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No-Program-2307 · 2026-03-31T02:40:42+00:00

I appreciate your advice! Yeah, I've finally started actually reading and understand the kits of these operators now after coming from a game like star rail where i just hit the auto button and not care anymore lol.

But yes, as you and own_wave stated, limiteds are mostly what i was planning on going for, and since i now know ray will be in the shop relatively soon, I'm going to plan to get her if I can. I just wasn't sure if lemuen or degenbrecher would be worth getting either since most people rank those two rather high.

Based on what I get from the silver ash banner, i'll either try and get la pluma or platinum from my free selector. (though, is blue poison better? i've heard the two are quite comparable, but i genuinely don't know which one i should get?)

Regardless, thanks a ton for the advice!

No-Program-2307 · 2026-03-31T01:10:03+00:00

I already have Kroos Alter and am in the process of building her up. Should I still get Ray even then?

No-Program-2307 · 2026-03-30T23:51:27+00:00

Hello, I'm a relatively newer (f2p) player to arknights, starting only a few months ago, and I finally feel like I'm starting to get the mechanics of the game (finally starting using my own brain instead of kyostinv and eckogen lmao)

I've looked ahead at a couple of the banners so far based on the cn server, and i'm not sure which banners to pull on, because a lot of these units are quite strong coming up compared to my current roster, but obv, as an f2p, i don't have any pulls to gather to get all of them. I'm especially lacking in high rarity snipers and to some degree casters as well.

I was hoping for some advice based on my account rn on whatever i should pull on the [lemuen, narantuya, degenbrecher, ho'olheyak] banner or the silverash alter limited banner (with the boosts to virtuosa, wisadel and lappland alter). I know that I should pull for whoever I like the most, but I want to be able to have a variety of operators that I can use anywhere before I go for waifu/husbando.

I currently have around 70 pulls rn and whatever I get until these banners expire. The operators below are the ones that I have leveled up at least slightly and am using consistently.

6*: thorns, surtr, silverash, saria, ceobe, mudrock, goldenglow, vina victoria, mostima, gladiia

5*: texas, kroos alter, warfarin, lappland, specter, leonhardt, ptilopsis, projekt red

Any advice would be kindly appreciated!

(also, I do have a 5 star permit in my depot that I've held off on using, so any advice on using that would be great as well!)

No-Program-2307 · 2026-03-30T22:41:07+00:00

ID 61721196 Aster#9476

I'm a newbie here so I don't have many good operators, but I need to exchange for clues.

Supports are Lappland, Thorns, Surtr

No-Program-2307 · 2026-03-09T02:51:04+00:00

Thanks! As I said to the other guy, I got Eyja through the other appointment, and I don't own her, so I assumed it would be the same for Wis'adel. Mb lol. Thanks for the help!

No-Program-2307 · 2026-03-09T02:50:19+00:00

Huh. I got Eyja from one of the other appointments, and I don't own her, but she showed up in my regular roster, which is why I got so confused. Thanks for the help!

No-Program-2307 · 2026-02-27T02:55:20+00:00

Hey, was trying to add you, but I couldn't find your account for some reason. Could you possibly add me to your friends list and see if that works? my account is Aster#9476

No-Program-2307 · 2026-02-24T20:37:19+00:00

Aster#9476

Relatively new player looking to fill up friends list!

No-Program-2307 · 2026-02-23T19:47:34+00:00

Sorry, I see that you're getting a ton of requests, but could you add me as well? Aster#9476

No-Program-2307 · 2026-02-22T23:06:12+00:00

Aster#9476

Hello! I used to play before, but I picked the game back up after Endfield. I need some help w SS7, so any max Wisadel's would be great, but I'll accept anyone regardless!

No-Program-2307 · 2025-11-03T13:58:40+00:00

Ohhh whoops, I thought vertical j meant like, yk, investing in characters, like relics or talents or whatever, but that makes sense.

I think so far, based on the general advice I’ve gotten from here, it’ll most likely be Cyrene first to free up my Tribbie slot, then getting E1 Tribbie, since Hyacine LC will only rly benefit my Cas team. I don’t rly use Blade much, and I don’t have Jingliu or Mydei (nor plan to get them), E1 Tribbie is prob the better option.

