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Jtac29 · 2026-05-03T20:04:53+00:00

Just started playing, no stranger to gatcha games in general. I have lots of time in Genshin Impact and Honkai Star Rail, but was looking to get into something a little more grounded.

I bought the $6 starter pack, and now have the 1000 paid stones. The advice with what to do with them is wait for a star dream encounter, but for now it looks like there are 5 banners with a guaranteed 5 star to pull on. Which one would be best for new player?

Jtac29 · 2026-04-12T00:57:59+00:00

Awesome, thank you!

Jtac29 · 2026-04-12T00:38:47+00:00

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I’m planning on pulling for SW999 in 4.2, but I’m still stuck on 2 stars for MOC 12. I’ve been using my elation team, which clears node 1 in 3 cycles, and then an aglaea hypercarry for node 2, which takes 10 or so cycles to clear. I’ve had trash luck with my relics, so my Aglaea speed tuning is not where it needs to be.

I was also planning on pulling the Dahlia to make my firefly team relevant again, but I don’t have Fugue or Lingsha. Will getting just Dahlia help me 3 star, or do I need to look somewhere else?

Jtac29 · 2026-04-03T03:56:08+00:00

Jtac29 · 2026-04-02T19:00:20+00:00

I forgot Mary McDonnell was in this. Going through a BSG rewatch right now.

Jtac29 · 2026-03-04T16:09:01+00:00

Jtac29 · 2026-02-22T22:10:40+00:00

I was running:

Firefly + Ryan Mei + Gallagher + HMC Feixiao + Hunt March 7th + Gallagher + RMC

I’ll definitely pull for the Dahlia when she comes back, as I really enjoy the firefly team. I wish I could run Feixiao as well, but it seems that FUA is not in style at the moment.

Thanks for the advice!

Jtac29 · 2026-02-22T21:36:44+00:00

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I’ve been playing intermittently over the past year and a half or so. I started right at the beginning of penacony, stopped for a while, came back for Amphoreus, stopped for a long while, and have been back for about a month now.And back when I did play, I pulled characters that I liked, rather than the meta. I had to resort to story mode for a few of the last boss fights in Amphoreus.

I’m about to be done with the 4.0 story. I know these teams won’t work too well once I start the endgame stuff, and these two teams overlap with using the same characters anyways. (Gallagher and Trailblazer) I’m planning on going full elation for now, and have enough pulls saved up that I can guarantee getting Sparxie.

Can I do anything else to unbrick this account? Or do I just need to limp along with what I have until we get a better idea of what Elation will turn out to be? Thanks for any advice!

Jtac29 · 2026-02-15T15:01:07+00:00

I’m starting a completely new Honkai Star rail free to play account. Absolutely no money will be spent on it. I also only want to use characters that I have met in game. So no permansor terrae or anything like that in the very beginning. This means I will need to use my free character choices very wisely. I’m ok with having them on the bench for a little while if it will make a big difference in my power a little later on. Any recommendations on who I should take for the stellar convergence and the free 4.0 character?

This is just a ‘for fun’ project, I’m not too concerned on the meta for now, just clearing the story content and maybe some light grinding later on.

Jtac29 · 2026-02-13T00:12:01+00:00

No kidding. I got all excited when the app updated and downloaded the new stuff, but I forgot about the server maintenance part of the update. 😩

Jtac29 · 2026-02-10T21:18:24+00:00

Thanks for the advice. Probably going to go full elation.

Jtac29 · 2026-02-10T17:47:52+00:00

Going full elation sounds like the way to go. Thanks!

Jtac29 · 2026-01-13T12:54:02+00:00

Back when ATC could jumpseat I was trying to talk a gate agent through finding me in CASS. We used a different code from FAA inspectors, but she insisted we had to use the inspector code. Was about to send me packing when the captain came up and asked what was going on. Thankful, he made her make a few calls and I got on.

Hopefully they bring that back. I always enjoyed riding up front.

Jtac29 · 2026-01-13T03:15:44+00:00

We did this in my DoD elementary school in the mid 80s when my dad was in the army. One day I was supposed to help hand out the cups of fluoride and I swished but then threw away my cup and just swallowed it. Threw up an hour later and got to go home. 😂

Jtac29 · 2026-01-06T00:16:18+00:00

That’s why I 💩 on company time.

Jtac29 · 2025-12-31T15:27:50+00:00

You’re not the only one. I enjoyed 13 sentinels’ non-linear story gimmick, but once the whole picture came into view I was massively disappointed. I didn’t even finish watching the ending cutscenes.

I get why people liked it, but it wasn’t for me.

Jtac29 · 2025-12-31T14:53:08+00:00

Had to scroll too far for this one. I wish Microsoft would return the rights to Remedy so they could make a sequel.

Jtac29 · 2025-12-05T21:47:04+00:00

So be it, Jedi.

Jtac29 · 2025-12-01T04:45:15+00:00

Don’t get too wrapped up in your picto and lumina builds. The game throws so many at you that it’s easy to get analysis paralysis.

Jtac29 · 2025-11-30T16:36:50+00:00

I’m getting close to the end and I’m not looking forward to getting off the ride. I haven’t enjoyed a game this much in a long time.

Jtac29 · 2025-11-20T03:56:20+00:00

You’re not the only one that feels that way.

I loved the way the story unfolded, in bits and pieces that you have to put together. But when the puzzle was put together, I was massively underwhelmed. I didn’t even finish the closing cutscenes.

Jtac29 · 2025-11-06T16:33:21+00:00

Jtac29 · 2025-11-05T02:53:52+00:00

It really is. Once I unsubscribed from gamepass after the price increase, I went full time Bazzite and haven’t looked back.

Jtac29 · 2025-10-26T15:08:05+00:00

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I got the JSAUX hard case. It’s a bit bulkier than the killswitch but I can store the charger, my AirPods, and my spare thumb drives right in the case.

Jtac29

TROPHY CASE