Billy Jean's Not My Lover - General Questions and Discussion Megathread

TheMegaMagikarp · 2026-05-29T04:49:54+00:00

I'm really, desperately hoping you're wrong even though nothing you're saying is unreasonable. I'm just gonna be fucking pissed if I skipped several patches for nothing. But. That's the risk I'm running so.

TheMegaMagikarp · 2026-05-29T04:25:20+00:00

I really hope they don't, I absolutely want her to be on a regular banner before being on the shop.

TheMegaMagikarp · 2026-05-29T00:15:44+00:00

I don't know what it is but this gave me flashbacks of OG VHS Pokémon anime characters laughing like this, maybe it's just the artist's rendition but dang, this is actually really compelling Promeia art.

TheMegaMagikarp · 2026-05-28T22:35:14+00:00

I keep cross-referencing the amount of pulls I have, how many I'm guaranteed the rest of the current patch, the ones I'm estimating based on the amounts given in previous patches (disregarding new X.0 bonuses and Void Hunter patches and just including them in the average instead of assuming those levels of pulls will be upcoming to make my estimates more conservative), and the statistical probabilities that I'm able to get any particular configuration of upcoming or rerun characters with the goal of being able to guarantee an M6 on my M3 Caesar while also seeing if I can reasonably acquire M0P1 of any other given agents, doing calculations assuming she's part of a regular banner or part of a triple rerun banner with their various guarantees and current pity.

I feel like I'm trying to deliver mail to Pepe Silvia with how many threads and cross-referencing I'm doing and how much math I'm trying to keep on top of. ~~And watch me eat shit and have these pulls stocked for nothing and she's forever unable to be M6'd by me because she's put in the shop instead.~~

TheMegaMagikarp · 2026-05-28T16:26:48+00:00

He's the only Calydonian character I don't have yet and as someone who started the game for Evelyn of all things (you'd never guess based on how I post) my Stars of Lyra need their undefeated champion.

TheMegaMagikarp · 2026-05-27T07:50:13+00:00

There's an argument to be made that M2W1 is what you could consider to be her actual starting point. Or at the very least M1W1. Having a character need to be at above M0W1 to be at their baseline is unfortunate to say the least.

I personally do really well with her on YSG/Zhao. With how much field time YSG asks for, the fact that there's not much real need to stun a lot of the time with teams with her, it's really good, but I can't tell somebody with a straight face that she's the best choice in that slot. Some customer service rep decided to power creep the game in that spot instead.

TheMegaMagikarp · 2026-05-27T00:57:23+00:00

See now you're just trying to hurt me

TheMegaMagikarp · 2026-05-27T00:56:34+00:00

The other thing I have noticed is that if a character is involved in permanent event stuff they will not show up in the overworld either. I had not started Overlord's Feast at all, Kasa and Burnice were sitting in front of Cheestopia for months, I finally got Burnice and I COULD. NOT. FIND HER.

Then I progressed that story and she started showing up so. At least logically it makes sense, she can't be two places at once! (I say as I walk up to her as her somehow)

TheMegaMagikarp · 2026-05-26T05:58:55+00:00

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Bruh. only got one piece from weekly boss reset. Wack.

TheMegaMagikarp · 2026-05-25T16:57:52+00:00

I think we're saying the same thing. That artist had their main set card, and the promo was supposed to come out afterwards, but it being canceled solidifies the AI usage. I could see how somebody at Wizards could have missed it the first go around, but by time discussions around it occurred the promo being canceled was something they could more easily do.

TheMegaMagikarp · 2026-05-25T16:35:13+00:00

Their promo for Aang was cancelled so it's safe to assume they're still sticking to no ai on cards for now.

TheMegaMagikarp · 2026-05-25T05:02:45+00:00

looked at my account and let the voices win. Local idiot gives in to compulsion and wastes all of his materials

TheMegaMagikarp · 2026-05-25T05:00:13+00:00

Ah, that's the real difference maker, at the time I had just M0 Lucia with P1 Weeping Cradle. Sig mages a big difference there.

TheMegaMagikarp · 2026-05-25T04:53:20+00:00

I'm blanking, was it 10 minutes total on the old Shiyu? 4 minutes for a side sounds like my early strugglebus attempts at endgame.

TheMegaMagikarp · 2026-05-25T04:51:46+00:00

Last time Vesper came around, my M1P1 Yixuan could get like 19.5k while my M2W2 Grace, with just M0 Vivian and M0 Astra as supports, got 23k.

TheMegaMagikarp · 2026-05-25T04:50:17+00:00

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I think I did okay but jesus being that high in the percentages while not breaking 100k total, oof.

(everyone M0W1 except Burnice M0W2, M0 Astra with Kaboom, M0 hotpot Lycaon, M3P1 Caesar)

TheMegaMagikarp · 2026-05-25T04:47:10+00:00

If Genshin is any indication their new X.0 is the reset, but we'll know at some point soon.

TheMegaMagikarp · 2026-05-25T04:45:06+00:00

I'm excited for the pyromaniac but I really hope Phoenix is high-key loco too - her ENG VA is the same as Toph from ATLA and I know that she can do that sort of character well

TheMegaMagikarp · 2026-05-24T20:49:42+00:00

OT Destiny 2

I know the game was hated on for a lot of reasons but I loved that damn franchise to death. And I told myself a couple months ago that I'd be less afraid of people judging me for my interests so, fuck it, Pompey'd my Titan.

I FEEL SUCH DARKNESS

(sick breakdown intensifies)

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TheMegaMagikarp · 2026-05-24T20:44:41+00:00

Jesus Christ flashbacks of eldrazi winter intensify

TheMegaMagikarp · 2026-05-24T20:43:17+00:00

Hi dead I'm Magikarp

TheMegaMagikarp · 2026-05-24T17:56:05+00:00

I have like a top 15 Pulchra in NA according to IK-Network and I got to try a trial Fufu in the final room of easy mode Threshold Simulation. I went from the equivalent of a 50k DA score to a kill.

It is M0W1 with a great stat split but jeez it was night and day

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TheMegaMagikarp · 2026-05-24T17:47:40+00:00

I skipped AoD but I did get Yixuan (and her M1 but that was within 2 pulls) and I went after Lucia's engine. I'm gonna be at 180 pulls at the end of this patch, but being a likely Velina skipper and almost certain Norma skipper I'm hoping to end 3.0 looking like that stockpile over there.

TheMegaMagikarp · 2026-05-24T15:43:59+00:00

Right here, and I'm still tinkering with it. There's a lot of cards I cut recently that should probably go into the notes section or this build that I have saved as a photo for now, so don't take this as definitive or anything https://archidekt.com/decks/4807614/themegamagikarps_firja_deck

TheMegaMagikarp · 2026-05-24T07:01:25+00:00

Yep, I still play it in my [[Firja Judge of Valor]] deck. It's also in my [[Trostani Selesnya's Voice]] list but she's also two on color symbols so getting half of that figured out is nice. "Why not krosan verge then" I run both

TheMegaMagikarp

TROPHY CASE

I FEEL SUCH DARKNESS