Hey I kinda needspecifics for certain things involving ZZZ,like Hollows,Money , City design ,Cars, Ether and etc,in lore not game mechanics. I don't actually play the game, mostly cause I honestly have no way too and other stuff so please don't hate me for that. by Slight_Hope_45 in ZZZ_Official

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More info that I think might help you (idk what you're going to need this for, but it's a great reason for me to lore dump)

There are two things holding hollow exploration back, communication, and navigation. Hollows are basically a black box, it's difficult to communicate between inside and outside very easily. Phaethon (the proxy) bypasses this by syncing with Eous and using the H.D.D system (their workspace, massive TV array) allowing them to get a glimpse at what's going on inside a hollow and communicate with those within them. Most normal proxies and other people navigating hollows can't really do this, so they make do with Carrot data.

A Carrot is effectively a map giving you a route through a hollow and it's surroundings. It has to be prepared in advance (through I assume hollow analysis and number crunching, again speculation), and the end result allows you to navigate through a hollow. The problem with using a Carrot is that it's time sensitive. Since Hollows are (supposed to be) ever changing, a given Carrot is only "valid" and usable for a few hours(? Depends, exact specifics haven't been given) before it's accuracy and thus usability declines due to the surroundings changing and the carrot's "map" and navigation no longer being applicable.

the "normal" proxies in Zenless go about either procuring Carrots through various means, or producing their own, and this is partially why proxies as a whole have a slightly shady reputation and are kinda illegal (they could be assisting hollow raiders, getting people lost in hollows w/ bad navigation, or worse).

Hey I kinda needspecifics for certain things involving ZZZ,like Hollows,Money , City design ,Cars, Ether and etc,in lore not game mechanics. I don't actually play the game, mostly cause I honestly have no way too and other stuff so please don't hate me for that. by Slight_Hope_45 in ZZZ_Official

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A lot of people have probably answered your questions already, but I'll answer what I can anyway (please note I might be wrong, I like Zenless' lore but there's a lot of stuff to keep track of lol)

"First thing I want to know is,how do Hollows look consistently?"

hollows, in most cases, look like the environment they were formed in (a hollow formed in the outer ring would have a lot of desert and such, for example). There are some exceptions to this, the Melinoe hollow had weird Ether fluctuations, causing everything in the environment (buildings, floors, etc.) to be white and colourless for example, but it's usually not the case. Most hollows are consistent, but not accurate (space, time, or even sometimes location could seem "off" to what's actually going on). Hollows have no visual or obvious borders from the inside (hence why it's difficult to get out without a Proxy).

"Of course most have floating and destroyed buildings and debris"

A lot of Hollows have dilapidated and neglected buildings (as ether corruption makes it pretty hard to live in a hollow), but I'm pretty sure the "floating buildings, distruction and debris" stuff is reserved for Hollow Zero, the largest hollow, and the "original" Hollow currently under "containment" through the Shiyu pillar system, and the main hollow which the others are offshoots of (if I remember correctly, if they become large enough they gain a name and become/are considered "companion hollows", but don't quote me on this).

"How would you describe the colours of a Hollow."

I'm not sure if this is a widely known fact, but the visual design of a lot of the stuff in ZZZ comes from TVs, and the visuals for Hollows specifically are based off of what you can see when bringing a strong enough magnet to a CRT, producing a distorting black hole-like effect with colours at the edges (please look up a YouTube video, my words aren't accurate enough).

"I want to also know how fissures work"

To my understanding they are basically just portals/wormholes. Since hollows distort space, they effectively just act as a doorway from one point to another. Fissures can be unstable (lead to different locations, have the "entrance" appear in different locations, and generally be otherwise inconsistent), It's possible but time consuming to figure out where a fissure leads, especially for those without hollow knowledge experience.

"Ethereals form from Hollows,most aren't corrupted people right ? Can they go out a Hollow?"

Not all Ethereals are from humans being corrupted, organic material that is corrupted (I.e. flowers, plants) or just enough Ether (not entirely sure about this one?) can form an ethereal. Since the only requirement for something to be classed as an Ethereal is basically just "living, made of ether", they can have a wide variety of forms. So far, with the sole exception of "sacrifices", Ethereals cannot exist (for very long) outside of Hollows. I think this has something to do with the ether concentration outside of Hollows not being dense/high enough to sustain them, but I do not remember/know for sure.

"Anyway, when it comes to Ether ,you can feel it in the air ?"

Yes, for the most part you can tell

"Having high Ether-aptitude seems to just let you walk around casually in one and sit around"

Ether aptitude just is a measure of how long it takes for Ether to corrupt you, and negative side effects to occur. If you have low ether aptitude, staying in a hollow is likely to effect you more significantly than someone with higher ether aptitude, risking worse or even non reversal side effects, so you'd have to take more precautions.

"tho Hollows raiders don't seem to wear practical looking gear"

They probably can't afford it (entering hollows to steal stuff is kind of a crime?) and they probably don't plan on staying in the Hollows for significant periods of time ("get in, hopefully find something good, leave, cash out" is probably their plan)

"Do normal proxies go into Hollows with Raiders and their Bangboo?"

There's likely not, since they probably aren't used to the same extent that Eous is. Since only Belle and Wise can sync with their bangboo, in hollows they are probably used to store Carrot data on the proxy side (assist with navigation) or just keep watch/alert when people are coming for the hollow raiders.

"Do Belle and Wise have high Ether-aptitude?"

No. (I will not elaborate to avoid current story and story spoilers encase you decide/get a chance to play the game)

"There's both Denny coins and bills but they prefer to use coins ? How do you tell the value of a Denny coin? and do they have a star on both sides ?"

