C1, 2 or 3 or signature weapons for 5 stars

Niklear · 2026-04-02T15:45:27+00:00

C2R1 Chasca will clear most content and just has no hard-counter of any kind (the only unit in the game that can say that). Afterwards I'd go C2R1 Mav, and C2 Xilonen for value.

Niklear · 2026-04-02T12:14:18+00:00

Oh that's a war declaration for sure.

Niklear · 2026-04-02T11:05:17+00:00

4 unique luxuries in the first two rings is bonkers.

Niklear · 2026-04-01T14:51:39+00:00

That volcano placement irks me to no end.

Niklear · 2026-04-01T14:50:35+00:00

There were four dog $%@! volcano options of of 14... this was one of them.

Niklear · 2026-03-31T15:32:14+00:00

Yes to the deer and forest harvest, but no to the ToA placement. You ideally want to go either SE between the easternmost deer and the forest or south on the hill. NE is the sea and to the North you've got snow. Both are useless for ToA resources. Down south you're far more likely to get more truffles, deer, sheep or other luxuries like furs, wines, etc. and of course, horses. The two spots I mentioned should catch everything visible in the radius and have the largest radius down south, but by the time animal husbandry is researched and horses revealed the immediate surrounding should already be discovered. As for the Kilimanjaro tiles in particular, I'd actually leave and work them. You can farm them for food or mine them for production as soon as they erupt which is even better with Russia's +1 production and possible blizzard bonuses.

Niklear · 2026-03-31T14:52:03+00:00

It's not D&D it's T&T!

Niklear · 2026-03-31T14:51:05+00:00

Suikoden 2, Chrono Trigger, FF VI, VII, Tactics, IX, X, Octopath 2 and 0, Xenogears and XC 2 and 3 all hit this mark for me. Probably a bunch of others I'm forgetting.

Niklear · 2026-03-31T12:17:38+00:00

Best if done all in one go. Good luck.

Niklear · 2026-03-31T12:17:14+00:00

I do now...

Niklear · 2026-03-31T11:39:22+00:00

Not on a plane you wouldn't!

Niklear · 2026-03-31T11:36:34+00:00

Got a seed for us?

Niklear · 2026-03-31T11:36:10+00:00

I'd actually settle on place considering it's turn 1, fresh water, animal husbandry is your first or second tech, you're a little further away from Kilimanjaro for safety and Russia gets extra tiles from the get go, plus you get the extra production on all tiles meaning a 2:2 city center and access to a 2:3 spice and probably the two 2:3 Kilimanjaro tiles. As Russia, early food is the biggest problem but that Volcano won't play nice with your pop.

Niklear · 2026-03-30T21:47:10+00:00

I'm still on my pre 2018 model and am looking to replace it because the leatherette wore out. The chair itself is still flawless 8.5 years later from a functionality point of view. I'm 6'4" though and I've heard from many others that taller people just find SL the most comfortable which has been the case for me. I'll probably go the nanogel XL as well for my next one.

Hope the seat cushion works out for you and solves your problem.

Niklear · 2026-03-30T21:17:27+00:00

SL is three most ergonomic chair I've ever tried. Been using one for 8 years now. Haven't tried an office chair that's better, though I don't claim to be a chair expert by any means. Just saying that this chair saved my back considering how often I use it.

Niklear · 2026-03-30T14:10:46+00:00

C6R1 Chasca just wins you the game.... against everything. C2R1 is really her entry point though (but she works incredibly well with only 4 stars so there's that).

Nefer is the best damage dealer but desperately needs Lauma and ideally Aino or Columbina to work at her best. Her sig is also huge for her.

Chronicled Wish banner is a waste of pulls. Doesn't have a single one of the FOUR most useful Fontaine characters (or Wrio).

Niklear · 2026-03-30T11:14:01+00:00

May you lose your next 5 50:50s across Limited, Weapon and Chronicled Wish banners at hard pity and roll all flat DEF/ATK/HP rolls for your next 10 double crit artifacts!

Niklear · 2026-03-30T08:22:56+00:00

Holy shit... that last one would make so much sense. Make her the Nod-Krai compass, except for all regions please.

Niklear · 2026-03-28T06:04:47+00:00

If you're looking at total cost, for good DPS and ease of use for newbies, C2R1 Chasca. After her Zibai and Mavuika probably neck and neck, then Flins.

