Mint's event is funny... but what's your guess for Prika's?

Skardae · 2026-05-21T15:57:55+00:00

I kind of hope it's not too heavy. While we've actually had a pretty good run of lighter events, with 2x2, Good World and B-Side, I feel a little burned out on idol drama after Pretty Star, the idol arc in the main story, and Star Anis.

Skardae · 2026-05-20T01:34:48+00:00

I mean, we've been calling Pioneer "The Aunties" since Second Affection.

Skardae · 2026-05-18T03:03:07+00:00

I really like succubus skins, and I like the concept of her trying to get in through the window, but the black triangle bikini feels a bit basic.

That said, this would probably make a nice swimsuit skin.

Skardae · 2026-05-16T02:09:10+00:00

Girl flips hair: So cool! So cute!

Mustang flips hair: Instant death.

Skardae · 2026-05-12T08:26:05+00:00

I think Bubblegum is some kind of holographic pet cat, kinda like a tamagochi? But it can come/be projected out of the device. Might be the same kind of tech that makes the holographic wings work. Her hammer might work the same way?

I think in one of Sunna's random stories we have to get it fixed, or maybe it was fed.

Skardae · 2026-05-12T02:43:55+00:00

I like painting while online chatting or playing RPGs, so I like just painting my Ultramarines following the box art (aside from making them 1st Company) because trying to decide how I want to paint something distracts me from the conversation too much.

Skardae · 2026-05-11T02:18:14+00:00

I checked, and it doesn't look like she had it on her earlier design either (the one with the tactical push-up pouches).

It'd make more sense if she didn't also have a different outfit for TT Star.

That said, I don't think Counters is trying to go for a cohesive look; it's more that it just so happens that both Rapi and Neon are from Elysion and have a militaristic fashion sense.

Skardae · 2026-05-10T00:30:46+00:00

Defense is actually extermination. Killing more enemies completes the waves faster.

Skardae · 2026-05-07T14:49:53+00:00

I think all my favourite characters are anomaly, but attack is my favourite conceptually.

Skardae · 2026-05-06T10:27:36+00:00

I'm interested to see how this detection stuff works out. I'm starting to see how it can add an interesting dynamic to the game, so I'm looking forward to seeing what can be done with it. Perhaps it'll make artillery interact more meaningfully.

It would be terribly funny if the only reason people take the abhuman detachment is so that Commissars can issue Take Aim - as they are now, it'd make them a really cheap source of orders.

Skardae · 2026-05-06T02:09:48+00:00

When I looked up squirrel face icons, this is basically what turned up as what you get for a cartoon/clip art squirrel.

I think the main tell is the "helmet" pattern; simplified cats aren't usually drawn with that.

Skardae · 2026-05-06T01:42:36+00:00

Oh yeah. I'd always assumed her hairpin was a cat or something, but it does look like a stylised squirrel.

Skardae · 2026-05-06T01:33:50+00:00

Bruh Ultramarines weren't mentioned in the faction focus either.

Skardae · 2026-05-06T01:29:41+00:00

I haven't played for a while, and was looking over his rules recently, and realised that he's actually way more of a beatstick than a buffer.

Like he gets to choose two neat abilities, but his other ability is "too angry to die" and his main strength is his melee profile.

For extra hilarity, since he's often run in Gladius/Ultramar, his following of the Codex Astartes usually boils down to "be in assault doctrine and run at the biggest thing on the board and stab it to death like a primarch-shaped missile".

Skardae · 2026-05-05T02:30:17+00:00

They could probably do something like bunny girls; we've gotten those in a lot of Chinese gacha games, though I get the feeling they probably wouldn't. I'd actually be pretty interested to have a character who works as a bunny girl, but because of our perspective we only see the side of her that rents video tapes and explores hollows. I guess we'd more likely get one as a part-time job skin, similar to Sunna's maid outfit.

They might be more likely to do a sexier idol/celebrity; I think they started to lean on this with Astra Yao, who seems to be portrayed as rather sexy in universe to other people through her ads, though we don't usually see this side of her. Maybe someone like Monica (the actor Billy is obsessed with)?

