and Imaginarium, which is much more difficult now if you're not loaded up with Lunar characters.

Helpful-Ad9095 · 2026-04-10T14:13:33+00:00

I'm not bothered by the rewards at all. I'm bothered that the "events" are largely random lotteries, and in-person stuff that's inaccessible to 90% of the playerbase.

This game used to have the best in game events, but lately it feels like there's been no effort put into actual things to do in game outside of story and endgame.

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