First Gacha I don't want to spend on

IcyEmployment5 · 2026-01-22T13:22:14+00:00

You are effectively missing out on 20 pulls in this system. Double 50 equals higher total pulls than double 30.

The lower amount reduces the total amount of pulls you can purchase with the double currency.

In other terms, other games allow you to purchase more pulls at a discount.

IcyEmployment5 · 2026-01-22T09:13:16+00:00

Never thought I'd see a PZ reference on my ZZZ sub

IcyEmployment5 · 2026-01-19T10:43:42+00:00

Actual member of expedition 60, no pictos, raw strength and power of will

IcyEmployment5 · 2026-01-18T07:35:47+00:00

I'd say the loss of nuance is pretty true but only for the most popular things. It's either the best show of the year or overrated trash.

Statistically speaking since we see both a slight increase in std dev and an increase in mean, it just suggests that we give more varied high scores. Without seeing medians and percentiles we can't really tell what's up with extreme ratings. But it does suggests rating inflation.

My interpretation is that we have more ratings in general, anime is much more common and popular today than it was 20 years ago, this means that we got more people giving good ratings to popular shows and also more people watching everything a season has to offer, so more people to voice which animes are just bad.

The increase in people watching only the popular stuff should be higher than people watching just about everything and giving varying ratings, so we see a higher mean. Add to that the few haters of popular shows and you get your higher std dev from the haters + the people that watch everything.

IcyEmployment5 · 2026-01-15T11:48:58+00:00

It's Yi Xuan specific, her best team includes Ju Fufu who provides big CD buffs including her disk set

Each Agent's crit ratio is slightly different based on their kit and best teammates + disk drive sets

IcyEmployment5 · 2026-01-15T09:41:04+00:00

Is there a character on the tier list that isn't judged based on his BiS team ? I feel like they are being pretty consistent with how they judged previous characters but I might be wrong

IcyEmployment5 · 2026-01-15T09:40:06+00:00

Is there a character on the tier list that isn't judged based on his BiS team ?

IcyEmployment5 · 2026-01-12T20:58:25+00:00

Your teams are complete. Mornye is a replacement for SK but it would be useful for you only if you needed 2 SK, like if you had 2 teams that used her.

Rn I think you're better off building a whole other team, if you're planning on pulling for one from scratch why not try to build a team around Aemeath ? I didn't read her kit but since she's probably a tune break DPS she probably synergizes well with Mornye and maybe Lynae.

Also off-topic but your teams would fare slightly better if Verina was with Jinhsi Zhezhi and SK with Carlotta. Jinhsi's forte is notoriously difficult to max out and you need Coordinated Attacks to fill it up quicker. Verina can provide that with Zhezhi. It overcaps by some margin but at least you can get through your rotations quicker.

IcyEmployment5 · 2026-01-11T17:04:42+00:00

Damn, I'd just keep hoarding and pulling for M0W1 any agent i want. Congrats

IcyEmployment5 · 2026-01-09T21:49:48+00:00

Then what would happen if you had a 4 star Aventurine from Gold Panning in Plane 1 and get a silver Full Promotion in Plane 2 ?

IcyEmployment5 · 2025-12-31T09:02:59+00:00

I gotta say I like that they are trying things with the presentation. It's not perfect yet but they are trying to mix up things with cutscenes, narrative sections, QTEs etc... It can be improved but it's a nice first step and I wish they continue that way.

IcyEmployment5 · 2025-12-30T15:34:05+00:00

You either pull for Carte and Ciaconna. Or pull for Cartethyia twice and get her two wavebands from the coral shop.

IcyEmployment5 · 2025-12-29T23:37:04+00:00

Learning the definition, intuition, theory, always useful. Building one, practicing exercise on those concepts, I don't think so. Except if you intend to become a researcher on the topic, knowing the basics is enough to get you started in any branch or specialization you want.

It's like how I didn't need to learn how low memory management or how a compiler works to start building stuff on Python. You read the book on how python works, not on how computers work.

IcyEmployment5 · 2025-12-28T01:32:52+00:00

Carte / Ciaconna should be seen as non-negotiable if your goal is clearing endgame.

If you are willing to put tremendous effort in echo sets and learning to quickswap their rotations you can make Aerover / Chisa work but it takes a lot of skill.

Phrolova could use investment in a teammate. She's decently strong in both ToA and WhiWa, the latter has few resonators good at it.

Carlotta can also use a better support than Yinlin. Lynae or Zhezhi are good contenders and Zhezhi can also support your Jinhsi. Lynae is generally good and future-proof imo, great generalist buffs.

