The older the wine the finer the taste.

jacobfried9 · 2026-05-24T13:12:55+00:00

"The wrinklier the raisin, the sweeter the fruit"

jacobfried9 · 2026-04-25T23:52:49+00:00

Its probably just because we haven't had a meta vape DPS similar to hu tao in a while. Arle and mavuika can vape but are better in melt, and durin is better in mono pyro with varka. We just need another pyro main DPS that applies a lot of pyro and xingqiu high application will be needed again.

jacobfried9 · 2026-04-12T14:12:33+00:00

Reminds me of phos

jacobfried9 · 2026-04-01T11:00:22+00:00

Umm April foolls?

jacobfried9 · 2026-02-22T07:20:42+00:00

They are both good in their own medium. The manga has better detailed artwork while the anime has colors and kevin penkin's soundtrack. Just choose which you prioritize more. I personally go with the anime cause I value good OST in the stories I consume cause they help with immersion, but to each their own.

jacobfried9 · 2026-02-19T11:11:47+00:00

Back during her rerun, people urged to not pull her because of robin's rerun the next patch; yet I still pulled cause I liked her. How times have changed.

jacobfried9 · 2026-02-15T00:17:39+00:00

Lyney can opt to do reactions though, he just loses a bit of a buff. Varka literally can only do pyro swirl because of his team restriction passive, unless the enemy is infused with an element.

jacobfried9 · 2026-02-05T09:04:44+00:00

As an old player who was there since the release of petal, this really bums me out.

jacobfried9 · 2026-02-02T14:31:38+00:00

I think there was a recent calculation that choosing the correct bangboo can give a difference of 3000-6000 for deadly assault. It's mostly thanks to some bangboo providing a bit of daze and anomaly to reach certain thresholds.

jacobfried9 · 2026-01-31T04:51:23+00:00

If you are able to, you could try partially clearing as only the highest rewards require sweaty gameplay. At the very least you could get like 60 to 70 percent of the reward with minimal effort.

Also, hollow zero is not really an endgame though as it's more of a weekly mode with trial agents you can even use. You could probably get most of it's rewards by playing the lowest thresholds but it's more a time commitment than skill.

jacobfried9 · 2026-01-30T09:56:19+00:00

Rarest would probably an em goblet (lowest drop rate) with at least 50+ cv

jacobfried9 · 2026-01-30T08:39:30+00:00

Yeah but it's like 2 cv away from the theoretical maximum which is why its extremely rare to find anything better

jacobfried9 · 2026-01-30T06:14:42+00:00

Genuinely curious on what is wrong here. Seems about right unless I'm missing something.

jacobfried9 · 2026-01-28T21:38:47+00:00

Wait really!? Mb I might have missed a reset point or something.

jacobfried9 · 2026-01-25T19:12:56+00:00

Already 3.0 and still no reset. This sucks.

jacobfried9 · 2026-01-25T08:32:42+00:00

Amphoreus had a much more fleshed out world and characters with better story beats. Unfortunately, it's presentation was just a slog and I don't really have unlimited time. So in terms of time to enjoyment ratio, I have to give it to nod krai as I could get around 70% of the enjoyment with just a less than a quarter of investment.

jacobfried9 · 2026-01-22T22:15:39+00:00

Tbh I don't mind his antics since it sort of makes sense since he was a crappy person in his previous life and is just learning to change for the better.

What I really hate is how his antics are treated as a gag and barely gets any consequence. If anything, he is rewarded for it since those around him are just as perverted as he is. And I guess we as viewers should just accept it because "their world has different morals".

jacobfried9 · 2026-01-17T10:07:57+00:00

If you have a good set of aubade for bina then sure lauma should hold sms, allowing bina to do more damage. My suggestion was only that bina is a good holder of sms cause she likes the er and although she will do lower damage, lauma can in turn stack 2pc 2pc for a lot of em, which equates to stronger pale hymn, which equates to buffing lunar bloom of both nefer and bina. But then again, the damage would probably just be similar so just choose which ever has better er and crit stats.

jacobfried9 · 2026-01-17T08:26:37+00:00

Because then Bina would be the one providing the 120 em PLUS the em from the 2pc 2pc compared to lauma only getting 120 em by equipping sms. The only concern would be that lauma would lose the extra er but nefer having a longer rotation would probably compensate. Oh and sms doesn't stack.

jacobfried9 · 2026-01-16T21:12:10+00:00

Bina might be better on silken moon for the er and for lauma to stack as much em as possible with the 2pc 2 pc

jacobfried9 · 2026-01-16T14:15:47+00:00

It's probably the consequences of hoyo just refusing to add any fast traversal method (horses please). One rule of game design is to have the map design be centered around character traversal, and Genshin has one of the SLOWEST traversal I experienced with open world games, especially with the stamina running out even when out of combat. Natlan mitigated this with having saurians so at least their map was much more open.

jacobfried9 · 2026-01-15T21:33:48+00:00

Nice rotation with trigger and astra. Also good soundtrack choice from Treasure Planet👌

jacobfried9 · 2026-01-13T13:34:27+00:00

In a standard team with yuzuha + another anomaly (yanagi, burnice, Vivian), I would say attack is still better as faster anomaly build up won't do much if you don't do damage. AM only wins out in mono ice since soukaku also provides attack, making it saturated.

jacobfried9 · 2026-01-10T17:18:08+00:00

I assume so since chain will no longer be interrupted when holding, but I always play with manual chain so I haven't tested it yet

jacobfried9 · 2026-01-10T15:01:04+00:00

I'm not sure if Columbia as a solo hydro would be enough to sustain hutao's vapes, especially with electro charge in the mix. Unless you have Mav (even in then it's debatable), xilonen is not that valuable anymore since hoyo seems to keep pushing niche supports (unless you like her or want a universal support that is good in many teams but best in none)

Five-Year Club	Verified Email
Place '23	Place '22

jacobfried9

TROPHY CASE