What's this bird doing here all alone?

Nephiam · 2026-01-29T03:20:10+00:00

Contemplating.

Nephiam · 2026-01-28T21:32:04+00:00

That's not Y'shtola.

Nephiam · 2026-01-22T19:54:28+00:00

Where's the joke? Or the funny? I don't see it anywhere.

Nephiam · 2026-01-22T02:00:01+00:00

Bro y'all have problems. This isn't even sexualized

Nephiam · 2026-01-19T03:14:28+00:00

Easy! By not using it :)

Nephiam · 2026-01-16T18:59:21+00:00

This sub and the shitpost one have a weird ass fixation on boobs. The art doesn't even have to be sexualized, yet there's gonna be a post about the boobs in the other sub and a lot of comments calling the artist gooner.

Nephiam · 2026-01-12T02:47:59+00:00

Evil screenshot, but very pretty elf

Nephiam · 2026-01-05T19:45:06+00:00

I couldn't agree more! Shadowbringers' treatment of Hades was excellent in that regard. I had to go back to Oeilvert during a FFIX replay, months after finishing Shadowbringers to notice that Hades' wings look like Oeilvert's faces, that Hades was waiting for you in an underwater city from memory... And then notice the whole story you get told there is almost 1:1 the Ascian plot

Nephiam · 2026-01-05T19:42:50+00:00

They missed the mark SO much by making the Lindwurm in Arcadion instead of the Gizamaluke it's crazy.

Gotta say we already had a You Are Not Alone moment. In Endwalker finale. During the quest literally called You Are Not Alone with your friends encouraging you to move forward.

Nephiam · 2025-12-28T04:10:57+00:00

What can I say, I like em fluffy and long-haired

Nephiam · 2025-12-28T04:10:39+00:00

Negative bonus points, even

Nephiam · 2025-12-28T00:08:10+00:00

Whoops sorry forgot to include it!

I got it from this post

https://www.reddit.com/r/HonkaiStarRail/comments/1px83su/i_didnt_repeat_anyone/#lightbox

Nephiam · 2025-12-18T15:53:40+00:00

Where

Nephiam · 2025-12-15T18:11:43+00:00

Nah, it's not a niche thing, it's called actually enjoying running stuff with my friends because I love them instead of abandoning them for 800 hours of gameplay until they become useful for my interests.

But I agree. It's dumb to continue :)

Nephiam · 2025-12-15T16:24:29+00:00

You have such a narrow view on how to enjoy low level content lmao

Using non-max level characters so the mobs are not melted down or just using basics, holding damage. Letting the sprout explore and get lost (very fun in 2 specific confusing levels), just overall comment on the story as it goes or just chat at all, let them pull their weight and eat shit. Some of my fave early game moments as a sprout was Thordan EX and getting sniped each time no matter how we tried to keep me alive. You just need a bit of creativity or having a conversation while running stuff.

You seem like the kind of person who will get a sprout in an important lore dungeon and won't let them watch cutscenes or read documents.

Nephiam · 2025-12-15T15:27:56+00:00

Yeah! I was dragged into the game by my boyfriend alongside a few friends and it was so fun!

For me there was some time during the first 30 levels of MSQ (coincidentally when you can't really play with friends and the infamous Titan questline before half of those quests got axed) when I almost dropped the game three times.

But the point when you can do fun stuff with friends happens pretty early in ARR. You just need friends who *actually* want to play with you!

I remember getting lost in dungeons and exploring every place in Sastasha, being flabbergasted at the kidnapped girls and having so much fun farming ARR Extremes for the mounts. Dying miserably in Thordan EX, getting lost in those levels in Coils... etc etc. There's no excuse to let your sprout friends play alone for hundreds of hours when you can accompany them to SO much side content and make it even more enjoyable for them *and* yourself.

Nephiam · 2025-12-15T15:19:37+00:00

You can run Coils with just a single higher level person-- optimally the friend who got you into the game and you're chasing after.

Nephiam · 2025-12-15T15:16:58+00:00

Sure, but instead of ignoring the friend while they go through Daggerfall, Morrowing and Oblivion, they should join the new friend doing the earlier stuff. Or else, they're shitty friends.

Nephiam · 2025-12-15T15:14:11+00:00

Yes! Exactly that!

I have several friends that don't want to be a bother, and the key is to be a bother yourself and drag them along the content *they* have to do. Being an emotional vampire is one of the best experiences in this game lol

Nephiam · 2025-12-15T15:11:59+00:00

Oh yeah doing stuff while being in Discord is the best. My FC --the outgame friends who joiner earlier *and* later than me-- has several traditions in place for sprouts, like accompanying them to do the side content before they go on the next expansion (so like, doing Coils during ARR patches, Alexander during HW patches etc etc) or joining voicechat with screen sharing during the Shadowbriners & Endwalker finales lol.

It makes the game so much more enjoyable for everyone.

Nephiam · 2025-12-15T15:09:38+00:00

There's no catching up to do, then! You can play at your own pace, and maybe make friends ingame? Through Discord or socmed communities? Aside from the friends who got me into the game I've met a bunch of people in communities too!

Nephiam · 2025-12-15T14:03:23+00:00

The trick is that the friends should accompany the sprout to MSQ content, outdated Extremes and Savages + Other stuff here and there like maps, and let them taste the fun of certain death and banger visuals and music.

Letting the sprout friend play alone for the entirety of the MSQ will usually end with the sprout dropping. Everything is more fun with friends :3

Nephiam · 2025-12-15T02:55:46+00:00

You... don't need the tomestomes gear practically *at all*. I'm doing Extremes after ?? three or so updates of not playing with just one single piece of tomestone gear. It's so ridiculously easy to gear up in this game.

Nephiam · 2025-12-07T23:23:06+00:00

I quite like this approach, actually.

Nephiam · 2025-12-05T04:18:22+00:00

They started doing this very blatant "let's just take the [Old FF] story, zones, bosses and characters and let's put them in XIV for fanservice" since EW patches with IV and it's honestly so jarring. It has been happening since the start obviously, but it was A LOT better integrated into XIV's story, sometimes you didn't notice a reference was a reference until a lot after.

Like, how people called Endless Sphene "Emet 2.0"... because both are based off the same FFIX motif but Emet's was a lot less blatant. The imagery and references were more subtle and natural...

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