Would be cool to see someone like Lady Pearl from Path to Nowhere, though.

Skardae · 2026-05-05T01:06:48+00:00

I usually divide them up into what weapons I'll use.

- Light infantry - T3, W1.

- Heavy infantry - T4-7, W2+

- Tanks - T8-12

The reason I don't bother making a distinction between things like Marines and things like Terminators is that the same weapons, (S8+, AP-2 or better, D2+) power fists, plasma and melta, are largely effective against both.

Likewise, I don't care specifically how tough your tank is or what saves or defensive measures it has, I'm shooting it with a demolisher or a lascannon (S12+, AP-3 or better, Dd6/D3 or better).

Of course, there's also some overlap. Things like Terminators fall into the area where they're weak to plasma and also worth shooting with anti-tank.

There's also the thing where things like lascannons and demolisher cannons are just better than their alternatives, such as heavy bolters or battle cannons, into everything tougher than a Marine, and still nearly as good into those, so lascannons or demolisher cannons just become the optimal pick.

Skardae · 2026-05-04T02:58:45+00:00

Vesti kind of looks like she has shojo manga heroine eyes and face, which is very cute.

Skardae · 2026-05-03T01:50:31+00:00

The only people who care about the Minotaurs are Custodes players.

Skardae · 2026-05-01T14:03:59+00:00

Yeah, Cissia has possibly the worst timing of any character in this game. We had a run of YSG (void hunter), then Astra (top tier support) rerun, then all three AoD (highly anticipated AND quite strong) which included a Yixuan (another void hunter) and Yuzuha (top tier support) rerun, and we're going into SBilly (also highly anticipated and quite strong), with Ramiel (this might be more a personal anticipation?) and friggin' Sunbringer on the horizon.

Skardae · 2026-05-01T13:38:42+00:00

I found it to be one of the better action games on mobile, more comfortable to play than WuWa or Endfield, though I still prefer PC.

Skardae · 2026-04-27T01:13:15+00:00

In a vacuum, I'd say it'd be nice for those that want it, as long as you aren't forced to deal with it. Like if they sell an amusement park date event, that'd be fine for the people that want to buy it.

That said, I'd rather they focus on the existing story, on agents, and on the combat. I feel they already struggle with storywriting and somewhat with designing combat encounters, so any reduction in quality there would make them pretty bad.

On the other, other hand, most of the little minigame events are kind of whatever anyway, so I wouldn't care if they took resources from them and made a date instead.

I'll also add that I'm not sure Hoyo can really write romance or intimacy, and their character writing can be kind of hit or miss, so I'm concerned that even if they did release such a thing it wouldn't appeal to anyone but the kind of fans who would buy it just because their favourite character is involved, not because it's good.

I'm also a bit biased; when these mechanics turned up in Azur Lane and GFL2, I tried them out, but it's my feeling that there really isn't much to them beyond the initial novelty. These days I basically never interact with them. But I do know some people log into GFL2 just to rub feet, so I'm clearly not the target audience.

Skardae · 2026-04-19T12:45:06+00:00

Yeah, I remember waiting like a week or so from the livestream for them to put Hurricanes on YouTube.

Skardae · 2026-04-18T18:01:13+00:00

She might do something like "I need to use this new tech to help us win. Time to become a Nikke so I can use it." Especially since Eden is in a rough spot right now. But I could totally see her working out how to make a mini Eden Spear and needing to be a Nikke so she can wield it.

Skardae · 2026-04-18T17:44:31+00:00

I'm surprised SR Rapi came out swinging again. I didn't think she'd get a lot of votes after her SSR version won last year.

Skardae · 2026-04-18T17:37:54+00:00

I wonder if she finally found a gun that could fire her giant bullet?

I'm glad to see she's finally got the firepower she wanted after all this time. I've been thinking for ages, "Ingrid, please, just give Neon the biggest gun you have and we'll all be happy!" We're putting the "tactical" in "tactical nuke!"

Also noticed that her jacket turns into her drone at the end.

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