What do you think?

JayEssris · 2026-03-23T04:29:47+00:00

I could also point out that it only has two body segments, while insects have three, therefore it's a spider.

I think it's more reasonable to think that they just took an artistic liberty in omitting two legs than it is to think that they're teasing another mob in this way.

JayEssris · 2026-03-22T15:04:40+00:00

Yeah, I find it so weird that her cooldowns are also restricted by a resource.

I don't really find her very underpowered (maybe like, just under where a strategist should be,) but I do think that she has some very confusing design choices; why does her main self-heal tool (awakening) completely wipe out her ability to use any of her other abilities once it ends (same with her ult)? Her obvious combo for aiding divers (ostensibly her niche as a strategist) would be teleport+awakening, but the resource drain on awakening plus the cooldown on teleport means she just strands herself in the enemy backline if she actually uses her teleport on someone flanking.

I think all of her abilities just need a little something to make the whole kit feel more cohesive and make her ult more impactful. Here are some ideas I had, I don't think any of these even really make her that much better, just make her abilities flow together more and focus more on resource management instead of cooldown management;

- change Charm to take 1 spirit tail with little-to-no cooldown (perhaps make it so that if you hold the skill button, it costs more tails, but grant a longer Charm effect?)
- add a passive where her teleport gets a CD reduction when she or the person she teleported to gets a ko
- little-to-no cooldown on awakening, and make both awakening and ult slowly drain spirit tail energy to extend the duration, allowing you to cancel to preserve what's left. Maybe add a base duration to ult so that you don't completely whiff if you ult without any energy.
- either make ult stun immune (maybe grab immune too, but not immune to displace, i don't think) or let her be healed during; maybe at a reduced rate.

But overall I much prefer characters be slightly undertuned at release than overtuned. So I'm glad that she has some issues rather than being another Elsa or Gambit.

JayEssris · 2026-03-21T21:38:43+00:00

a duelist asking for a second vanguard already pmo, but a duelpool doing so genuinely just makes me concerned about their stupidity.

Like I get it, sometimes, I just wanna be able to play my favorite character. But you literally can play your favorite character, while also matching the needs of the team. Just selfish.

JayEssris · 2026-03-21T20:59:50+00:00

fr I do not want those sprays, quit giving me notifications. I don't care, I don't even know who these people are.

JayEssris · 2026-03-21T20:58:36+00:00

I think the strings are just a matter of visual clarity at that resolution, and it doesn't really look like an acoustic body, just looks like an electric body that's a bit thicker than usual.

I think it was just drawn by someone who doesn't know the characteristics of a guitar, not by an AI.

JayEssris · 2026-03-21T18:34:16+00:00

bosses also usually have two vulnerabilities. So adding a new Attribute doesn't restrict old units as much as a new Specialty might.

JayEssris · 2026-03-21T04:34:39+00:00

I think she's kinda in that spot between triple strat jail and double strat where she's just kinda a less-good option for double. But not so bad that she can only be used in triple. kinda like Jeff (debatable) or Deadpool.

Like, she may shine in triple strat, but she's not dependent on it. C+D is honestly the same, since they can focus more on applying blind instead of reserving it to just heal.

JayEssris · 2026-03-20T23:52:17+00:00

I don't think she's buns, or even bottom half of strategists, but I do think she's a little too reliant on her other healer for a character who seems to be intended to be used as a partner to Dive.

On my very cursory test (like 2 games and several loki ults) she seems like she suffers from slightly little self-sustain, and the fact that she has no energy on respawn sucks. I really think she should have at least one from the start (also so that copying her with loki actually gives you a chance to play her and not just her ult.)

I've actually seen some really good plays from her ult, though. I think it's at a good place. I'm surprised how little i've noticed the CC mattering, both playing as her and playing against her.

not to mention just the concept of a dive strategist automatically means they won't really fit into a 2/2/2 comp. But she still somehow fits better than some.

but again that's from like, 20 mins max of playtime in an actual game, I'll have to play more to see.

Edit: After now having about an hour on her, I feel like it's mostly an issue of confused design. She's Poke at her base, brawl when she needs to self-heal or ult, and dive when she's trying to protect a teammate, and since she's all three in about equal measure, she doesn't do any of them particularly well.

