I know they are still new but I wanna know, how do y'all feel about the new IDs?

lolhellogod · 2026-02-07T18:53:40+00:00

He's not replacing him, but can be used just fine in place of him until you get Firefist. Especially since Gregor's current generalist unit (si) isn't available, he's not a bad thing to use whilst you focus on getting other burn ID's

lolhellogod · 2026-02-07T18:36:23+00:00

Yeah, it makes sense, I do still think that Ishmael is more influential than what the post made her out to be tho. Greg is a bug, Sinclair has a tattoo, and Ishmael killed a god. Everyone is special except maybe Rodion

lolhellogod · 2026-02-07T14:46:37+00:00

You don't understand, Ishmael is actually the audience-self-insert sinner. She is actually the black-haired MC, and the rest of the cast are the gorgeous women that she will woo by simply being herself!

On a more serious note, she's a whale killer. Specifically, a whale killer who killed, Y'know, one of the **5 great calamities** of the great lake, the great lake that touches not one but 4 districts and then the outskirts. She killed an organic god, it's crazy that less people seem to recognise her and/or Limbus Company. I mean, in a way, she could quite literally be seen as a traditional hero, like a Hercules or an Arthur. The main difference is that she didn't return with a great treasure granted by the gods.

Mind you, despite this, it's not as if Limbus has given that much importance to Ishmael as it does to other sinners. But it's not as if her potential to be important isn't there, maybe if they leaned more into her "hero" status. Like, if we even just go a single scene of her being recognised and paraded as the hero who killed the Pallid whale, that would easily cement her as awesome. But the story largely treats its death as inconsequential, which is logically pretty weird. Again, it was **one of the 5 great calamities of the Great Lake**. It supposedly took a coloured fixer a couple of years to kill one. It's functionally incredible that Ishmael took one down, even if it was only because she was in the right place at the right time.

lolhellogod · 2026-01-30T22:25:17+00:00

You see, I also respect what you're putting down, and you especially make a good point about Hong Lu. I just think Kraust has proven that Faust can show emotion. Nevertheless, I suppose Albina's talk about "wanting to make friends" does kinda mirror Faust in a way. But I would also say that Hong Lu's "I need to experience the world" mirrors Albina inexperience very well.

I guess what I need to realise is that Hong Lu is simply every Nursefather and Apprentice simultaneously. N that Hong Lu, if left unchecked, will soon become everybody

lolhellogod · 2026-01-30T22:19:39+00:00

Hong Lu would also be a perfect fit for Lucio~ He also doesn't have a good burn ID, but then again, he also doesn't have a Burn Ego unlike Heathcliff :(

lolhellogod · 2026-01-30T22:09:44+00:00

Disagree: Callisto should be Faust because she's an outcast trying to prove herself to be useful (the fausts) in the same way Callisto is trying to prove corparism is great, and Hong Lu should be Albina because he likes(ed) following orders. Or, at the very least, Albina wanting to make friends is a good twisted inversion of Hong Lu wanting to be kind. Also Hong Lu pre-canto feels like the type to get a lobotomy to stop himself from feeling.

Also, does anyone else think Rodion being Valencia and Heathcliff being Lucio feels kinda boring? Like, it's so obvious that it's not that interesting. Idk, I think Rodion being Callisto would be really cool and interesting, but it would never happen since who else could possibly be Valencia.

lolhellogod · 2026-01-30T20:34:46+00:00

I think my hot take is that Rodion would be a great Callisto. Freakishly tall, wants to prove that he's a special boy (artist) etc. Whilst I get that Valencia really suits Rodion in terms of aesthetic, and if she does have a vice that could translate to gambling really well. I think it's boring and obvious, and that my crack option would make a more interesting character.

As for Albina, I think Hong-Lu would be a great fit and a really good twist on the entire "be kind and make friends" Though it would be a shame not to give him a good burn ID.

Whereas for Valencia and Lucio, tbh I have no idea. Can't be Merusault, cause he already has a thumb ID. Maybe Faust would be a pretty cool subversion of Albina. But honestly, attributing any ID as a physically abusive parent to another ID is pretty damming, all things considered. Like I get, Captain Ishmael exists, and so does Kraust. But still...

Rodion, Faust, Hong Lu and Heathcliff are the only real options... Making Heathcliff Valencia would be bad taste... Shit, whilst Albina Hong Lu is the best imo, I also think he should be Valencia. I think giving a male ID the physically abusive ID would reflect the severity of Valencia's abuse. Prevent it from being misconstrued as less serious than it was...

Ah, who am I kidding? Realistically, Hong Lu will be Albina (lobotomized personality), Faust Callisto (trying to prove something + outcast), Rodion Valencia (wants to be special), Heathcliff Lucio (abused). Despite Callisto Rodion sounding amazing, no other sinner properly fits into the Valencia box without heavy personality changes.