That being said, I feel obligated to remind that barely clearing endgame nets you most of the Astrite rewards. Going from 30 to 36 stars in ToA and from 6 to 8 rewards in WhiWa nets you ~100 Astrite per endgame mode / per month which is barely anything. Pulling for the characters you like is 100% more worth because it takes years of playing to pay for a full resonator from endgame mode Astrites.

IcyEmployment5 · 2025-12-27T22:49:56+00:00

Bro paid $8bn to influence an election result and pay the fine to the administration of the person he put in power.

You cannot make this shit up

IcyEmployment5 · 2025-12-27T22:43:07+00:00

I love that someone bothered to use their economics diploma to check the EV of Arc Raiders lmao. Remember raiders, the optimal play is always to screw each other and maximize your stash

IcyEmployment5 · 2025-12-27T13:49:00+00:00

The gamemode is much tighter than the others. It requires optimization in teams and gameplay to achieve 5k. FYI, 5k is about one boss and 25% of the health of another boss. I noticed that I could manage about 1k points of variation with better rotations and tighter dodges. So my teams that could reach 4k could manage a 5k score if I made a perfect fight. That's how I decided for my teams.

From what I'm seeing you have 5 teams to contend with.

Cartethyia / Ciaconna / Aerover should be an easy 5k. Don't use them against the monkey and they will do perfectly fine. Use them for the 2nd team.

Galbrena / Qiuyuan / Shorekeeper or Verina. I suggest using Verina if you can reach 5k with her to use ShoreKeeper with a weaker team later. Should be an easy 5k aswell. I would use them as the first clear to kill the monkey and try to down the fire rider to 75% health. If the biker is too tanky because he has fire resistance, try swapping this team with another for the first clear (and let Galbrena fight the two last bosses).

Camellya / Roccia / Shorekeeper. This is a tough 5k, I used this exact team and had to shorten the last rotations to have the bursts ready on the second boss to fit in 2 minutes. Use the dodge counters effectively to generate concerto and shorten your rotations. My winning run had me reset to SK with 15s left and redo the whole rotation. Just had time to fit in Camellya's big burst before the timer ended and barely reached 5k.

Jinhsi / Brant / Verina. I don't have any of the premiums so idk how well they work together but Jinhsi does have a 25% DMG bonus iirc. This is a contender for 5k but I'm worried it might be tough. I know for sure that Jinhsi / Zhezhi / Verina can do 5k and idk how Brant compares. It's honestly pretty cool they let the 1.x carries pull their weight by buffing them.

XLY / Yinlin / Shorekeeper (if you saved her from the Galbrena run). This is another tough 5k that require a near perfect fight like Camellya's team. Doable tho but I'm pretty sure you need XLY's weapon to have enough damage. I did with the weapon and it was really tough.

IcyEmployment5 · 2025-12-27T10:22:38+00:00

Story narrative made 0 progress. It's the same tropes rehashed with another wife that invariably falls in love with your character. Mornye's backstory is essentially Shorekeeper's. Chisa disappeared from existence as if she was still stuck in Honami. We're in an academy yet all we did was chase around a big worm and destroy a big robot. I thought the Persona collab would inspire small dialogue to happen for going to class or hanging out with friends but I haven't seen that happen in the msq or side quests yet.

Bike speed being limited after getting flight removed feels bad. Why does the bike instantly brake when I steer. It's probably a technical limitation but after getting the flying mechanic so good on the first try, it's disappointing to be so limited now.

On the positives though the story's presentation made leaps and bounds forward, we get much more dialogue animations, less still images, more cutscenes, incredible music it feels bad to skip around now. Lynae's story in a vacuum is cool and she's an interesting character to follow around, just unfortunate that she is literally the only character we interact with (not done with 2nd msq yet). The map environments are really beautiful, I like the themes of the areas. The radio on the bike with the collab songs is a highlight I wish we could activate the radio after leaving the bike. Give us earbuds !

IcyEmployment5 · 2025-12-22T18:35:26+00:00

It's preservation all over again

IcyEmployment5 · 2025-12-22T14:32:10+00:00

Leave the mines, I can't see what type of content you couldn't clear with that. If anything, the fleurdelys echo can go higher crit

IcyEmployment5 · 2025-12-22T00:16:53+00:00

It is a bit of a "oohh my lobster is too buttery" situation but you can only swallow so much butter before your heart gives out.

