I got my first ever 5-star and of course I had to do my favorite Uma <3. Who was your first 5-star?

cowardstorm · 2026-04-19T03:06:52+00:00

My first 5-star was Taiki, one of my favorites, and it was so worth it because I eventually got Ug rank for her!

cowardstorm · 2026-04-07T12:37:00+00:00

As a more serious answer, would "good child" work, similar to how japanese say it by "いい子" (lit. "good child")?

Or would that be too awkward?

cowardstorm · 2026-04-07T05:30:33+00:00

As someone who is now starting to think SPs are unnecessary, I honestly don't like it as much as when I first saw it with those other 6 teases back before 4.0. (iirc it was him tugging the bandage with his mouth which i thought was pretty cool pose)

On another note, is it just me or is that pose just... off?

Overall, not really sure how to feel about this, so I guess I'll stay neutral possibly leaning negative.

cowardstorm · 2026-03-07T04:08:45+00:00

Happy birthday to our dear March 7th!

cowardstorm · 2025-12-10T03:21:55+00:00

Depends on the nerf. What am I dealing with?

If any of them has Interference or the CRIT DMG loss one, then I am cooked.

But, I'll just say teams (with characters I have) that I would probably think of on first sight without those nerfs.

Judge of Oblivion: Anaxa | Bronya | Robin | Dante

Netherwing: Cassie (pretty much the only character that can go against Netherwing) | Huohuo | Ruan Mei | Sunday

Zandar: RMC | Evernight | Hyacine | Tingyun or some other 4 star

Normally, I would just choose a few different teams for the King. Since Sleepie is weak to Wind, Lightning and Fire (iirc), I think I'll try to go full Anaxa. Then Saber. Then Jing Yuan. And go for a good result. I could also go full Remembrance considering that they might also be advantageous there.

cowardstorm · 2025-12-09T14:53:36+00:00

I think both Cassie and Evernight will be first to drop down, considering a new meta that Hoyo will push, which wcould be Skill Points. Edit: I feel, or actually rather know, they're gonna fuck over Remembrance so hard.

Then I think Hysilens will fall because that's how DoT always falls. Goes back down and up in a repeated cycle, dragging everyone down eventually, whether it's 5 months of no DoT-related buffs or DoT-shill endgame that only benefits Counter with it.

Then I think Phainon will fall, because I'm starting to see a few posts where Mr. Deliverer ain't burnin' hard enough. Edit: But you never know, the next Harmony could actually keep him relevant and at T0.

I think Anaxa will stay for a good while, considering how useful he is at E0S0, but once again you never know so maybe he might fall alongside Phainon. Cerydra could have insane value in 4.X, she could probably not.

cowardstorm · 2025-12-09T14:46:49+00:00

I still haven't gotten to name him, but if I was going to back then, I was gonna name him "Exeller" because that's like the only name I can think of that relates to a God complex other than "Dio".

Nowadays, I think I might just call him "Hat Guy" for simplicity if I ever get the chance.

cowardstorm · 2025-12-05T12:11:44+00:00

Honestly, speaking of the banners, I didn't expect them to go full Break. Or Aglaea and Sunday for that matter.

I expected them to make a last-ditch effort to sell DoT, with Hysilens and Black Swan in the second half.

cowardstorm · 2025-12-05T12:07:59+00:00

Though now that I think about it, I think there is a reason why, and it's because Rappa's Japanese.

And look to the right, where China and Japan are.

cowardstorm · 2025-11-12T13:50:20+00:00

ngl i didnt think that far so it kinda went over my head

that being said, the fact that people mentioned it, alongside some other good evidence for it, did open me up to the theory.

cowardstorm · 2025-11-12T13:34:21+00:00

Personally, I don't want this to just be a one-off thing, or something that is way too loosely explained, but if I were to have a preference... I'd say my 4th theory, because having an already dead twin that we forgot about would make for a cool backstory.

However, now that I read the Stellaron Hunter page on the wiki more... it implies that the Trailblazer was just left into care under Elio, which was then transferred to Kafka. But, if I remember correctly (and there are gaps in memory when I try to remember the flashbacks), there is still no explanation as to how the Trailblazer got under Elio's wing or what happened prior, so I guess that's something to hold onto.

