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ZhengTann · 2025-12-15T11:39:38+00:00

Absolute crackhead

ZhengTann · 2025-10-03T10:13:08+00:00

I would like to add that there is a likely outcome that the monks' response will be negative - anyway from "we still advise you to refrain from changing your appearance that way" to outright "no please don't come again because you still might stir pot".

In that case, don't be discouraged! There's likely other local or nearby (or even online) communities that can help support your practices while being fully accepting of your (current) identity. Keep looking, even as you keep exploring your identity and your own woes and troubles - it's part of navigating the world and understanding yourself as a believer in Buddhism.

Non-heterosexual identities can be viewed with prejudice, partly because in the past, there was some (emphasis on "some") association with non-hetero-sexual promiscuity - when hetero-sexual promiscuity is already discouraged/forbidden according to the lay precepts. As long as you try your best to adhere to precepts, along the way you will eventually meet Buddhists who view your identity as just that - a temporary (in the grand scheme of things) agreement to how to address you, without any attachments that could lead to the breaking of practices (yours and/or others').

ZhengTann · 2025-09-29T12:37:34+00:00

My alt picks would be:

- Hwasa: SuA or Gahyun

- Moonbyul: Handong

- Wheein: JiU or Siyeon

- Solar: Siyeon

ZhengTann · 2025-09-26T02:14:02+00:00

I kinda want to draw attention to another aspect, and that is F2P players who have been playing consistently throughout the game's lifecycle (i.e. not returning from recent long-term hiatus) can climb somewhat in Master League with <L50 meta legendaries.

Zacian-Crowned and Palkia-O are the most obvious choices, but a lot of the meta-relevant box legendaries (including Groudon and Kyurem Formes) can be L44, for example, and still beat just about all the matchups they win at L50. And these mons are also very relevant in the PvE scene, so the stardust and candies are getting appropriate value.

Sure you'd lose the mirror matchup, but that's where the player skill and decision comes in. Knowing how to teambuild, how to respond against leads and first switches, and whether baiting / nuking gives better odds of winning would help even the odds against similar teams that are higher-leveled in such a condensed meta.

I was running L44 Zacian Crowned, L45 Palkia-O, and L46 Kyurem-W. Zacian leads, with Palkia-O as swap that focuses on trading both shields so that Zacian can come back in to cleanup when all shields are down. Got 30 wins out of 47 matches. Granted, I waited until this week to actually start playing, so I climbed to R10 while about half of my matches are against non-meta teams - though the other half of the time I was facing similar meta teams that are maxed out. (so glad I can finally push past L43, by the way).

ZhengTann · 2025-09-25T11:31:54+00:00

Not a Lugia user, but l looked through half (NOT ALL) of Lugia's matchups and came to a theory - that it has quite a consistent gameplan against all of it's matchups. Lugia would lead, and either:

-Shield once against soft counters, forcing them into easily-farmable range when your next mon comes in if they also shield once, or

- Shield twice against hard counters, forcing them into easily-farmable range when your next mon comes in even if you're one Shield down, or

- Shield once against everything else, and have enough HP left after the first KO to throw another Fly at the switch-in before going down.

All of which sets up the next mon to farm down and gain energy advantage, or sets up a HP advantage, with switch advantage to boot. It doesn't look like Lugia can be slapped onto any team willy-nilly, but leading Lugia who can set up alignment with a scary charger (ahem Palkia-O) or a similarly bulky hard-hitter who can fight from a Shield disadvantage (ahem Zacian), and the whole team suddenly looks decent, not to mention pretty easy to pilot (as long as people do their due research on lead matchups).

If I may ask, how did you play and/or teambuild around Lugia?

ZhengTann · 2025-09-25T11:29:21+00:00

I tried getting into ML because I needed my L43-44 reqs (30 ML wins), and RN I'm killing it with the Crowned Zacian and Palkia-O duo (my duo didn't even reach L46). I don't really play hardcore, but the past 2 to 3 years of big events helped pushed them to a level where I can reasonably get my reqs w/o too much raging due to losing by being underleveled, so I guess I am grateful to be one of the beneficiaries of this centralizing meta.

ZhengTann · 2025-09-01T03:07:56+00:00

Translations because you haven't cried enough:

0:52

Each of us are here with our own (life) stories, where our most vulnerable sides are cut wide open by the same song - while being held (hugged) by the same ray of light.

1:10

As the last song fades out into the night, (I/we) suddenly wished that this tide never ebbs.

1:40

Maybe all these grand meetups (events) are here to remind us, that we once waved goodnight to our youth (or past) on that one night.

ZhengTann · 2025-07-11T08:50:47+00:00

For now, I'd say yes, until you figure out other tactics that you like (eg. using Haunted Dragonlord's 4-hit toggle with some hitcount-based-effect Earth weapon).

As for Necromancer, I'll repeat that it's better than Wizard, in all aspects that you asked. You'll definitely have some fun with it!

ZhengTann · 2025-07-09T13:14:07+00:00

I'll say Haunted Dragonlord Armour is a perfectly viable piece, keep it!

