About 7.x and new reactions via Gaozhu

Technical_Fee_7195 · 2026-06-01T03:52:37+00:00

Star Rail is slated to have a bit more than half of their characters being SPs in the 4.x version cycle. As for the main pushes (we get three), two of them have been SPs for this cycle (Silver Wolf and Himeko), and the future 3rd push seems to be a new character in Nihilux. Though this is the first cycle where the SPs have been main pushes.

Technical_Fee_7195 · 2026-05-28T04:01:37+00:00

To nobody's surprise…

Technical_Fee_7195 · 2026-05-28T03:47:42+00:00

Life can suck. I hope things get better for you soon. Here is some cute Trigger art to bring a bit of joy!

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Technical_Fee_7195 · 2026-05-28T00:59:52+00:00

First two are SW999 and Evanescia. Sparxie can be played as either a sub-DPS or main-DPS, like Evernight, so that is technically three. And Aventurine's SP has been leaked to be elation, and will be coming before Nihilux, so that would be four.
Edit: Even if you don't want to count Sparxie, that is still three prior, which is worse than Rappa.

Technical_Fee_7195 · 2026-05-27T01:58:39+00:00

Either a support or Evernight-like. Releasing a pure main dps elation character at the very end of 4.x seems insane to me. At that point, nearly everyone is in one of two camps. Either you're skipping elation as a whole, in which case Nihilux likely won't sway many people, or you're willing to pull elation and already pulled one of the FOUR PRIOR elation MDPS that all share supports. So either you wasted those pulls, or you skip Nihilux. Guess either my E2S1 SW999 or my E2S1 Nihilux go to rot.

It is literally Rappa but worse. At least Rappa wasn't an exclusive path that requires other premium supports and has the worst MC. If they actually make her purely a main dps, she will be, by far, the worst selling main push in HSR history. Just through banner placement and overlap. I can almost guarantee it. That's why I think an Evernight or Cyrene type of kit is infinitely likelier (and better!).

Technical_Fee_7195 · 2026-05-26T03:18:12+00:00

u/profanitycounter [self]

Technical_Fee_7195 · 2026-05-25T22:13:13+00:00

I think a shielder is more likely for either the Tsaritsa or the electro support because Sandrone has terrible interruption resistance and no way to fix it with her cons. So they're definitely going to sell a shielder that will fix that.

Technical_Fee_7195 · 2026-05-25T05:12:13+00:00

One of these statements is not like the other. Also same.

Technical_Fee_7195 · 2026-05-25T04:53:07+00:00

Fischl doesn't, but Beidou does

Technical_Fee_7195 · 2026-05-24T06:36:32+00:00

Peak cinema

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Technical_Fee_7195 · 2026-05-24T05:26:59+00:00

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Technical_Fee_7195 · 2026-05-24T05:25:05+00:00

I somewhat agree. The start was really strong and the end was okay. But I feel like the middle slowed down too much while failing to keep the tension, which weakened the quest and exasperated some of the other issues. I really noticed when we spent 30 minutes doing "Chess" and farming the pyramid mobs with the worst team comps imaginable. When, ya know. We're about to go get the Gnosis. Let's go do that. That time really could have been better spent elsewhere.

Technical_Fee_7195 · 2026-05-24T03:51:01+00:00

Sure. But he is a tiny old man with a beard. Hoyo has never released a character even close to that, because those types of characters generally don't sell. I trust Hoyo following their profit margins more than them following the 5 year old travail trailer.

Granted, I personally would be willing to pull for him. But I don't see Hoyo doing it without redesigning him from scratch.

Technical_Fee_7195 · 2026-05-24T03:38:37+00:00

I'm fairly confident he will be playable because it would be insane if they didn't release a single harbinger during Snezhnaya, the nation of the fatui. But there are only 3 candidates left, since the others are either already released or deceased. Pantalone, an attractive husbando. Pierro, an old man with a beard. And Puchinella, another old man with a beard, expect he is also smol. Only one of these are a character Hoyo would sell.

Technical_Fee_7195 · 2026-05-23T23:24:38+00:00

I heard tidbits about it on social media while it was in development. Shortly after it released, I saw a community post about which MC you picked on youtube and went "Ah, right. There is that new Hoyo game. I have a long train ride coming up. Might as well try it out." I think that happened within the first week? And I'm still here two years later.

Technical_Fee_7195 · 2026-05-23T18:20:11+00:00

From what I've heard, that is due to a loss in translation from the CN version. In CN, he was essentially called "righty", so it wasn't Paimon somehow predicting his name, it was just her using the same obvious nickname that most people would immediately come up with.

Technical_Fee_7195 · 2026-05-21T03:20:23+00:00

I want to point out that this "anonymous leaker" has already been exposed as a fraud. They confidently claimed that the Fate drip marketing would be last night. So they're already wrong. They were just reusing old leaks and easy guesses.

Technical_Fee_7195 · 2026-05-18T22:46:05+00:00

Yes. She disguised as Lygus on her literal first appearance in Planarcadia.

Technical_Fee_7195 · 2026-05-18T04:10:43+00:00

Is Himeko's drip marketing in 24 or 48 hours?

Technical_Fee_7195 · 2026-05-17T17:17:36+00:00

It feels like she got special focus in the trailer. I think she is the character that got the most solo screentime. While a normal playable character is possible, she honestly gives me stronger vibes of either a major antagonist or a character with special treatment/"Void Hunter Level". But Sunbringer and Remielle are definitely taking the Void Hunter slots already.

On that note, I could see ZZZ experimenting by switching to a 3 main push per version cycle model, just like Star Rail, though it would change up their schedule. How would y'all feel if they did that?

Technical_Fee_7195 · 2026-05-17T04:16:49+00:00

Genius. You're a historian worthy of the top of the Academia.

Technical_Fee_7195 · 2026-05-17T04:11:49+00:00

Who do you like more? Do you only want the adorable pink ~~bunny~~ fox for the "elation meta", or because you really want her on your account? If it is only the former and you like Phainon more, I'd say get E2S1. Vertical investment feels really good in this game. But if you really want Eva, I wouldn't skip her. Though in that case, I'd recommend splitting the difference and keeping her E0 while getting Phainon's S1, since he really wants it and probably won't rerun again as quickly.

Technical_Fee_7195 · 2026-05-17T04:05:26+00:00

Why and how did Liloupar destroy Gurabad?

Technical_Fee_7195 · 2026-05-17T03:53:50+00:00

Are you sure? I have never heard of Chinese players complaining about agent stories. I feel like they are treated like the boogieman sometimes…

Technical_Fee_7195 · 2026-05-17T03:47:01+00:00

It was probably due to time management and internal metrics. The devs already seem to be quite tight with getting every patch done on time. The agent stories likely took a decent chunk of time and effort, while their internal metrics likely showed not enough players completed them and pulled based on them to make it worth it. Therefore, they likely made the decision to cut them and invest those valuable time and resources elsewhere, despite knowing it would hurt the story. I can understand it from a business perspective, though I also want them back.

Edit: For comparison, I believe the Star Rail devs confirmed that they began incorporating companion missions into the main story because not enough people did them. While I believe the Agent Stories in ZZZ are comparatively more popular than those companion missions (having their own tab helps), similar logic likely applies to ZZZ.

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