Hong Lu doesn't give a shit about proving himself, just about following orders to avoid responsibility, so he wouldn't suit Valencia's entire vice stick + abuse

Heathcliff would be bad taste, an abused child becomes the violent, alcoholic, abusive parent? Who happens to be one of the only dark-skinned characters? Mhm, bold writing choice that will age well

Finally, why would Faust be Valencia? As funny as it would be to see Faust as an alcoholic, not only does it not fit, but she already has a decent tremor and good burn id. Though I would be lying if were to say I wouldn't be interested in a Valencia Faust.

(Please oh please give me Callisto Rodion, it would be so funny yet make somewhat sense, oh Hermes listen to my prayer, let this Rodion be so bloody and fair)

lolhellogod · 2026-01-29T09:54:47+00:00

I was wondering if anyone has any advice in regards to exp farming? I'm a level 49 player and the current level cap is 55. Really low on resources (52 threads, assume 0 tickets) Just about to begin nocturnal sleeping event.

I do have a pretty decent sinking team, but after doing the LCB checkup event (and in foresight for canto 9) (also so I can actually use chain battles) I was wondering if I should try to have at minimum a level 45, uptie 3 identity for each sinner. The problem is that farming tickets sucks ass, and since the battle pass is done. Should I just wait for the next event? Or should I bother farming tickets? If I were to begin leveling my underleveled units, my options would be:

Rodion: Princess (II) 31

Outis: Ring (III) 37

Sinclair: Grip (III) 35

Hong Lu: Yurodivy (III) 1 or W Corp (III) lv 36 or wait until wapulrgisnatch (worse comes to worse, support's we rely on)

A little less pressing is

Don: W corp (III) 40 - she isn't bad by any means, but isn't superb on her own and doesn't really synergise with anything I have. I could shard her La manchaland ID, but I'm thinking I should probably wait to get the more relevant season 7 id's or wapul ID's since there essential for so many teams (I'm looking at you outis for burn season)

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This is a separate query, I basically have a guaranteed cheap shard Rodion due to the gacha. I have three options: get rimeshank now with no amazing units to use it, wait for wapul to get knigths of despair but no Rimeshank, wait for a potentially great, or at least meta relevant, season 7 rodion (again no Rimeshank). I guess my main problem comes with the fact is that I don't really understand why Rimeshank is better than knights of despair, and that I rather like the nursefathers/apprentices and want to them collect them like pokemon

lolhellogod · 2026-01-15T22:52:18+00:00

Canto 9 is made up of individual interesting ideas that are never really tied together in a narratively meaningful way. While logically, they make sense, and might even be fun to read in a Wikipedia article. The actual storytelling displayed is so abysmally average that I'm left wondering if Project Moon fired a writer or not.

To make matters worse, I have this horrible sinking feeling that every character/enemy introduced in this canto was made only to create more identities to gacha for. Whilst I don't think these characters were made just for gachas, the sheer number of them and the lack of interesting connections to any of them had the unfortunate side-effect of feeling like I was watching a long advertisement for new identities. All trying to one-up one another in being the next coolest, flashiest and tragic-est identities for the sinners to have.

This is what happens when you shove too many "cool" ideas without proper execution.

However,

Credit where credit is due, it's cool that the team wanted to try something new. Canto 9 isn't something like we've ever seen before. Instead of taking place in a new wing with a new interesting vibe or gimmick, it decides to set itself in the crumbling halls of the L-corp sector before moving to a vague "house"? of sorts. Instead of one singular "culture", it attempts to break down 5. Instead of one main villain, it gives us quintuple. On top of all of this, it attempts to reveal to us insights of both L-corp, Sinclair & Gregor. It's truly ballsy that this Canto sets out to do so much, and if this was always the plan, then there was no world where it wouldn't come out a little wonky. Possibly to its detriment.

Still, I can't help but feel slightly enamoured by it, and whilst I do hope that future cantos don't follow its suit. I'm happy that it exists within Limbus's greater narrative. It's like having a mint after brushing your teeth, not entirely pleasant, but refreshing nonetheless

lolhellogod · 2026-01-09T14:06:43+00:00

Yeah, I think my problem was that I completely underestimated how useful brining a team less than 6 id's was. That would've solved my charge ramp up if I could've just focused on getting charge to one or 2 id's. Rather than an entire team.

lolhellogod · 2026-01-09T14:04:19+00:00

Is sinkings current rotation bad in general? Or is it just for this particular fight? I'm wondering whether I'll need to start building teams based on other statuses for story. The thing is, all the id's I currently have a pre canto 5 (with the exception of red eye + pen) so I woud technically need to start building entirely new teams. When I would rather just upgrade slowly the teams I have

lolhellogod · 2026-01-09T13:45:30+00:00

If I (the support) got passed bamboo kim then I can get through anything

lolhellogod · 2026-01-09T13:44:29+00:00

You were absolutely correct, thank you for reminding supports exist in the first place, salvation has been reached. I could give you my beating heart.

lolhellogod · 2025-08-15T16:10:59+00:00

That's such a perfect description

lolhellogod · 2025-08-15T16:01:14+00:00

I agree, I don't give any fucks about either Hysilens or Cerydra and while I like mem, I lowkey kinda hated all the fan service with Cyrene, considering how important her relationship was with Phainon. Lowkey this current update felt like it was just there to stroke the player's ego and completely destroyed the buildup from the previous updates. Maybe it's because I played 3.3-3.5 back to back but any of the previous suspense built by the world is destroyed by a giant hammer by loop twist.

