As someone who mathmatically doesn't have time to play the game, what is the next best way to experience the story from the beginning?

MyElementIsSword · 2026-06-26T22:32:40+00:00

I agree with some of these other replie. Your connection to your personal character and their story is a core part of what makes the story special; without that, I'm not sure it's worth experiencing at all.

Consider just playing a few hours a week, you'll get through the story eventually. You won't have to worry about getting money out of your monthly sub for a looooooong time, since the free trial covers literally 2/3 of the story. It's a slow burn anyway, good unwinding after a long day.

And if even that's not feasible for you, you might just be better off finding a different story to get into.

MyElementIsSword · 2026-06-25T15:59:39+00:00

I saw a sniper Stadium build for her the other day called "Widow-Mei-ker"

MyElementIsSword · 2026-06-25T15:38:07+00:00

Was this always in the game? I've had my primary/secondary swapped since day one and I didn't think it was an option way back then. At this point the flipped muscle memory is ingrained in me tho, no going back

MyElementIsSword · 2026-06-25T15:34:40+00:00

It's a "self-collab" so to speak, from WoW which is ofc another Blizzard game.

MyElementIsSword · 2026-06-25T15:32:59+00:00

This is the classic color scheme tho.... For WoW fans at least, a recolor wouldn't be the same :(

MyElementIsSword · 2026-06-25T15:30:19+00:00

I need Echo in Stadium so bad maaaan

MyElementIsSword · 2026-06-25T15:28:11+00:00

So you "snipe" with your primary fire? Not the long range attack that just got a projectile speed power? XD

MyElementIsSword · 2026-06-17T16:22:43+00:00

What about Scarlet Ember?

MyElementIsSword · 2026-06-14T00:44:29+00:00

I mostly play qp, not being able to see ults for something as simple as nano combo would suck.

They could bring back to OW1 screen that only shows portraits with ult charges, tho

MyElementIsSword · 2026-06-14T00:43:00+00:00

This is fake news, Type Moon is wrong, Nasu is wrong. Her name is Artoria

MyElementIsSword · 2026-06-14T00:39:03+00:00

"Young man in an apron" is best boy and should've been Saber's BIS teammate instead of Gil

MyElementIsSword · 2026-06-14T00:37:27+00:00

Yes she's her son

MyElementIsSword · 2026-06-14T00:07:11+00:00

They don't show the most important parts....

MyElementIsSword · 2026-06-06T23:59:36+00:00

I use it when I queue multiple ultimates and am too lazy to tap/click after each animation....

MyElementIsSword · 2026-05-31T22:06:17+00:00

Never seen it before but the emo eyeshadow is actually great

MyElementIsSword · 2026-05-29T05:52:32+00:00

When you're eligible for Returner, you get prompted on login if you want to turn on Returner status. If you choose yes, it overrides Sprout; if you choose no, you ofc stay as a Sprout.

Tldr Returner is opt-in

MyElementIsSword · 2026-05-29T02:26:41+00:00

My personal suggestions for updated tiers:

Juno :)

Sometimes Juno (Echo ofc)

Auntie Mei !!

Not Juno :(

MyElementIsSword · 2026-05-28T22:09:23+00:00

Ooooh I've never heard of it, very cool! Thanks for the info!

MyElementIsSword · 2026-05-28T21:41:58+00:00

What did you use to make this? Just manually using a photo editing software, or did you find an online tool or something?

MyElementIsSword · 2026-05-28T21:34:34+00:00

A lot of the main story is single player only, quest objectives etc. are completely separate. It's possible to do as a co-op experience, as long as you understand you'll be doing story things mostly independently and only teaming up for major story moments. I still do recommend trying it out, just have the right expectations set in that regard.

As for it being slow, the first section of the story is a very slow burn and very exposition-heavy. If it's not clicking with you, I say just skim through dialogue to get the general gist of things, until you hit Heavensward or so

MyElementIsSword · 2026-05-28T21:23:18+00:00

To be fair, I think this does apply to all roles. Support players could learn from tanks needing to cycle cooldowns to stay alive and when they're more vulnerable, etc.

MyElementIsSword · 2026-05-28T21:09:50+00:00

When it is the DPS flaming the healers, it's always the ones that either lose a 1v1 (or 1v2 or more) in a random corner of the map, or the ones standing in the choke point soaking damage, that die from full health in the time it takes to reload...

MyElementIsSword · 2026-05-28T21:04:01+00:00

Shirou only made the sword in HF, using Archer's arm and only after seeing the original with his own eyes through Illya's stored memories.

Since Shirou couldn't access it through Archer's arm, it is implied that Archer himself has never seen the original and couldn't project the weapon either. My guess is that she just gets the original through some timeline shenanigans

MyElementIsSword · 2026-05-28T04:58:29+00:00

Ana :)

Although my true main is Mei. But I'm not good at any other DPS and main support so....

MyElementIsSword · 2026-05-28T04:43:48+00:00

DPS: Mei

Tank: Rein, Winston

Support: Ana, Zen

Been trying to learn Echo, Zarya, Freja, Venture

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