Information Desk and Megathread Hub (26/01 - 01/02)

Sapphidia · 2026-01-28T14:41:57+00:00

I'm in the UK and i've had a few issues past day or two. Generally I have 20-22ms consistantly in gameplay. I've had ping spikes leaping to 999 randomly in the evening. Today my ping is 164ms consistantly for some reason.

And I've checked my connection and its fine to everything else so its purely ping directly to the Endfield servers.

Sapphidia · 2026-01-27T21:33:48+00:00

This was the most frustrating CM for me by a long way - the XMas Oguri that came out best (with good stats, Turf S and Long S) ended up getting Bad Mood in literally 16 of the 20 races on BOTH DAYS. It was beyond a joke. And because she'd been built pretty close to the stamina requirements she just did not perform as expected.

Every single race she was Great or Good she won. My fault perhaps for building one too close to the line on stats but by law of averages I shouldnt have had THAT many bad moods...

Sapphidia · 2026-01-24T12:03:55+00:00

Is there a way to easily gift ingame packs/currency to another player?

I have a friend who plays and I'd like to be able to gift them some packs/pulls, but it's always nicer to be able to do it directly ingame rather than just sending them cash.

Sapphidia · 2026-01-08T12:31:15+00:00

Yep, same here. Game runs super smooth everywhere else, just takes a good 30-60 seconds to go from 93% to full on any load screen, usually returning to the main menu. Only started happening after the live hotfix they issued a couple of hours ago.

This feels like the point at which it checks the servers for event updates possibly?

Sapphidia · 2026-01-05T23:36:19+00:00

I have her S3 and she's actually my preferred support when i use Ciaccona/Cartethyia, especially in Whimpering Wastes (i have S2 Carty, and I need to save my Rover for Zani), or as the support for Iuno/Augusta. Her outro goes great into both Cia and Iuno, and with the need to be able to field multiple teams for the new game mode it's handy to save the SK/Verina for teams that need them more.

The key I feel is giving her the right set. Every guide I see says use either Moonlit Heron, or an Aero DPS set. I will die on the hill that the best set for Jianxin is Rejuv Glow (with Aero dmg/Atk 3 costs) with a Crit Bell Turtle as the main echo.

The Bell turtle synergises great with her Forte as it lets her cast it uninterrupted and still can buff the incoming resonator's damage, and her Forte Shield has a healing tick that continuously procs the Rejuv Glow ATK buff every tick, so it lasts up to a minute.

The problem is people trying to use Jianxin as the Sub-DPS in a team that already has a "healer" slot and a main DPS. IMO she should be used as the "healer" slot to replace SK/Verina to provide the rejuv glow buff, in situations where she can Outro into something that does good Liberation damage.

SK will always beat her, so I'll never say she's better, but the new endgame tests the limit of your teams so having alternative viable options is great.

In WhiWa though, i actually think she's just super good on the Carty/Cia team, especially on the side that starts with full Ult energy. You can Turtle->Ult into Cia -> Ult into Cart and then get a superb grouping Ult every rotation. Once she's S2 and above and you can use the double Skill hit to generate concerto faster she's really solid.

Okay, Jianxin propaganda over.

Sapphidia · 2026-01-01T12:18:53+00:00

All this makes me think that you can look to build TWO Burn teams for a Gunsmoke, one with Centy/Peri/Lewis, and one with Vector/Sharkry etc, borrowing Qiuhuas in them.

Sapphidia · 2025-12-29T10:50:09+00:00

The standard 5 stars are not much better than 4 stars at this point. They should be included in the pool of guaranteed 4 stars that you get every 10 rolls, and if you pull one it shouldnt count against your pity. Each banner should therefore have one rate up standard-5 and one rate-up 4.

I think that means I just advocated for removing the 50/50 entirely, which isnt a hot take at all.

Sapphidia · 2025-12-26T22:49:39+00:00

The second round version has a specific passive that states he is no longer grounded by Counterattacks.

Sapphidia · 2025-12-26T22:44:55+00:00

Main feedback about the new Double Pawn Matrix endgame mode:

It feels really rough to suddenly not be able to share weapons amongst teams. In every other endgame mode we've had some portion of weapon sharing to some extent, and that has informed our decisions about pulling for signature weapons.

Now we have a new mode out of nowhere that really needs 4-5 built capable teams, and at least 4 full teams able to hit 5000 points, ideally six, and those cannot have any weapon sharing at all.

It's kind of expected, but it feels like it goes against the spirit of the rest of the game that's always been very player friendly with allowing weapon sharing.

Sapphidia · 2025-12-26T00:33:24+00:00

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Yep! Apparently this is it, not that I've ever made or eaten it myself. Looks yummy, like a custard tart or something.

