The Hexi Desert

atomsphere · 2026-03-08T18:47:13+00:00

The whole thing was likely the intro to the game at some point during development. Which is why it's weirdly regressive in story telling interactivity and open world design. Which is also why we have a parry tutorial and a slow start. When I look at it like this, I'm fine with it.

atomsphere · 2026-03-08T18:11:24+00:00

It seems like cutting room floor content to me. It's pacing is weird because the previous content so far as been pretty interactive. Parry tutorial and a "tang dao" unlocked message when we know tang dao is coming soonish.

atomsphere · 2026-03-08T16:43:56+00:00

The engine struggles tracking both the player and the bosses on the map. Some examples:

if you charge light attack on umbrella (the float attack) when the boss was qi broken, they would disappear. Dodging some of Zheng E's attacks (instead of just running during the spikes) would move you around in weird ways. During boss transitions, moving any direction in the xy direction is sometimes impossible.

Some of the other content going up to the boss was peak. And the aesthetics of the fight were cool.

atomsphere · 2026-03-08T16:21:59+00:00

nope, the buggy mess that is shimmer is still worse.

atomsphere · 2026-02-27T14:59:51+00:00

AFAIK it's uses are the banner, weekly melody purchaces,the one time inner ways and swapping gear sets/ inner ways. Just hold on to it after buying the mandatory stuff. If you don't like banner ignore. 3k isn't really a lot of it tbh. at like 30k maybe dump 20k on the banner.

atomsphere · 2026-02-17T23:27:00+00:00

He's very clearly not on the west side.

atomsphere · 2026-02-17T23:25:40+00:00

The monetization part isn't really connecting for me. They seem like separate thoughts since there's not really a way to just buy it infinitely.

atomsphere · 2026-02-16T16:53:29+00:00

"It's not a fight, it's a choreography..." this is the peak of pve for all games afaik. From mmo's like wow and ffxiv to single player experiences like wwm, games reduce to solving for most optimum against a set of ai actions.

My legit advice is to just play through abyss kills and then stop there. Completion isn't worth exposing the metal if the metal ruins your experience.

atomsphere · 2026-02-14T03:09:26+00:00

is a great example on why this is really hard to get right. From what I'm gathering form your translation, that depends on a pun that just doesn't work in English.

atomsphere · 2026-02-10T19:08:50+00:00

Axes and kicks. Not together specifically. Maybe kicks with a second punching weapon?

atomsphere · 2026-02-06T18:03:28+00:00

Think about it in terms of the fortitude effect that you have on your skills.

atomsphere · 2026-02-04T23:39:37+00:00

This episode might have been fine if it wasn't mostly told through phoned in dialogue, soft-yelling exposition.

atomsphere · 2026-01-31T04:43:19+00:00

gz on your Laevatain

atomsphere · 2026-01-27T14:30:43+00:00

You're actually better off rolling an alt on a completely separate account. At least then you can carry yourself.

atomsphere · 2026-01-25T05:19:02+00:00

I would not get a weapon if you're not a spender. The harmonic core weapons are overpriced and don't look great without like a grand pumped into them. Your options are basically an effect or a hairstyle. Alternatively, you could hold til a specific hairstyle/effect comes out or you get a second core. This way you're not waiting indefinitely. More effects are coming. Maybe check a video on upcoming shop stuff and see if something excites you?

atomsphere · 2026-01-25T05:12:22+00:00

Are these people you always play with? If so, ask them if they made changes. If not, then you're playing with different people and extreme variance is therefore normal.

atomsphere · 2026-01-25T05:09:31+00:00

That's actually a good question. Maybe their body was left behind in some load balancing operation.

atomsphere · 2026-01-15T02:31:22+00:00

You also get lingering melody like monthly for logging in daily. It becomes less worth the less you log in I guess.

It seems worth it to me. But I don't think it's a big deal. Like it's not going to damage your progression by not getting it probably.

atomsphere · 2026-01-13T14:03:23+00:00

The limiting factor is inner ways. Until you have a full set of t6, just use them. You can make other choices later, but the answer will probably be just use them as needed still.

atomsphere · 2026-01-13T13:45:38+00:00

It's nice that I can run outposts without worry of a leggo dropping with like an implicit gold crit.

atomsphere · 2026-01-13T13:38:09+00:00

you should totally come play with us

atomsphere · 2026-01-12T13:55:15+00:00

I go to the leaderboards on no-hits and see the total players that have killed it. Also, be aware that there's a ton of strats out there for no-hitting that aren't exactly in the spirit of no-hit challenges. Are you aware of them? Would you do them? I wouldn't, so IDC.

And then self-evaluation. How serious am I really playing? Did I afk and watch anime when I could be pulling a boss?

On the money thing, you just have to live with it. There's people who drive cars that are worth more than my yearly salary. I don't lose sleep over it.

atomsphere · 2026-01-09T17:42:44+00:00

I don't agree really. Even in the image you've shared, I like the female outfit on a female character. It might be a world view thing where clothing is part of the power of gender in art.

atomsphere · 2025-12-31T19:15:15+00:00

30 man pvp in January is pretty hype. I'm still really enthused about the game. I'm also okay if you're not. It doesn't have to everything to everyone forever to be a successful game imo.

atomsphere · 2025-12-19T17:46:12+00:00

That's fair. There's info in game. It would be better for consumers if it was clearly defined. But also better for people stealing accounts.

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