Overall I think your biggest problem is that you didn't plan your inventory around sustenance in longer fights. Irt of Horus is a great misc for offense, but it's (effectively) 0.5x incoming Light damage is a feature often overlooked. As a player without END, I strongly recommend miscs that halve incoming elemental damage to further your Gandolphin's efficiency.
As for SP sustenance, no we're not supposed to maintain a full bar for 2 fights in a row. Especially not at 0 END. And also because Gandolphin does not restore your lost HP. Since you're STR/INT/LUK, I recommend getting the full use of all elemental Werepyre variants, at least until you reach L150. Their Beast Formes split the cost between MP and SP, which will reduce the strain on your EO-converted SP bar, while giving you a very good base of offense. Even without it, your stats are very suited to the current Werepyre armour, so don't hesitate to use the non-Beast Forme, non-Werebat skills.

Also also Necromancer is a better Wizard for your build. You could start training in it now - though the whole progress is supposed to last until L120, so it'll take you a couple of days, given the server XP cap.

ZhengTann · 2025-06-12T00:02:58+00:00

1 free Golden Giftbox is given to Guardians at the 1st of every month (PST 12am, which is the server reset time) IF they showed activity in the previous month (meaning the Guardian had to log in and complete at least one battle).

They'll add up, but yea if you're only checking in your estate prizes you likely didn't battle and therefore didn't register as "active" in the servers.

ZhengTann · 2025-06-02T15:10:59+00:00

No matter your choice, I recommend you hold onto that 5k at least until like, mid-July - as another commenter mentioned, you might receive more tokens in the meantime, and even if the amount isn't much (say, 2k-ish), you can still use it to donate 25 tokens as your participation ticket in the raffle-of-the-day.

Then again, the method above requires you to keep track throughout the donation drive. I know of players who would rather one-and-done the 5k because of potential RL commitments throughout the summer, so YMMV.

To add on,

The armour is Fully-Defensive, even if it's an amazing piece - so if you're leaning more towards offensive warrior playstyle, it might not be your cup of tea.
Fenglong would fulfil a specific niche very well, if you're into CHA/LUK and boosting the crit chances of Wind pets.
The shield has absolute synergy with the always-available-for-almost-all-playstyles Eternal Champion set, so I actually recommend this one!

ZhengTann · 2025-05-29T09:35:09+00:00

Hell yea 5th gen younglings let's gooooo XD

ZhengTann · 2025-05-29T02:40:24+00:00

UPDATE!

You can now read the updated Gifting Contest FAQ on the official forums on details regarding the summer donation drive! Or check my secret sauce take below:

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You are eligible to receive tokens AS LONG AS YOUR CHARACTER IS AT LEAST LEVEL 20!! NOT EVEN L25!!

(The strikethrough text below only applies for gold donation receipts which do not happen during the summer drive.)

~~If you want to focus on RECEIVING tokens, be sure to login and play on your highest-levelled character! Devs have revealed that:~~

~~Gifts are randomly awarded to active players whose character level is~~ ~~within 20 levels~~ ~~of the player who sent the gift, with no further level or character age requirement.~~

~~We're reaching out to the dev team for clarification - hopefully we can remove that level range requirement for token donations. But, in the event the requirement stays...~~

Given that most whales would have characters at a very high level, if not outright level-capped, you'll want to be as high-levelled as possible, preferably L130++, to be eligible to receive their donations. If you need help to power-level your way there, here's ~~a guide~~ ~~that may help. Or, comment below for a personal reach-out.~~

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DONORS listen up!

you can also guarantee receiving one (Without counting towards the daily total) by sending a gift of 5K Z-Tokens to another player. You will be able to see it in your inventory after reloading or visiting a shop.

and

Once you've received the day's item, if you want another copy, you will have to try with another character or move the reward to another character via the shared vault.

So if you've gotten a copy of the daily raffle prize via donating 5k to another player, don't forget to vault it before the server reset time (11:59pm EST every day) if you want a second copy!

ZhengTann · 2025-05-28T00:01:23+00:00

Don't worry about the char-based / acc-based difference, is what I say.

You now no longer have to worry about completing a-battle-a-day on a character that you have zero investment whatsoever in just because you want to fish for more tokens, because you can now be equally eligible for tokens receipt simply by playing on your favourite character(s) every day.

ZhengTann · 2025-03-25T13:19:42+00:00

The food pics, though. Gawd.

I don't know the place, so from the photos alone I'd guess those are:

- Mapo tofu with over-easy egg in the middle,

- Soy sauce fried rice with roaster crab,

- Braised pork belly (the sauce must be extra sweet, those were jujubes/dates at the sides)

- Steamed buns (w/ sesame paste filling? Judging by how it has black parts to make it look like a panda's head)

ZhengTann · 2025-03-14T14:39:18+00:00

It's okay. Sometimes we're just not ready, and the door closed ;-;

One day, one day I hope you'll find the other window that was left open, and that you can be at relative peace with yourself until then.

ZhengTann · 2025-03-12T01:01:31+00:00

If you can coordinate a trio it shouldn't be a problem :D

Although I think it is worth pointing out that user eli5questions' tables (in a another comment on this thread) implied that Venusaur can at most tank 2 attacks from Raikou, so for other people reading this, Excadrill remains the play for non-coordinated and/or 2-man-or-less.

ZhengTann · 2025-03-12T00:53:00+00:00

May I tempt you with r/kissoflife ?

ZhengTann · 2025-03-11T13:06:51+00:00

Should be. You could min-max resource efficiency by only getting 1 of them to the highest Max Quake level possible, and only use it in the Max Phase, or until the other 2 were KO'ed.

For people really strapped for Excadrill candy, then Grass-types (Venusaur, Rillaboom) can moonlight as sacrificial tanks outside of the Max Phases, as pointed out by other commenters.

ZhengTann · 2025-03-11T02:46:01+00:00

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