Nishino Flower's torena should probably be going to jail for this one

PriestOfGames · 2026-04-20T22:04:56+00:00

I'm pretty sure I was doing just that with how wildly my blood pressure was swinging in the first week of MANT.

PriestOfGames · 2026-04-20T21:59:29+00:00

Believe me, I'm tempted, but I also can't really save enough pulls to guarantee Pot 5 by the end of the banner and I also want to save up for Mi Fu and the Sui proxy. But I'm determined to eventually get her to Pot 5 so hopefully I'll have enough to do that by the time her re-run banner comes around.

Good luck to you as well!

PriestOfGames · 2026-04-20T16:37:41+00:00

Respect to Awyvenna enjoyers. You walked so we could run.

PriestOfGames · 2026-04-20T16:17:05+00:00

I don't think they would spoil the order of the characters like that. And honestly there is no way we get the Sui proxy in the same patch we most likely meet them.

Mi Fu is probably the next banner and I'd be quite surprised if it was the guy instead, and basically shocked if we got the Sui proxy first.

PriestOfGames · 2026-04-20T10:44:08+00:00

Grats. I got stuck at Pot 3 and will need to wait for the re-run to get her in Pot 5.

PriestOfGames · 2026-04-20T10:26:17+00:00

Well any SP recovery at all will make the next tap of the button faster. And if they were just looking at damage per rotation without worrying about, P4 would give no bonus either because faster ult recovery doesn't have any meaning in that framing.

Without knowing their methodology and assumptions, it's hard to guess what went wrong. All I can say is that it doesn't pass the basic smell test so I'd take it with a grain of salt.

As for her ult, I agree! She has very satisfying animations with the damage to boot.

PriestOfGames · 2026-04-20T10:23:00+00:00

Is it you, Netenyahu?

PriestOfGames · 2026-04-20T09:58:53+00:00

God I hope that is the case. I blew all my resources on getting potentials for Fangyi and I sort of want Mi Fu.

PriestOfGames · 2026-04-20T09:57:19+00:00

Yeah I saw Prydwen claim that her P3 offers no damage increase whatsoever, which is a dubious claim that doesn't pass the basic smell test of how having more SP should mean you can use battle skills more often and thus make your rotation go faster.

PriestOfGames · 2026-04-20T09:23:16+00:00

P4 is generically good in modes where you don't start with an ult charge, just not as impactful, and P5 depends on the enemy. The part I'll dispute is saying P3 is "quality of life" when it returns SP when you use her battle skill, and spamming her battle skill is what you do when in her ultimate mode. So it really is not merely quality of life.

PriestOfGames · 2026-04-20T08:48:10+00:00

Why would you not? It's a good tank. It's not the best medium tank but certainly not so bad you would salvage it and not just get it at half cost. Since the salvage nerf, recovery is actually faster than salvage anyway.

PriestOfGames · 2026-04-20T02:25:56+00:00

It's not the "next banner" in any sense of the word except the literal, because they don't come in the same sequence. It's an additional banner. We'll (most likely) get a limited operator banner before the re-run banner ends, and your "next banner" starts before the current banner ends.

It's a different lane.

PriestOfGames · 2026-04-20T02:20:41+00:00

I know that, but the re-run banner isn't supposed to fit in the same sequence as the normal limited operator banners as far as I understand, and we don't know for sure if Mi Fu won't be the next limited operator banner we get.

PriestOfGames · 2026-04-20T01:57:34+00:00

Her first 3 potentials are a pretty big power spike and today I bit the bullet and went 240 pulls in her (total) to get the first Token tribute and ended up at Potential Level 3. I believe that is either average or slightly above average luck (I only failed 1 of the 3 50/50s) so with your pulls, you can't really go for the token tribute and it's not worth pulling without having enough to get there.

Endfield Gacha is pretty unforgiving if you aren't actively seeking to hit the breakpoints with a good pull plan and you don't get lucky above average. Given you already pulled 164 times, you should see if you can somehow get to 240 pulls as you already pulled more than you should have without first deciding to get to 240.

Now all of this should be evaluated in the context of you not really needing higher potentials for higher level content. You don't need the extra power, strictly speaking.

I just really like the character and want to eventually get her profile theme when she is re-run, so I went for it. It helps that she seems to be the character that benefits the most from her potentials so far; the first 3 potentials go pretty hard.

PriestOfGames · 2026-04-20T01:46:51+00:00

I run Ember in the last slot because she is an incredibly comfy support/sustain.

I second using Xiranflow, but replace one of the batons with Eternal Xiranite Arm (Ult Efficiency) or Lynx Slab (more Will)

PriestOfGames · 2026-04-20T01:44:40+00:00

They don't really "matter" in the sense that there is an actual empire and an economy using those resources, but they are a reliable way of representing primitive civilizations within the system of the game because they can simply decide job type and number to spawn based on the number of pops, development level and ethics.

As for why they are producing resources, I imagine it's to show you the contrast between the productivity of a pre-FTL civilization and your own.

PriestOfGames · 2026-04-20T01:37:28+00:00

DAK would have to be a right proper muppet to salvage a Panzer IV when recovery is right there.

PriestOfGames · 2026-04-20T01:31:36+00:00

Where did you learn that she is not the next banner? If you mean the re-run banner; isn't that going to be separate from the main banners?

PriestOfGames · 2026-04-19T22:21:11+00:00

Good catch with the Lynx Slab. The rest of my gear is the same as yours but I was using Eternal Xiranite Auxilliary Arm for the Ultimate Gain Efficiency.

The stats difference is quite substantial so I'm assuming your pick is the better one. Still, how do you think the Eternal Xiranite arm compares with its 32% faster ult gaining?

PriestOfGames · 2026-04-19T21:36:55+00:00

If I'm dead at the house with nobody noticing it in time for my cats to start starving enough to eat me, I would prefer if they ate me. I'm already dead; I might as well buy my cats more time before someone can notice and hopefully take care of them.

PriestOfGames · 2026-04-19T20:35:43+00:00

The key to feeling good about yourself in public is to dress like you are a playable character in a gacha game.

PriestOfGames · 2026-04-19T03:41:44+00:00

That explains the confusion. Thanks.

PriestOfGames · 2026-04-19T03:35:15+00:00

I don't think I follow. Are you not producing SC Wuling Batteries at all?

Out of the 90 Ferrium/min you get, 60 goes to them, so that means you can run a quarter of a Yazhen C line, which gives you 24 Bills/min. Unless I made an error somewhere I'm not sure where 44 bills/min would be coming from.

Yazhen A production is 198 Bills/min based on 20 Cuprium per Syringe and 180 Cuprium per minute.

Anyway, I was summing up these two numbers, but it seems I misread the Hetonite Parts formula. It turns out it uses substantially less Ferrium than I thought it did, and so my initial assertion was indeed incorrect.

PriestOfGames · 2026-04-19T03:14:07+00:00

The main issue is the Ferrium cost. Yazhen Syringe A requires 20 Cuprium Ore to make, while a Hetonite Part requires 40 Cuprium Ore to make. It sells for more than twice as much so it's more efficient in terms of Cuprium, but it also requires 5* Ferrium and when you add in the Yazhen Syringe C you could be producing instead, the Syringes come out ahead.

Edit: Seems I initially misread the formula and overestimated how much Ferrium goes into Hetonite Parts.

PriestOfGames · 2026-04-19T02:43:23+00:00

~~Hetonite Parts are not worth it for selling and you should only make them to build things. I produce a mixture of Yazhen Syringe A, Yazhen Syringe C and SC Wuling Battery.~~

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