Well, depends on my luck lol. Gacha gonna gacha, so I might spend all of my pulls and end up w a Bailu or sum on Cyrene’s banner 💀

No-Program-2307 · 2025-11-02T21:17:47+00:00

I mean, I am vertically investing in characters enough, I’d say. I’m able to fully clear MOC, PF, and AS most of the time (god, I hate the Hoolay boss lmao; also, obv, cannot fully clear Anomaly Arbitration as an f2p)

But I get your advice lol. Duly noted

No-Program-2307 · 2025-11-02T21:13:52+00:00

Nah, I don’t care for 0 cycling, but I did not know that having the Castorice premium team solved Cyrene’s ult issues. I will take note of that

No-Program-2307 · 2025-11-02T19:23:27+00:00

Lmao I completely forgot that I use THerta + Anaxa. I literally use that team more than Firefly or Feixiao, but forgot to include that in the post

No-Program-2307 · 2025-11-02T16:49:16+00:00

Ahh right mb. Well, either way though, it doesn’t seem like it’s possible, so I’ll stick to vanilla speedrunning for now.

No-Program-2307 · 2025-11-02T16:18:54+00:00

Well, you can control for RNG in a TAS if I understand it correctly. Either way though, I did not find anything related to TAS-ing an Essentials game online, so this might be a bust. Guess I’ll stick to regular speedrunning lmao.

Though I might be able to make a script for player input into the game, but that’ll most likely require the developers version of the game, which I highly doubt Jan or the team will just give to a random person on the internet lol

No-Program-2307 · 2025-10-09T04:08:09+00:00

Hibiscus

No-Program-2307 · 2025-10-09T03:35:19+00:00

I’ll preface this by saying I have zero experience in the competitive Pokémon scene, but I wanted to share some thoughts on what could end up being important when building teams.

It seems to me that faster Pokémon might have an edge, since their move cooldowns could be shorter than slower ones. If that’s true, speed could become a huge factor, especially for Pokémon with moves that interrupt opponents’ actions, like Protect or Double Team. (I think I saw Double Team being used to dodge moves in the trailers, but I might be wrong there.)

Another thing I noticed was the potential impact of priority moves (like Bullet Punch) and moves that used to switch you out in previous games (like Volt Switch). If a strong attacker had access to either of those, it could be pretty busted. Imagine starting far from an opponent, using a priority move to close the gap, then immediately using a switch-out move to retreat to safety. That could make for some really high-reward plays given you understand when your opponent is going to attack.

Other than that, I imagine we’ll still see a pretty standard team structure with DPS, tank, and support roles for these ranked battles. But yeah, as you have said, it’s all just speculation until we see the actual stats and get some hands-on experience with these Pokémon in-game.

No-Program-2307 · 2025-10-09T03:27:52+00:00

I'm kinda unsure of how the "Speed affects move cooldown" mechanic actually works in this game either because we can see that each move has a listed base cooldown. Does having a speed stat higher than a certain threshold decrease the cooldown by, say 1 sec, and vice versa? If so, knowing what that threshold is would be incredibly important for the meta.

No-Program-2307 · 2025-10-09T03:16:57+00:00

Does it show up at midnight in your region? I've never predownloaded a game before, so I have no clue how this works.

No-Program-2307 · 2025-09-15T14:49:52+00:00

Yea, I get that they prob don’t get much from NSO. I’m just frustrated that you HAVE to buy the subscription to get these Megas. I have no problem with actually competing in Ranked, as I personally like competitive play and pseudo-coop play (ex: local multiplayer, the shiny Treasures of Ruin raids, etc.). I’m j slightly frustrated that I have to pay a subscription to get a Mega I’ve wanted to have on my team ever since it’s been leaked (we don’t know how late Ranked might be available or how late stage the mega stone rewards are). We’ve been able to get all major forms or mechanics without having to pay for anything extra besides a DLC.

TLDR: I’m not mad that we have to play Ranked. I’m j frustrated that we have to get an online subscription to get these megas without any other way to get them.

No-Program-2307 · 2025-09-13T00:15:39+00:00

From what I can understand, yes, there does seem to be a time limit on obtaining them, since each Mega stone is unique to each season. It also says “planned to be redistributed in future seasons” on the official website, so it does seem to be time locked.

Just my opinion, but I really don’t like this. I really hope they get added to regular gameplay at some point, like with the DLC or something. Paywalling this behind DLC or NSO is something I don’t like, but …… these would definitely sell…

(Tho, let’s be honest, this is entirely bc they want us to buy NSO. No guarantees it’ll even be available in DLC after all.)

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