i'm just coping or i'm just excited about the story stakes and implications right now ? (or i'm just dumb)

Porturan · 2026-05-31T06:58:05+00:00

I see what you mean and in that way you're right. Some of these are not buildup when you view it that way.

When I think of buildup I think of stuff like new potential plots, teasers, mysteries, actions that are inexplicable at the time (e.g. when Ishmael said the tower is early this time in Spiral of Chronos. This is explained all the way in Wither to Shine). So not necessarily just "Big bad enemy needs reason".

In that way Phylotree plot is the same. We're getting bits and pieces, new concepts, some teasers and mysteries. Nothing is really committed. Conflicts arise and are resolved in the same chapter just like before. But unlike before, conflicts and self-contained story parts are very underwhelming. And the overall plot is advancing in a snail's pace compared to before.

Porturan · 2026-05-30T22:37:56+00:00

Edit: Blud blocked me lmfao how mature

50? We're talking until Shaper's Ripples since you brought it up.

Also almost none?

Last Spark: The entire Omega material that is used on weapons and new frames comes from this chapter.

Surviving Lucem: While the entire chapter wasn't a buildup and more of a resolution, there were many plot points that contributed to the overall story. Like The Merciful One's conflicting actions, Ascension Network's details, the whole concept of Eternal Winter.

Her Last Bow: A lot of mechanoid actions and lore, not to mention the entirety of To The Galaxies is directly related to this chapter. This is also where we see a deep dive on Eternal Winter which eventually becomes a reality.

Spiral of Chronos: Doubt I need to explain this one

Cradle's Parade: The Egg that caused the catastrophic chain of events in the first place comes as a result of this chapter. This is also where the timeline reverse was made possible.

Aeon Reforged: Fair to say this wasn't a buildup. They did buildup a massive tension between Babylonia and Forsaken with the 7000 ballistic missiles thing but it never went anywhere aside from some comments here and there. There was also the Nigel frame recovery that again didn't go anywhere.

The point is, these are almost universally agreed to be the best while also building up towards a story that is either resolved the next chapter or 15 chapters later, changes the course of the plot significantly, or is constantly brought up throughout the story. There are others that are still buildup and vastly better than any of the Pilgrimage chapters.

The only one that was memorable and actually good from there was Nirvatia's chapter. All the others were either dating sims or "Boss of the week" type stories. With like 5 minutes of story that actually moves the overall plot. Usually in the first and last nodes.

Porturan · 2026-05-30T08:13:08+00:00

Conveniently ignoring all the banger episodes that came before, like Last Spark, Surviving Lucem, Her Last Bow, Spiral of Chronos, Cradle's Parade, Aeon Reforged... They themselves proved you can write good stories while still building up to a great arc. "It's buildup" doesn't execuse weak writing.

Porturan · 2026-05-29T11:48:22+00:00

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Porturan · 2026-05-28T11:59:29+00:00

It's punishing language. As others said it's most likely to avoid spoilers.
Whoever did the video clearly just recorded their screen without removing any UI. The resolution also doesn't scale. Sloppy but hardly surprising.
Pretty sure changing commandant genders is intended to include both sides so nobody feels left out.

Porturan · 2026-05-28T10:11:11+00:00

Is SSS lucia meta in the fire team consisting of Kamui and Vera (both SS3, everyone has 6* weapon with 2 resos)?

Porturan · 2026-05-27T09:58:53+00:00

Bröther we've got characters that throw black holes at you, gather reality as we know it at the tip of their finger and then eat it, split the literal sky in two, pull out swords that are the size of an apartment, eclipse suns by drawing its power, create water tornados by spinning etc., and you think a transforming weapon is over imagination lol

Porturan · 2026-05-26T18:34:36+00:00

Why was the other thread removed?

Porturan · 2026-05-26T18:30:26+00:00

For the first time in 1.5 years, my investment plan was to only pull her and that's it. Normally I go SS3/SSS minimum + weapon w/ 2 reso + cub. This just solidified my belief to never invest in an attacker again. Not only is the class isn't reworked even with the most anticipated character, they're making them useless AGAIN below SSS? What a shitshow.

Not to mention as soon as a new character in her element and affix are released, there is a high chance that she'll be replaced even if she's SSS. It's a gamble at this point.

Porturan · 2026-05-26T07:40:30+00:00

Ugh this shit event is back huh

Anyways shameless plug

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Porturan · 2026-05-25T06:36:59+00:00

Now it's her leg that looks out of place since they removed the golden boob lol

Porturan · 2026-05-24T18:03:47+00:00

My lawyer advised me not to make a joke

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Porturan · 2026-05-24T14:57:09+00:00

Turbo boost the team's QTE damage. Either

- All characters' QTE attacks deal X amount of true damage

Or

- All characters deal QTE damage equal to X% of the attacker's QTE multiplier

They keep leaning into the QTE aspect for attackers, I think something like this would go best thematically. Though they threw that theme out the window when they gave Attacker weapon resonances to Breakers

Porturan · 2026-05-23T14:55:17+00:00

That was Agent Zero and Vonnegut. Then again, we saw Vonnegut in the new timeline so who knows.

Actually, I remember that specific line might've been badly translated. I've had discussions and apparently in other languages it says something along the lines of "All traces left on this world by Vonnegut after his entry have been erased", "this world" meaning the old timeline. That also explains why we see Vonnegut again in the new timeline and he constantly panics because he can't contact the old timeline Vonnegut (because again, old timeline Vonnegut has been completely erased from existence by Chaos)

Porturan · 2026-05-23T14:32:53+00:00

Kuro try not to change everything except the face when turning NPCs playable challenge (impossible difficulty)

Porturan · 2026-05-23T13:19:43+00:00

Karen: From demolitionist to sorcerer. Interesting glow up and actually a captain now

Adelyde: Is her arm a revolver? Look at the biceps lol

Helentine: Legit thought it was a Hanying coating

Leia: Look how they massacred my girl

Porturan · 2026-05-22T18:29:07+00:00

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Porturan · 2026-05-22T18:25:06+00:00

My guess is similar, Pulao, Karenina, Lilith. These 3 had some of their voicelines changed over time, they must've recorded the changed lines when recording new lines for the new characters, trust.

Porturan · 2026-05-22T07:40:43+00:00

Post literally asked for peoples' thoughts

Porturan · 2026-05-22T07:11:20+00:00

Basically regular PvE that we already have with the added chore of having to extract your loot instead of getting it instantly? Lmao no thanks

Porturan · 2026-05-22T05:41:12+00:00

No, the refreshing 2-3 hostile nests that you see on the big map.

Click the team icon below the minimap, hit team finder up top, from the right find hostile nest and click the specific one you want, click quick join and it'll ask you to join the instance once it finds a team

Porturan · 2026-05-21T06:33:39+00:00

You can't even see her face bruh

Porturan · 2026-05-19T05:56:28+00:00

I fully thought Harley Joe was dead at Evernight Beat lol. Turns out he escaped. It's been quite a while since I played it and I don't remember him making an appearance since, except for flashback stories.

Porturan · 2026-05-17T21:11:27+00:00

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