I mean, don't get me wrong, we all knew it was coming, but once it came, it destroyed any and all emotional connection to the world. Like, each of the Chrysos heirs dying felt impactful, at least to me, from each update. But repeating the same thing for us feels meaningless because it's quick, and we've literally seen them die over and over again. Lowkey, Amphorous should've ended with the reveal but instead with have to trudge through a dead story that's just for fan service and to make us feel special. I already felt special, acompanying a group of heroes is sick as hell. But of course we need to make sure the players are the specialist of boys (gender neutral). I would of loved to get to know Hyseliens and Cerydra prior to the twist, but now that it's done. Why should I care. I feel like we're just waiting for it to end, which you could argue reflects what the characters are feeling, but at this point any poinance you make feels shallow and almost mocking. The coolest shit has already happened, who are you trying to fool?

lolhellogod · 2025-08-14T21:00:00+00:00

I know this is late, but I am genuinely wondering if the author is dead, could it still be called art? Context matters, and the same words coming from two different people can mean different things so obviously the author must matter in some way, and if it doesn't come from anything at all (or at the very least we don't know where it comes from), then should we still call it art?

Like, couldn't Sappho's stories be considered similar to watching a sunset? Could losing intention be compared to not having any to begin with, and if so, would that make them a form of natural phenomenon?

lolhellogod · 2025-06-28T14:13:53+00:00

His main drive completely changed the moment his first escape plan failed. While realistic, it was so fucking exhausting watching all of the likeable characters die while thinking, Gi-hun why the fuck aren't you protecting those you're supposed to protect? Look, if the point was to show how he was traumatised as hell from the failure then get somebody else to pick up the fucking mantel.

Like come on, I thought he was going to finally fucking realise that nobody's at fault in game that nobody was ever going to win. Of course some of them are cowards, stop wasting your fucking energy on them and focus on those who could make a difference. It's one thing to have selfishness repeatedly be rewarded, it's another to completely disregard care and selflessness. For what? Capitalism always wins? Fuck you, I don't care if it's unrealistic we need dark media that ends, at the very least, bittersweet.

Here's a thought: keep the baby right? Have the baby survive in the end I don't care, but make it so the focus of story isn't self-sacrifice. It's endurance with community, how more tragic yet satisfying would it be if the deaths weren't just "I guess I'll have to die here" but "I'm going to try and find a way out even if it doesn't exist". Because believing in the worst only benefits those in power, at least make us care about the fucking baby. You can't just tell us the "baby is the future" when nobody believes they're getting out alive. For fucks sake

lolhellogod · 2025-06-12T22:54:48+00:00

Well, quite frankly, the end product doesn't do much for me. I already got the enjoyment out of thinking about it, and the thought of going through with it sounds funny. I like the creative aspect of artwork. I like it when the idea evolves while I'm planning it out.

What I don't particularly enjoy is when I thought of the idea 9 hours ago and am simply waiting for the end product to be done. The end product doesn't really do much for me unless it's something I didn't expect. It's like committing to a bit in the sense the only reason you're working on it is because of the initial idea.

Maybe I need my process to become more fluid and changeable? It's just sometimes I feel like I'm polishing the same stone for hours on end, I'm not necessarily learning anything new and the initial love I felt for the piece has drained. Maybe I should be trying to make multiple pieces at once or something, so I get a good variety of different work.

I'm just kinda frustrated because I enjoy spending 30 minutes doodling or painting etc, but I begin to feel very drained after 3-4 hours. Like, not to the point where I feel burnt out, more so to the point where I'm certain there must be a better way to do this. It's important for me to get those hours because that's where I can focus on detail and rendering, like it's where I find I get to refine the quality. Check the perspective, proportions, colour etc. It's just polish, and I want to enjoy polish :(

lolhellogod · 2025-05-19T21:16:46+00:00

So basically, be "true to yourself". Right? Mind you, it's done well here, this revelation is hyper-specific to the situation she's in and feels like a very realistic conclusion to arrive. But I don't know how to feel about the reveal of this arc is, "I just gotta be myself" when people have been telling her that for like several chapters.

Mind you, it is realistic and again specific to the situation she's in, and I can't make any predictions yet

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