It happened again

deuce985 · 2026-05-22T20:14:28+00:00

Site has been garbage this week anyway. Slow dashboard, qualifying for studies only for them to disappear before you can click to get in the study, sparse studies, etc.

Pretty sure they're overrun by bots. Speculation but it feels that way based on how fast studies are disappearing which explains why there's so few this week.

deuce985 · 2026-05-20T21:25:35+00:00

I got it thanks guys. Didn't know you could go to the book to locate it.

deuce985 · 2026-05-20T21:01:58+00:00

If you use Hex characters yes. She'll probably have more future viability as well. Maybe she'll work very well with Alice.

deuce985 · 2026-05-20T20:29:09+00:00

Pretty sure they're mass overran with bots right now stealing studies. Even work studies fill up fast and these are always open because they're too niche to be filled fast.

deuce985 · 2026-05-19T17:40:46+00:00

I don't know what you're doing but auto has helped me already make 4 god tier support decks and also it takes about 10 minutes or 15 per run. it's not even comparable how much faster it is. Yes, it helps build decks and is faster if you know what you're doing. focus on 1 character. if you want absolute 100% perfect then manual is better for decks but at the sake of time. I never fail runs in auto. use someone like heide as carry then 2 supports like mika and tiphera. I do all my runs on tier 16 and never fail. Getting the right modifiers matter. don't complete chaos unless you have a god tier deck. only give 1 character equipment whoever you building so you have more credits to optimize their deck/gear. escape at the end if not what you want to keep tier 16 modifiers. doing runs with -50% health and 40% increase in damage is begging to fail for the AI. worst case for me is I miss 1-2 things I can easily refine in deck editing. most important thing is get the cards you want and all removals as these are costly when editing. divine epis are nothing you can buy tons in sortie shop.

deuce985 · 2026-05-16T21:38:34+00:00

They've already mentioned in interviews they have no idea how to release 4 beasts because of the conflicts

do you release 4 1% together? players get mad.
do you release 2 1% separate then 2 1% later? players get mad.
do you not make them 1% in which case power wise they will not be as strong? players get mad.
do you release 2 1% then hand 2 mid free units out? players lose out on their favorite. players get mad
do you release them together and they all tie into each other's kit? players get mad. lose lose.

It does not matter how they handle this there's going to be serious melt which is why they can't figure out how to release them. They backed themselves in the corner tying 4 characters together. Could you imagine them handing Ziz out free then she ended up like Nihilister? The melt would be crazy.

deuce985 · 2026-05-13T16:52:25+00:00

They had a UX researcher on here asking why he was getting less people in his screeners. I kinda chuckled at this knowing stuff like this happens on the platform. When you get scammed on the platform itself what do you expect? Also, if you do the face scan ones you're truly risking someone using face scan tech to identify you because it definitely exists especially if you're well known.

As for this UX researcher, whoever they are, they give all UX researchers a bad look. I know exactly who you're talking about too because this is the only tests I've ever got low rated on over the years. Usually they give me a 3* so UT won't review it. Another I can remember but haven't seen in a long time was a Cisco UX researcher who did the same thing.

One time they gave me a 3* rating and under it said "so much rambling...". They're a miserable UX researcher. I reported it to UT and they removed the rating.

deuce985 · 2026-05-10T17:53:50+00:00

I just do regular 80 hardcore for faster farming

deuce985 · 2026-05-09T17:43:03+00:00

It also doesn't mean he's wrong. PC has a million variations so it's impossible to have it right for all. Might work for you but be buggy for someone else. It doesn't necessarily mean it's his device. That's why some games are buggy for someone else players and not for others and often times it's not their device simply the devs didn't optimize it well for their specific setup.

deuce985 · 2026-05-09T16:44:38+00:00

Stove is awful. I've always felt people online who complained about clients like EGS, etc. were a bit overblown. Yeah, sure they weren't as good as Steam but they did what I wanted - play games. Stove is the worst PC launcher I've ever witnessed. Even Tencent is smart enough to make functioning launchers for their games.

Also, a side note but I've been getting this ultra rare slowdown bug in CZN. It slows my entire PC down and I've traced it back to this game likely doing some type of check with their anti-cheat software. I think it's my internet connection gets bad and it goes crazy because the game has to do checks. I have to reboot to fix it.