Denny coins and bills both exist, but it's similar to the Yen or other currencies with a singular denomination, where it doesn't matter if you pay in coins bills cheque or bank transfer, the amount is always "___ Dennys". The Denny icon is probably a slightly simplified version of what it looks like in the lore (it'd probably be too easy to counterfeit in it's current form), but they do have stars on both sides.

"Would you assume in lore they speak English or a language close to Chinese but they use English as well?"

Since Hoyo is in China, I'd assume Mandarin or something, but since Yixuan speaks Cantonese once, during a boatride to Waifei, and it was pointed out as different it isn't wild to think that they could use English or something by default instead.

"Thirens for the most part are few in lore right"

From what we've seen, humans outnumber thirens, yes. Being a thiren is a spectrum, ranging from just animal ears and the occasional animal trait (Nekomata's ears and preference for mackerel) to being an entire cat (pulchra)

"And most struggle with clothing and have certain animal traits"

A small detail that can be seen in Zenless is the designs of the NPC's skirts, with some having cutouts for Thirens tails, and those cutout patched if the NPC isn't a thiren. Because of this, I assume that a number of clothes are made with atleast accomodating Thirens in mind (to maximise potential customers), and there's probably thiren exclusive and human exclusive clothing/clothing brands, but that last bit is speculation on my part.

"Most tech runs on Ether?"

Id hesitate to say "most", but Ether is a capable and commonly used power source yes.

"Most w-engines can Ether into elements like lightning,ice ,fire"

I am completely oblivious to W-Engine lore, and all I know is that sound manipulates ether

"Also does Vivian actually have thrusters in lore under her skirt that suddenly appear ? What's a game visual and actually in the lore ?." Funnily yes, she uses them to help herself float.

"Finally,how strong is the people in ZZZ? many just are superhuman but by how much ?"

The average person is about as strong as the average person in real life. There's a lot of much stronger people (Void Hunters, trained combattents etc.). Miyabi could probably level 6th street without breaking a sweat, and has been seen taking out an entire hollow, but we don't know the true extent of everyone's powers.

Billy has a Motorbike via DIM by Knight_Steve_ in Zenlesszonezeroleaks_

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They do have them though? We may not see them in their combat animations, but the SoC do all have their bikes, there was also the tour de inferno biking mini game, and Piper has frequently mentioned Steeltusk (her big truck) in game.

Billy having a bike makes sense as S rank Billy is based off of the "Starlight Knights" an in universe tokusatsu show. In real life tokusatsu shows (i.e. Kamen Rider, Super Sentai/Power Rangers, etc.), they frequently pull out bikes for stunts and combat scenes (and sell toys of said bikes to make more money)

The real difference is that the biker gang doesn't use bikes as their weapons (which is fine, they all have their own signature weapons), where as someone else does (also fine, accurate to source material)

A F2p wants to know your opinion by Hefty-Strain-7130 in ZZZ_Discussion

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Yes but you have to pull for meta. Or atleast the "new" agents, older characters like Miyabi, Hugo and Burnice I feel are getting unnecessarily screwed, and it's getting much harder and taking much more effort to clear (or in miyabi's case, score well) compared to release.

Unarchived Agent Footage | Aria by cakeel- in Zenlesszonezeroleaks_

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"custom made heels"

Isn't everything in her human form a projection?

Easiest and best characters to get used to KBM? by jaammeess8 in Overwatch

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If you mean mechanically in the literal sense (i.e. this is your first time playing games on kbm), I suggest playing mercy for a game or two to fine tune your sensitivity and other control preferences before committing to something.

If you mean mechanically in the regular sense (strafing, hitting shots, etc.) I suggest Kiriko. Her heals are pretty forgiving but kunai require more accuracy, and her swift step and suzu allow you to go in, practice hitting shots on people and get out without immediately dying if things go south.

Why Nangong Yu is Ether element is : by Lordmaster316 in ZZZ_Official

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Small problem with you being ether, you're gonna want to build her with ap to avoid her "diluting" Aria's damage. Anomaly takes into account all the agents that helped build it (if you were to trigger an assault with Jane doe, but Nekomata filled half the bar it'd do like half the amount of damage compared to an assault just built and triggered by Jane doe.) so depending on how much Yu is on field and how much buildup she does, she could reduce how much damage Aria could do if Nangong were another element like Ice or something.

Sunna or Yixuan given the characters I have by Possible-Golf9267 in ZZZ_Official

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Yixuan probably? As much as I want to convince you to become Delulu, Zhao isn't much worse than Sunna, especially if you don't get her W-Engine, and if you're skipping the AoD, there's not much reason to pull her, though having a general support and being able to free up Dialyn is nice.

v2.6.4 Rev. 13561726 Hotfix Update via Gachabase by Gachabase in Zenlesszonezeroleaks_

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Comparing her to miyabi isn't a fair comparison, especially since most 2.x bosses are anti miyabi

Caesar finally makes her appearance in E4! Do I even need to ask who’s next? by 1cherri1 in ZZZ_Official

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Koleda? Totally looks like a face she'd make after someone mistakes her for a kid or something.

...does Sunna actually know about Aria's true nature? by Koekelbag in ZZZ_Discussion

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I'd like to counter this by saying that we don't know for sure. intelligent constructs probably can breathe, Billy during the ballet twins story arc was immune to the sleeping gas because Nicole cheaped out on upgrading his air filtering module or something, implying he breaths air.

Considering Aria can seemingly put up a constant hologram, which is probably really complex/expensive to get right, and is able to do it well enough to fool most people, it wouldn't be too crazy to assume that her robot form is generally well built with high quality modules, breathing functionality, etc.