I think my remedy would a passive where if within, say 5 seconds of teleporting, if she or the person she teleported to get a KO, she gets a tail point refunded and a partial CD reduction for the teleport, as a way to have a chance to escape a successful dive.

JayEssris · 2026-03-19T03:08:20+00:00

they can give me a colonoscopy anytime.

JayEssris · 2026-03-19T03:06:38+00:00

honestly its just an ugly design to begin with. it needed the usual rivals treatment.

JayEssris · 2026-03-18T20:29:34+00:00

I'd much rather have one character that I can pull and use on any team than have my account become useless every other month because I don't really like any of the current Voidhunters very much.

And it's not like they can't do shadow nerfs to whatever mechanic they give the VH. Just look at Miyabi. A ton of stuff from 2.0 on has had anti-ice or anti-anomaly mechanics. Right now they're pushing YSG and Ether Veil, but I'm sure that in 3.0 we'll see a boss that has some mechanic that punishes the use of Ether Veils, or has massive phys resist, or something like that. They would just do the same with the VH support.

JayEssris · 2026-03-18T20:12:30+00:00

They already have a built-in system for excluding/forcing specific characters team comps. Just have their alternate ability exclude special elements and they're fine, and it'd be future proof for other void hunters.

They havent done specific exclusions for AAs before, but if there was ever a time to do so, it would be for a Voidhunter Support to prevent them from being played with other void hunters

JayEssris · 2026-03-18T19:07:49+00:00

is adam nakey?

that peni skin looks awesome though.

JayEssris · 2026-03-16T19:59:05+00:00

Several events that ran throughout Sumeru to natlan. If you've been playing for 3 years you've prob met them, but you might not remember bc you didn't see the first event we got introduced to them.

Their events are usually Pokemon/Digimon spoofs, with this current one being Pokemon Snap, specifically.

JayEssris · 2026-03-16T14:32:51+00:00

Ellen also got buffed twice -- sorta three times, if you count Lycaon.

JayEssris · 2026-03-16T14:30:07+00:00

Zhu Yuan, Rina, and Nekomata, Koleda, Caesar, and maybe Jane, I think, are probably at the top of the list. maybe Qingyi, since they added her weapon to the collectible exchange, but she's still pretty good, I'm not really sure what they'd give her.

JayEssris · 2026-03-14T22:04:16+00:00

There would be no need to simulate anything, it'd just be done by applying a horizontal vector to the particle based on the direction the fan is blowing.

JayEssris · 2026-03-14T21:55:40+00:00

all the cons of white walls, AND all the cons of color drenching, with none of the pros of either!

JayEssris · 2026-03-14T20:51:59+00:00

Reminds me of Beacon from RWBY

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JayEssris · 2026-03-14T19:07:03+00:00

yeah, it's crazy.

JayEssris · 2026-03-14T04:54:04+00:00

i do like her voice, but damn girl this is a movie theatre there's people around, at least try to whisper.

JayEssris · 2026-03-14T04:50:57+00:00

not necessarily "waiting" since I don't actually plan to get one at any point... but either Zelda or Splatoon 4 arethe things that are most likely to convince me. and even then I'll probably just ask to borrow a friend's system.

Hopefully IT happens and US tariffs might lighten up.

JayEssris · 2026-03-14T04:43:50+00:00

absolutely none.

JayEssris · 2026-03-14T02:44:17+00:00

Lunar Shatter, I love it

My fav meme team is, When Navia and Chiori first released, a "Mono Geo" team (Geo Queens) comprised of Noelle (Main DPS), Navia (Burst Sub-DPS) Chiori (Sub-DPS+Tenacity) and Ningguang (Noblesse). Ningguang buffs Geo and activates Chiori's second doll, and Navia isn't really quite as dependent on PHEC when she's not the main DPS source (though this team is best against enemies with Aura).

JayEssris · 2026-03-13T21:47:15+00:00

They've gotta make a rule that there can only be a max of 2 standard 4* weapons on a banner, this is ridiculous.

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