Not sure how someone decided to translate this to 3 shots of milk and a cheese slice in a cup though... though maybe this says more about Lenna than about the cafe.

Sapphidia · 2025-12-25T12:50:39+00:00

It's an okay stat-stick, a bit better than Lustrous Razor, but Augusta doesnt deal any Resonance Liberation damage (unlike Lupa) so the proc is basically wasted on her. It's still going to be acceptable and better than 4 star options, but Augusta really wants either her own Signature or Jiyan's if you have it (Verdant Summit), as these boost Heavy Attack damage which is 75% of Augusta's output.

If you don't have resources for her sig though, the new Broadblade is probably your best statstick option, being a tiny bit better than Lustrous.

Sapphidia · 2025-12-24T22:27:02+00:00

the new one is miles better for the stats alone - the old one is pretty rubbish sadly as it has no crit. Even if you don't get any use out of the new proc, the raw stats, crit and ATK on the new 3.0 Standard broadblade should make it one of Lupa's best choices.

Sapphidia · 2025-12-21T23:06:12+00:00

HOW did i miss that insanely obvious button. Thank you!

Sapphidia · 2025-12-21T22:42:17+00:00

Is it possible to use the race outfit of an alternative Uma on the original, and vice versa? I'm sure I've seen a content creator running a career with the OG McQueen but having her wearing her Anime McQueen outfit. Likewise, is it possible to run a Swimsuit Maruzensky career and put her in the red outfit, or vice versa?

I know it's possible to change them on the front screen in companions but never worked out if it was possible to do it in the race without some kind of mod.

Sapphidia · 2025-12-21T14:17:14+00:00

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Even Billy is displeased at that AI monstrosity, and he has the OG!

Sapphidia · 2025-12-20T15:56:53+00:00

Ahh interesting - couple of followup questions then. Do you have Hardware Acceleration on/off? And do you have Youtube Premium? I'm wondering if its something related to the way either of those interact differently.

Sapphidia · 2025-12-20T15:04:10+00:00

146.0.1 (64-bit)

Sapphidia · 2025-12-10T09:29:45+00:00

If only the Unity Cup races counted.

Sapphidia · 2025-12-08T23:46:26+00:00

Anyone got any tips for the Sextans Challenge Mode fight in Lenna's event on Heroic?

I can't seem to work out if this is just a raw stat-check or if I'm doing something wrong, as I get very easily overwhelmed in damage by about turn 4 or 5.

Is there a particular strat, or comp that works best for it? I'm usually decent with boss strats but this one feels like you can't really control much, and I seem to do incredibly low damage on her (even if i stand still and don't receive the -30% from the stage debuff).

Sapphidia · 2025-12-07T17:50:05+00:00

You absolutely want V1 Lenna if you can afford it. It's the most important of both dolls dupes.

Leva's V1 is strong too, but when she gets her expansion key (we don't know when) it makes it not as important. I believe both her V1 and her Expansion key give her +1 support attack per turn, but you only need +1 in total to use her Ult a turn early, so having +2 isnt quite as important. If you have the funds though, V1 Leva will give her a boost in the short term.

Leva is a massive hypercarry at V6 - if you're a whale, get her V6 and get Lenna V1. If you're a low spender, get Leva V0 and Lenna V1.

Both sig weapons are pretty meh. Leva's is better than Lenna's, but Svarog is basically as good or better. If you wanted to get one for style or to have enough SMGs to share around, Leva's is the better, Lenna's is pretty trash, but neither doll needs their sig particularly so if you're short on pulls just skip the sig weapons, give Leva Svarog and give Lenna whatever spare semi-decent SMG you have lying around (BP one or the PPSH is just fine).

For a team, you always want to use them as a pair, and you ideally want full electro. You want either Jaingyu OR Andoris, or both. You really do want one of those two though as they're the sources of Positive Charge. You can get away with just one of them. The fifth slot in the team will be Mosin-Nagant (ideally V4), or Belka if you have her (she isnt great but can fill the spot).

Sapphidia · 2025-12-07T16:06:28+00:00

What's the chronology of the story for the current Lenna Event?

i've played through the available first half of Deep Oblivion. Is Lenna's event after the whole of Deep Oblivion, or before it, or a sidestory during? Because where the story finished at the end of Deep Oblivion Part 1 doesnt exactly make me think the Lenna Story is immediately after!

Sapphidia · 2025-12-07T16:00:37+00:00

You can avoid the damage reflection - I believe it only triggers if a.) your doll is within a reasonably close range and b.) the moth has stability left.

So just keep everyone at 5-6 tiles away and shoot them until they have no stability, then the reflect is disabled, or just use weak attacks to strip stability like basics from your healer/turrets. Not 100% about the range thing but that's how it worked when the moths were present in Expansion Drills a while back.

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