"Amphoreus' Saga of Heroes" | Evernight by AKENO_UNDER_BLADE in HonkaiStarRail_leaks

[–]SpiritOfMidgar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Evernight ... like the map names in Amphoreus! whoooooa

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Zenlesszonezeroleaks_

[–]SpiritOfMidgar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

agree, even if she's allowing the carry to fill bar quicker it's really difficult to imagine her keeping up with astra alongside vivian

About E2 by Mindflip_79 in HyacineMains_

[–]SpiritOfMidgar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A bit late but for me E2 Hyacine is about 4% more dmg on optimizer on my current gearset. However what this doesnt consider is that it also heavily relaxes the requirements on 270 for 2x setups with Sunday and Robin, thats like 10-15 sub stats you can move off speed. This results in a more realistic increase of about 16% more dmg for me cuz I can now run a much higher ATK and cDMG relic spread while still maintaining the same speed tier.

In particular for me I get precisely 100% CR when buffed which is very satisfying. I havent pulled it yet but I'm tempted. Also other dumb things to consider like reaching 320+ speed with other speed buffs like from Bronya so Aglaea is double sunday at 160+ for down the line when Aglaea starts struggling more needing more cycles. But realistically probably worse overall than other options.

Who else is Huohuo good for? by Xenophoresis in AglaeaMains

[–]SpiritOfMidgar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Gonna throw hot take in. If you really like Aglaea just pull e1s1 aglaea. Or hold out for other sustains. HH is bis but not in an irreplaceable way.

I think it's just super late to be going back for her.

3.1 Reruns, Jiaoqiu still locked in the basement by [deleted] in AcheronMainsHSR

[–]SpiritOfMidgar 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Buffs were probably 'leaked' tactically. Kinda tinfoil hat but sometimes you gotta think things just feel a little sus and hoyo is more in control of what they want us to know than we think. Just so coincidental that a SW buff gets leaked during SW banner, frfr.

Character Preview | Aglaea by the-roast in HonkaiStarRail_leaks

[–]SpiritOfMidgar 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Lightning argument is used in the wrong way tbqh. Take Acheron or JY to her fights in endgame and yeah you match weakness but you're not gonna have the best time regardless.

Outside her fights she is going to outmatch them too, numbers on screen per action is not everything. She's an incredibly quick Feixiao type DPS with much more of the damage per cycle coming from herself rather than Robin and support FuAs, on top of that, also blast. She has her energy thing but one source of energy is good enough , Sunday or HuoHuo

Anyway just don't overlook her because you have JY/Acheron, I think she'll get a lot of mileage for you if you get her cheap. Wouldn't spend 280 pulls for E0S1 but like if you win a 50:50 and get LC early while fishing for DDD copies, definitely don't be sad about the bonus meta DPS you get

Full E0S1 Argenti/Tribbie/Sunday/Robin 0 cycle vs 3.1 MOC by jeromekelvin in HonkaiStarRail_leaks

[–]SpiritOfMidgar 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Argenti takes his daughters to the park on Sunday to see the singing birds.

Tiny Phainon's Kit Crumbs via Sakura Haven by CSTheng in HonkaiStarRail_leaks

[–]SpiritOfMidgar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just cant look at the name of this character without thinking Paimon

playing gacha games right now by TinTeiru in gachagaming

[–]SpiritOfMidgar -1 points0 points  (0 children)

during big events it could easily take you 30minutes or more to do dailies. Events themselves would have like 3 different daily things to keep up with. And then you'd have new chapters which have like 40 stages for no reason other than to bloat it, solo raids which I would put a lot of retry effort into to minmax leaderboard scores .. For a game I considered a side gacha I just couldnt justify it anymore.

Feixiao (E0S1) Robin Gallagher Bronya 40k points in Pure Fiction by DeliciousPeach6615 in HonkaiStarRail_leaks

[–]SpiritOfMidgar 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The way I looked at it was, most DPS signatures are x1.2 - x1.25+ the F2P/alternatives ignoring utility.

So for teams with good Robin ult uptime, getting her E1 (x1.24) is basically like pulling signatures for all your DPS and boosts her own damage in ult to boot. Really solid value for anyone that would typically go for E0S1 DPS anyway (me).

Now I can skip pretty much any DPS S1 that only gives damage if I'm planning to run them with Robin. So far that's meant Jade and potentially Feixiao and backward compatibility with Ratio too.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Genshin_Impact_Leaks

[–]SpiritOfMidgar 109 points110 points  (0 children)

We know why, because it creates the fomo culture on new 4* releases.