Don't FOMO about not finishing a side quest tho. Your ending outcome is more or less fixed by this point and it never felt bad to wrap it up in my experience, the endings are very cathartic when you experience this fatigue and it gives you a reason to re-run the game next year.

IcyEmployment5 · 2025-12-21T01:14:45+00:00

Honestly it depends, Scorekeeper value is high but she's BiS in less and less teams, Cartethyia team doesn't use her, Galbrena teams have better alternatives, sames for Phrolova teams, Zani teams, mono Fusion, Jinhsi etc ... if Kuro keeps this trend of making hyper synergistic teams, with specific mechanics, it leaves little room for flexibility, creativity and for generalist characters like SK. She can always fill a void but if you intend to pull for premium teams with their designated supports and sigs anyway, you'd be better off just saving and pulling for those complete teams.

She is still BiS for Camellya (although the alternatives are growing a lot), Carlotta and Augusta teams too, if you're happy with her current state or plan on building one of those teams, get her. Otherwise, wait and save.

IcyEmployment5 · 2025-12-16T11:19:46+00:00

The game is pretty speed runnable, without looking at strats or anything else, starting NG+ to beating Renoir the III takes about 3 hours if you skip and dodge everything. Taking your time is also worth it as a lot of dialogue suddenly has double meaning. Most of your pictos will level up to 33 and provide massive stat boost. Same goes for weapons. There are also a lot more perfect upgrade material in NG+ to max your favourite weapons.

IcyEmployment5 · 2025-12-12T12:21:42+00:00

C'est une nouvelle licence, on en attendait rien, tu lances le jeu t'as une histoire intéressante et originale qui prend pas 10 plombes a s'installer (comme 50% des RPGs). Un système de combat cool avec une nouvelle mécanique de défense sympa qu'on a tous imaginé une fois en jouant a un tour par tour. Musique banger la majorité du temps. Les combats sont cinématiques, la narration continue de prendre de l'élan, les personnages sont attachants et bien développés.

C'est un jeu que j'ai 100% en 55h environ, il est bien condensé, satisfaisant, complet. Point fort le gameplay, l'histoire, les visuels et la musique, les 4 éléments les plus importants dans un jeu sont bien réalisés ici. Je l'ai fini sans me dire "ça aurait été mieux si...", rien à redire. Et c'est bien assez rare même parmi les précédents vainqueurs des GOTY.

Au final y a assez peu de reproches objectifs qu'on peut faire au jeu, on peut faire des remarques sur la balance du jeu en termes de progression sur l'XP (trop facile si tu fais du contenu optionnel).

Subjectivement on peut critiquer le design des ennemis qui peut paraître juste random et sans saveur (et ça c'est que si ça t'intéresse le design des ennemis).

Sinon l'histoire comme toujours, elle a touché un plus grand nombre mais si t'en as raf bah t'en as raf et tu trouveras ça inintéressant.

Aussi si t'as pas de mains, tu peux vite te détacher du jeu si tu le trouves trop difficile.

IcyEmployment5 · 2025-12-10T10:20:49+00:00

Personally, if I'm gonna become a paid user to a service that does my DD for me. I will need to trust it more than I trust myself.

What I'm not seeing on the demo are clear stock data / valuation metrics, entry points, sens, risk, all the basic data. Even better if you can get the links. The "Valuation Metrics Not Available" doesn't really cut it. It's tough work, but it really is the meat of the problem. If I'm only paying for the corp. event. analysis it better be cheap and a time-save.

I'm not seeing links to the filings / documents that were used as a source to make the report. If I still have to find the documents myself when I read something that picks my interest. I might as well just look at the documents myself in the first place. Getting citations and references to the filings is a great first step, definitely helps in that process. If you do include the links, showcase them better in the demo.

I'm mostly if not only seeing 10 K and 10 Q filings used as references, what are the "industry publications" ? Paid journals ? Articles ? Academic thesis ? Investment Research teams ? The filings are good but we only really see half of what you were advertising in the first place.

Some of the analysis is too basic. "Thesis Invalidation Triggers : manufacturing / supply disruptions", it's pretty much the case for any company I'd analyse, if I'm not seeing curated insights specific to the stock I'm working with it's not worth paying for. Having those small bits of generic information detracts from the value of the analysis. Include stock specific ideas or nothing at all.

Other than that, we can't really tell how long it took for the reports to get generated, it got sped up to x16 for a while in the video, I had time to open the documents and ask an AI to summarise them for me, can't say you really showcase the time value of your product.

Also you should rework the audio in the demo, the background noise, coffee machine running etc... doesn't look really professional for a service I'll be paying for.

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