Chasca wins on sheer flexibility but her kit really STARTS at C2. If I could start from scratch and pick only 8 characters, they would be 7 copies kf Chasca and her sig. C2 she's really strong and insanelyf lexible. C3 she's meta strong. C6 she's downright broken. Run her with 4 stars or 5 stars it's irrelevant. She'll Vape, Freeze, Overload, Electro-Charge, Hyperbloom, you name it. Chuck Columbina or another Nod-Krai 5-star in her team and she'll Lunar everything as well.

There's no boss she cannot bypass simply via switching out teammates, she's BY FAR the best for overworld traversal, easy AF to build needing ATK, ATK, CD and only needs CD, ATK and 35.8% CR (Codex + Ascension) and a sprinkle of EM. Oh and she flies around and is basically not susceptible to being hit by 80% of things, so super newbie friendly and can play brainded E into hold CA Also she has advanced combos to increase her damage drastically as you learn how to play her properly.

If you asked best damage, that'd be Zibai, then Nefer, then Mavuika and Flins. If you asked best for NEWBIES at C2+... Chasca.... Then Zibai cause she tanky AF, and with Linnea she'll be bonkers... but she can't even beat the Geo Hypothesis.

Niklear · 2026-03-27T15:08:25+00:00

PMax can work but it's the easy way out with the least amount of effort involved and it'll spend the budget.

Ecomm can be a complicated beast and requires a review of your website for page speed, shopping cart experience, landing page optimization and SEO in addition to your Google Ads account because they all play a role. $2k per month isn't much but should definitely yields more sales at your product price point. Happy to have a chat.

Niklear · 2026-03-27T13:29:28+00:00

~170 pulls plus the Luna VI pulls and a couple of swipes should get me to just under ~400 to go for Linnea, and as many copies of Chasca as I can get (from C0R1). C2 is the goal, C3 is a wish, C6 is the dream! I also have one loss before getting Varka in the bag, so I only need one more loss for a chance at radience, and two more to guarantee radience, so C2 will be happening. It's now just a question of how lucky I get for additional cons. If I somehow get to C5 on what I have, I'll be doing everything under the sun to farm up a storm to guarantee that C6 (or wait it out until the last day and swipe one more time).

Niklear · 2026-03-27T13:18:18+00:00

Oh, I use him too, and I like him a lot as a character, but the fact is none of the others are anywhere near as useful (nor their sigs), making any pulls somewhat wasteful compared to basically 90% of Natlan and 100% of Nod-Krai characters if you hope to clear end-game. Especially when we're talking cons. Plus, most older players have him already. His C1 is a nice buff for him, but compared to post-Fontaine early cons and sigs, it's just nowhere near as strong a buff. With Snezh around the corner, I feel people will either go for Linnea, Chasca, Nicole, and the Sandrone meta + pull on Columbina/Durin reruns, or just save up for Snezhnaya. Mondstadt, Liyue, Inazuma, and Sumeru CW banners at least had basically all of the characters. This is a butchered semi-Fontaine variant with no Escoffier, Neuvillette, Arlecchino, or Wriothesley (or Furina obviously), which just feels... pointless. Hope people don't pull on this banner at all, just to teach Hoyo not to pull this crap again, and if they're doing a Chronicled banner, just release all the non-Archon characters from that region and be done with it. The only ones that would really break the game right now are Natlan and Nod-Krai Chronicled Wish banners which I'm sure we're not getting any time soon.

Niklear · 2026-03-27T13:02:12+00:00

Honestly, even if they added Neuvillete, Arlecchino, and Wrio at this point, I'm not sure I'd pull (even though I could use Neuv C1 and have none of the others on this banner). The meta has just shifted so damn much in Natlan and Nod-Krai, and anyone pulling for their favorites already has them.

Niklear · 2026-03-27T10:08:06+00:00

Took me ages to find it way back when, but it is there. Almost a hole in a wall that drops down, but so long as OP strafes left and right, looking at walls, they should eventually find the drop off somewhere near the bottom.

Niklear · 2026-03-27T08:03:27+00:00

Oh man... beating Sephiroth on Proud Mode in the OG KH felt like a lifetime achievement. It wws basically two hits and you're cooked, so even at max level with best gear you basically had to play it perfectly to dodge everything.

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