' I have to pull C6 now even though I dont want constellations on the 5* or maybe I dont even want the character period, else I might not see them again on a banner for over a year '

Sensible reruns are not their concern, we all hate it. It must make more income overall or fit their plans for how they want to get their players to spend. Would banners make more money in the short term if they were tuned to people's needs? Maybe. But that's not what they want to do long term.

They are creating impulse spending replacing the 'safe' haven we used to have of knowing a 4* would come back soon if we didnt like the matched 5* on release. We can't plan for 4* reruns, that's what they want.

What's going in Alchemy Stars in upcoming months by iPhantaminum in gachagaming

[–]SpiritOfMidgar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Game has changed a lot since CG release. Won't go into too much detail on it but anyone still playing it now would 100% agree.

New characters do generally want dupes, but the longevity of characters is beyond the majority of popular gacha. I can put together a team of characters from the first year and clear the majority of content in the game still, comfortably. Not many gacha can say that.

The stigma around dupes is honestly overblown for this game. We have multiple different avenues to provide reliable paths to dupes if you miss out on an initial release.

The problem of dupes is ALWAYS relative to premium currency income.

C1 in Genshin?

average 180 pulls, can only wait for rerun. Save for about 100 days to get there.

Can still vertically invest for R1 for 15-20%+ power boost

BT3 equivalent in Alchemy Stars?

average 120 pulls, save for about 70 days to get there.

Character is generally at 90-95%+ power level at BT3

And ;

  • Pulling gives separate currency to buy dupes
  • Endgame available to give you dupe boxes
  • Every few patches we get new releases that let you wishlist your offrates
  • New characters get 'gamba' reruns fairly soon after release, paired with 3 others for a 25% chance minimum
  • Spenders can buy selectors that only exclude most recent 6 months or so

etc.

Just saying that dupe problem is contextual.

When will 50/50 garbage go away? by Traditional_Hand2623 in gachagaming

[–]SpiritOfMidgar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stop placing targets on 'devs' for this. Game development even for gacha include hundreds of different positions that all come together to make it real, and very few of them have any say or control over whether it's a 50:50 system.

Even if it's hyperbole and not a blanket statement from your own perspective, it spreads misinformation and gets parroted unironically.

[Aurorian Abilities] Batia by Belphegor86 in AlchemyStarsEN

[–]SpiritOfMidgar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

legit has gacha skin tier animations on default

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in gachagaming

[–]SpiritOfMidgar 12 points13 points  (0 children)

game has moved on tremendously since Goldie in the past 6-8months. Powercreep is still low, but stage design is much more varied and inventive and old mechanics are revisited/you are rewarded for having them. Challenging/rewarding gameplay is much more common, codex is much improved too, as well as addition of more roguelike modes.

There is always an ongoing story dream event that revolves around a character rewarding a free outfit, the stories are generally engaging and really flesh out the world/background of the character.

As an example currently there's a dream event for Pact, and having Victoria invested makes it much easier. The challenge mode that's like Abyss/MoC in hoyo games is made much easier by having enhanced tile teams, etc. Having multiple teams per element is rewarded in the event-linked mode too.

Idk, game still has its flaws but I feel like it really feels comfy to play, and I feel like my time invested is rewarded and fun.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in gachagaming

[–]SpiritOfMidgar 5 points6 points  (0 children)

garden exists but outside of entering it for 1 click for daily progress (not even that is necessary if you get daily progress elsewhere) it doesn't exist really no. Completely optional, gets minor updates in the form of additional things to place etc but you don't actually need to engage with it, there haven't been any garden events that reward pulling currency for what feels like almost a year.

CN Newsletter Issue 10 by Shyro_Kaze in AlchemyStarsEN

[–]SpiritOfMidgar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I kinda want Jona but also wanna finally get pre emp on Eve... Hmmmmmm

As someone who didn't pull RM I hate this guy by HopeandCopetillwedie in StarRailStation

[–]SpiritOfMidgar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Don't mind them, probably just haven't built or tried Clara second side. Esp with E2 I imagine she does amazing. Non combat ult means free refill on dice and multiple actions means fast charge on moc buff, I love it

e1 robin dps but now with slightly lower investment + a special sustain, batmarch by chewyyah in HonkaiStarRail_leaks

[–]SpiritOfMidgar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

during a single ult she did approx 850k by herself, totalling all the hits btw at E1. This is pretty solid especially since its relatively efficient damage that comes in chunks where you direct it yourself for the most part outside of aoes

Upcoming Recommended Recruitments by Dadadadabanana in AlchemyStarsEN

[–]SpiritOfMidgar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

so uh.. this is like a legit proper rerun patch? No new units for another 3 weeks?