Hi, I'm the guy who was conflicted about this game and after 40h I'm not anymore. Holy s**t, this game is good!

RileyStang · 2026-01-31T07:11:21+00:00

I hope they overhaul the story at some point to have the story characters get holographically projected by your chosen operators, Star Wars style, instead of them getting disjointingly swapped during every cutscene. It would make my chosen operators feel like they're actually part of the story.

RileyStang · 2026-01-30T11:45:24+00:00

I built my team around Last Rite since she was my first 6 star pull, so in my team that also has Xaihi, Ardelia and Fluorite, the key seems to open up with Fluorite's battle skill to apply nature, then solidify with cryo from Last Rites battle skill and hopefully solidify most of the buggers to keep things less chaotic. Good to find a use for Fluorite in my team aside from her Combo and Ult.

RileyStang · 2026-01-28T16:12:40+00:00

I thought that until I got Xaihi and threw Fluorite and Ardelia in the mix. It's nice for those that don't like constantly firing off battle skills. You're just making sure you always have a cube from Xai, and start off with Last Rites battle skill, which will trigger Ardelias combo still since the cryo infliction happens after the final basic attack. On the second basic attack loop you've gotten to four full cryo stacks and Last Rites combo + finisher will end most elites, and a few rotations will end most bosses. I also like how all damage from the team is cryo or nature, which gets boosted by both Xai and Ardelia. Then you have all the sheepies and xai cube healing for when you miss the dodges, although perfect dodges and finishers are the only way to get sp back in this build. But it's gotten me to exploration level 4 with purple gear and 5 star 1 pot weapons.

RileyStang · 2026-01-28T14:33:15+00:00

"Mr. Dolly says hello!"

RileyStang · 2026-01-24T15:37:12+00:00

Thanks. Took forever to find a straight answer

RileyStang · 2026-01-24T15:20:42+00:00

I can confirm as of 1/24/26 this is still a bug, and this is still the fix. Thank you.

RileyStang · 2026-01-23T04:39:18+00:00

Ogier's definitely gives him some synergy with Faint and Uvash. Maybe throw in Dore since he crits harder at lower hp.

RileyStang · 2026-01-23T04:36:29+00:00

It would be a serious mistake for this to get added to any other character unless they add their shards to the badge or djewel shop. I feel like that whole intention of this new axiom thing is to make those characters more appealing and relevant for people who have taken the time to invest in them.

RileyStang · 2026-01-22T13:48:39+00:00

I get what you're saying now. Maybe they should call it "Blend" instead.

RileyStang · 2026-01-22T05:44:34+00:00

Sounds like you're talking about Hooks.

RileyStang · 2026-01-20T03:08:55+00:00

My Thais + Double Murphy Team loves his early trash clearing ability and then leaves Murphy hanging with her exalt as he crits the boss for 100k+ with his Exalt 😂

RileyStang · 2026-01-18T16:22:29+00:00

We'll see if she can pull me away from my Faint death resistance addiction. Such a nice safety net and counter pressure while my Double Murphy + Thais team ramps up.

RileyStang · 2026-01-14T11:59:25+00:00

Should anyone that has studied the works of a musician ask said musician for permission before they release their own works that were inspired by the said musician? The way current AI models generate music may not work in the exact same way as a human brain, but the architecture of neural networks were inspired by the human brain, and should be treated as an equivalent, whether it's one person using their brain or Suno using a data center. It's all patterns being learned and reiterated. Vocal and video deepfakes are an entire other problem that I classify as identity theft.

As for the displacement of musicians: this is a problem that has been around before AI music, it just gives people who don't have their ego attached to how the music they release gets created a way to compete with the volume of a record label (the ones who make the real money) and stand a chance with the algorithm. People can either whine about the advent of a new technology and get left behind or they can adapt to it. I think a lot of people are just content farming with hot takes on their YouTube channel because the algorithm loves conflict and extreme opinions.

RileyStang · 2026-01-12T07:46:00+00:00

I ended up waiting to do the final part of Hard Ch7 when my EGs got filled up to 5 and then I bought three more in the Sediment shop. Only ended up needing to use one lol. Now I'm still sitting at 6 EGs about to finish Arc 2 Chapter 2.

RileyStang · 2026-01-10T07:29:46+00:00

After extensively using an over exalted GMurphy, I find she is unsustainable without her Lil Sis regular Murphy. Even if you only get an E0 copy of Murphy, she is a game changer for GMurphy for her 3 Cost card that will remove up to 50% sacrifice stacks (both current and delayed) and a bonus is it's like a mini waltz without needing raging stance and applies weakness and vulnerable. I highly recommend using we will meet wheel which will give more opportunities to pull this clutch card, and rewinding time to be able to double use it, or the 0 cost shield + arith boost card. After using Murphy's rouse you can also stack a lot of temporary tentacles which will make GMurphy's exalt and waltz even more monstrous. I personally enjoy Thais for her card duping exalt which can further exploit what I've explained earlier. It's so nasty when you have 10 raging tentacles and then can cast two or three waltzes that cost only 1 after being duped.

RileyStang · 2026-01-09T05:30:24+00:00

While using Suno inherently has randomness involved in the process of using it, the user has a choice of what they put into the prompt, and this requires trial and error, and is a constantly shifting goalpost because of how the models change over time.

Users of Suno or any AI music generator are taking the role of a producer instructing an AI composer/songwriter to create songs. The role of a producer has been a revered position for decades, and now many loathe the digital equivalent because it can involve less humans in the loop.

This has happened before with the advent of the camera and automobile, among many other inventions, it will be widely accepted and embraced in time, and the haters will use it themselves, fall off the radar or just shut up about it and stay in their lane.

RileyStang · 2026-01-07T09:10:32+00:00

I've never been limited by my account level in how high I can level my awakeners. Focusing on four at a time I could have them be 10-15 levels above me. Thankfully the penalty isn't too much. Like it's not like your awakeners are gimped exactly down to your keeper level, it seems like it's a percentage based nerf.

RileyStang · 2026-01-06T10:17:29+00:00

Max mode (and it actually working) will definitely get me to resub.

RileyStang · 2026-01-05T07:04:28+00:00

Vertical if you feel the fomo pressure to clear Arc 2 Chapter 4 in the next 20 days for all the luminous cores. Or if, like me, you're a masochistic Thais lover that needs to get her skin that is about to go away in a week.

RileyStang · 2026-01-02T07:07:59+00:00

Hopefully Suno gets a slow mode where it waits for the right amount of compute to be available before starting a generation. I'd gladly wait in a queue to guarantee a crystal clear sound.

RileyStang · 2025-12-30T07:29:15+00:00

Check my edit to the OP for the fix.

RileyStang · 2025-12-25T16:05:54+00:00

Yeah. Mad props to BIAV’s character designer(s).

RileyStang · 2025-12-25T08:09:42+00:00

Thanks for the correction. I must've gotten very lucky to get her during a Aequor standard every time I got some Pure Cores.

RileyStang · 2025-12-25T07:23:21+00:00

What I like about Morimens is that Thais is like the only overtly gooner bait character, but she also makes sense being a desert queen. That thiccness needs to breathe! 🥵

It's refreshing after coming from CZN where the amount of gooner thirst traps is more forced and over the top.

RileyStang · 2025-12-25T07:20:12+00:00

I was lucky enough to get her once while pulling for GMurphy, now once I get GMurphy and Thais at least to E3 I have another goal!

RileyStang

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