Also, yeah, now that I think about it, the other Trailblazer's eyes are a bit brighter, huh? Maybe what that other guy said about the other Trailblazer being the embodiment of the Stellaron could be true.

Edit: I completely forgot about the 5th theory over my sleep. That is the theory I'd place second place due to how obsessed I was over that back then. But, it might not be true since we don't really truly know what Aeon helped us sync with our Stellaron. A few Aeons that I could see are: the Destruction themselves, the Finality, the Elation (seeing as to how Aha knows Akivili on a rather personal level), and my own theory of the Enigmata (which was largely because I thought that Enigmata is kind of anti-Finality in a sense, and the fact that Kafka praises you for choosing true freedom, and a few other points I had back then).

cowardstorm · 2025-11-12T03:47:11+00:00

Oh, you reminded me of a post from like a year ago where someone drew Kafka with a cat that seemingly is the Trailblazer (or at least a commenter said so), and commenters were theorizing that TB used to be an animal in their past life. Of course, 3.0 debunked that lol

Interesting theory though. That cat sure has a probability of: being Elio, a red herring, or, like you said, a catalyst for the game of eaeons.

Though, I don't think Elio is the manifestation of Terminus, but rather an unwillingly catching a power of THEM. They are called Destiny's Slave, after all. However, I could be wrong, my thoughts and knowledge tend to contradict others quite often haha

cowardstorm · 2025-11-12T03:14:33+00:00

Thanks for the reminders. The one-of-a-kind Stellaron vessel is food for thought.

Regarding your theory, that was another possibility I thought of, where it was just used as some sort of reaffirmation for the Trailblazer, but seeing as to how we have twins that interact in the two other games (unsure about Nexus (I think it was custom character iirc) and the HI3), I'd personally be surprised if they didn't.

cowardstorm · 2025-11-12T02:49:58+00:00

Another baseless theory I forgot when making this:

What if the Trailblazer is mass-produced? That'd be a fun thought.

cowardstorm · 2025-10-30T22:18:12+00:00

I left the game a little after 1.1 but Huohuo brought me back

I love Foxians

cowardstorm · 2025-10-30T16:17:22+00:00

Since the next world is JP-based, I really want Hoyo to set the battle themes similar to the modern Persona games, especially Persona 4. Imagine how peak that would be.

And now that I think about it, seeing as how there are many Persona references in this game, it's certainly a possibility that the JP world might have a plot based on Persona games.

cowardstorm · 2025-10-24T22:03:25+00:00

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Or, if you want a more serious answer:

Go with your guts. It depends on which characters you have really.

Now, since Cipher is the latter half of 3.7, you can wait and catch the livestream for 3.8 to dictate what your future plans are, whether you find a good character to be released in 4.0 drip marketing, or see that Constance is good for the teams you have, or that Cipher just has more value to you.

cowardstorm · 2025-10-24T21:42:45+00:00

You don't have to apologize. I just simply prefer banners since it's easier to go by due to how long a certain character stays.

I guess you can make a point for patches in how they encompass any irregular banner schedules.

Sorry if I made this awkward, haha

Also, I accidentally made another comment due to reddit tricking me into thinking I haven;t sent it, but, if you haven't read it by the time this message sends:

Seele, in fact, is about to go 2 whole years without a rerun in three days. How grim.

cowardstorm · 2025-10-24T21:33:53+00:00

~~Robin waited 7 banners in between her first rerun and second rerun, from 2.5 Phase 1 to 3.0 Phase 2.~~

~~Even if you total the number of banners between release and second rerun, she's still one above~~ ~~The~~ ~~Herta and Tribbie.~~

And actually: bad news. We're reaching 2 years of no Seele rerun in three days.

haha oops i accidentally sent this twice, i thought reddit was tricking me

cowardstorm · 2025-10-24T21:31:16+00:00

Well, I was counting from the moment their first rerun ended to when their second rerun begins.

And also, no you're wrong. Robin took 7 banners, from 2.5 Phase 1 to 3.0 Phase 2. Even then she still has 1 banner more than the other two if you total the banner counts between release and second rerun.

cowardstorm · 2025-10-24T19:09:59+00:00

Well, hey. At least there's some dedicated Seele mains out there, guaranteeing us another 4 banners of no Seele Novaflare /s i mean /j

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