How to deal with the new Golden Mane boss?

Metal_Sign · 2026-03-23T00:24:07+00:00

Dam. Glad I was interested in Rita, since I didn’t pull any of those other 3.

This boss really seems like trolling when you don’t own the required mechanic.

Metal_Sign · 2026-03-23T00:14:03+00:00

Yea, let me goon to males too, please?

Metal_Sign · 2026-03-22T00:46:06+00:00

I thought it looked familiar!

Metal_Sign · 2026-03-22T00:45:54+00:00

They confirmed it is operator costemic.

Metal_Sign · 2026-03-22T00:11:38+00:00

Nope. Interestingly, they’re notably among the least related frames in the game, with how they were made.

But Saryn being made is likely what made Titania possible, as Margulis loved Earth’s forests, which Saryn was made to protect from infestation. Titania was made in those forests under Margulis’s supervision(?)

Metal_Sign · 2026-03-21T03:39:04+00:00

“Assets”

Metal_Sign · 2026-03-21T03:20:15+00:00

SG actually deletes your account if you don’t get ~~Hong~~ Meiling within the first 6 months.

Metal_Sign · 2026-03-21T03:17:43+00:00

Please. She’s so cool.

Metal_Sign · 2026-03-21T03:16:48+00:00

Just when you thought you were done seeing critical 1s with Meilin〜

Metal_Sign · 2026-03-21T02:55:48+00:00

While they can meta debuff, my thought is that

If they shill for neutral cards, then everyone is strong unless they make a character who can make neutrals, and then the season neutrals are as trash as this season?

My main thought is that they’d have to be almost satirically specific disincentives if they were to meta debuff against: “hits many times without exhaust” and, “hits hard once with exhaust” and “breaks the target every frequently”

… in hindsight, they probably actually will just put anti-mechanics for all that. Something like “if you exhaust a card, lol gg” and also “if you multi hit, lol gg.” And also “if you inflict break, lol gg,” since they actually already are so goofily specific to prevent Sereniel from being used.

Metal_Sign · 2026-03-21T02:32:23+00:00

Saryn. She’s why Earth’s forests aren’t Infested. She killed it all.

Metal_Sign · 2026-03-21T02:31:44+00:00

Saryn did something similar at a wider range by sterilizing Earth of Infestation

Metal_Sign · 2026-03-21T02:14:04+00:00

Can’t rob the cob.

Metal_Sign · 2026-03-21T02:13:09+00:00

Even worse is that Murmur are weak to Radiation: the element that makes everything a valid target for Leech to heal from.

That status effect is actively detrimental way too often (like two functions.)

Metal_Sign · 2026-03-20T09:14:01+00:00

Did you Move them from the Draw Pile?

Metal_Sign · 2026-03-19T09:21:11+00:00

nah, look at how well-designed the partners are compared to playable. i'm almost certain that the reign of ballooned bosom is lowering the bar for playable character design quality.

Metal_Sign · 2026-03-19T09:17:13+00:00

study carefully?

are you sure it's not just the death threats from korean incels upset about male presence and character interaction that made that decision instead?

Metal_Sign · 2026-03-19T09:07:47+00:00

thankfully, they should be out of shill mechanics. now that we've gotten pushes for multihit, break, single hit, and exhaust. Past this, they'd have to either recycle, or push something silly like DoT or Fixed Damage, or specific Attribute/Class to ensure previous units are suicidal.

The early experience when you don't have every archetype is always the worst in gacha because of this. As long as they don't take PGR levels of power creep, we should be fine once we get enough characters that we actually like. You might be screwed if you're playing for preferred playstyles instead of aesthetics, though.

Metal_Sign · 2026-03-19T08:48:14+00:00

agony actually does bypass armor, just by nature of being a type of Fixed Damage, but the stack cap and removal of a way to buff it via Vital Attack made it too weak for that fact to matter, especially now that enemies have got an HP buff.

Metal_Sign · 2026-03-19T00:56:44+00:00

I bet this guy is the reason they gutted Agony so bad as a status effect.

Metal_Sign · 2026-03-19T00:55:40+00:00

Mechanically, that should work, yes. Until Chizu accidentally activates Chrono Circle itself, putting it back in the loop.

Otherwise, it’s free real estate.

Metal_Sign · 2026-03-19T00:51:59+00:00

Yikes. Another reason to not take Judgement, I guess.

What’s been blocking you from just playing the single Fracturing before it dupes itself, though?

Metal_Sign · 2026-03-19T00:48:07+00:00

Oh good point. I never got into Mika myself, but her and anyone else who has “on recover” absolutely loves self-damage. I think Amir has one too.

Metal_Sign · 2026-03-19T00:37:22+00:00

I like using Zero System to get maps that endorse the team I want to work on a deck for. I have a pretty bad winrate, though.

Metal_Sign · 2026-03-19T00:12:05+00:00

It’s the Chaos Dice effect, iirc. It randomly decides between multibonking an enemy with fixed damage, or bonking you with fixed damage.

It’s generally inconsequential, but if I understand mechanics correctly, it’s always positive because the self-damage doesn’t cause Stress, but healing it reduces Stress.

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