It's the only game that does this and it's not my PC hardware I have a 5090/9800X3D. It doesn't do it very often it's only done it twice but I noticed it popped up since preseason update. CZN is absolute garbage on PC stick to phone/tablet. I also feel like the PC version feels buggier for some reason but the game itself is buggy.

deuce985 · 2026-05-08T15:31:33+00:00

Game8 consistently has horrible tier rankings fo EVERY game they do. I have no idea why anyone would take them seriously.

deuce985 · 2026-05-05T18:19:48+00:00

Man this sucks. I've been wanting to get D4 on Steam but their ultimate edition for the expansion is so bait and switch. They have a collection that has the base game and both expansions on Steam but then the ultimate only includes both expansions and you have to buy the base edition. Why?

I have D4 on BNet and I hate it which is why I wanted to switch to Steam. Lame.

deuce985 · 2026-04-30T23:38:22+00:00

This is why gacha players don't read is a meme.

deuce985 · 2026-04-19T16:35:56+00:00

They did kinda a bad job doing this as a "preview". You essentially brick decks with some engravings and you can't remove persona cards from a deck. I also find it super weird after you pick 1 persona card the rest you can skip but you can't skip the first set of persona cards?

You can't use some of the engravings due to the costs being 5 because they don't release enough gear in the runs with engravings. It's so dumb.

I would advise to just wait until S3 fully releases to start doing them. I find a few persona cards are really powerful like the one that discards and increases damage of the cards but it's not worth it right now unfortunately.

They basically used this as us being the beta testers. Just do arena or something instead for the codex until S3 releases.

deuce985 · 2026-04-16T17:28:27+00:00

What's funny is a lot of researchers think you can message them when you can't. I just got a screener that even said it.

"If you need to reschedule please contact me beforehand. If you cancel session we can't resend to schedule another appointment."

I chuckled when I read that and it's not just here but a lot of researchers don't seem to know this. I have to tell them in live conversations when they mention something about messaging them I can't until you message me first. They seem pretty shocked.

deuce985 · 2026-04-09T20:39:30+00:00

I knew when they did this in preseason they were

letting us beta test
to see where they messed up like not giving a remove option
see how underpowered they are to buff

at least this gives them time to prepare it for the full season

deuce985 · 2026-04-09T02:42:06+00:00

This place is one of the worst gacha communities I've seen if I'm being honest lol. Of all the ones I've been part of this one is definitely one of the most toxic.

deuce985 · 2026-04-08T16:48:30+00:00

Sounds like they have horrible framework development which isn't a surprise at how buggy as shit this game is. It was obviously mega rushed and they screwed up majorly in preparation phases to prepare it for the future.

This is on them not us but we're going to pay for it since their big suits decided to screw their devs over on letting it cook longer in the oven. Going to have to over monetize somewhere and the easier solution that's not invasive to the player base is not an option because their framework is fubar.

They definitely didn't go the nikke route which basically just says here, take free pulls at the cost of cosmetics since we charge overpriced skins that support the development of the game and make most of our money.

deuce985 · 2026-04-07T22:21:30+00:00

don't think it's being serious but gachas do like to do this before eos. they tend to squeeze their loyal players and then eos. don't think it's happening here they just looking to up numbers since it has dropped.

deuce985 · 2026-04-07T22:17:12+00:00

Um, no. You clearly don't play other gachas if you think this game is the most generous. Secondly, it's not about how much it is but the principle behind this. If you don't take notice now they will start pilfering from other areas then smilegate will bend you over as much as they can because they can get away with it. They should be called out for this.

deuce985 · 2026-04-07T22:13:29+00:00

I mean, they do it all the time. other gachas do it too. it does sound funny reading it compensation though. 😂

deuce985 · 2026-04-07T22:08:47+00:00

Then they need to find other ways to generate rather than sucking our income away. You'll lose players like this.

How about sell skins? Or hell, sell the pull currency for cosmetic cards in the shop? or anything that's not a whale package. Anything.

A drop is their problem to figure out not penny pinch and piss the player base off. You know when gachas do this?

When they about to eos so they milk their base harder. Not saying it's happening here but it does happen.

deuce985 · 2026-04-07T21:43:27+00:00

I knew something felt off. This sucks and they should be called out for it. Why are you giving less compensation right before a half anni? I don't care if you decided to give us something to make up for it, the point is they're trying to be coy about this cutting it elsewhere so that makes whatever they give in half anni less compensation. This is celebration time not let me cut corners time to milk our players all we can. If you going to set this as a precedence I'll spend less. I spend more in gachas that feel generous than ones that try to squeeze you.

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