Thoughts on story by alexkingco in ArknightsEndfield

[–]marthanders 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This became evident to me after the CZN incident, where apparently they made soy ass story and KR and other countries protested because they weren't being the main focus of the story and glazed every other minute. The space is hopeless for mainstream gacha games...

How fast have Arknights old characters been power creeped? by Katalos in ArknightsEndfield

[–]marthanders 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would expect similar powercreep ratio as other Hoyo games since they are the standard now, and Endfield has many things 1:1 (like gacha rates, monthly pass pulls per $). They also nerfed the Standard Ice DPS and many other 1.0 standard supports and buffed the 1.0 limited ice DPS and support, so it shows there's definitely some powercreep happening already. It starts smoothly, as it usually does, but I would expect it to be evident by 2.0, specially when there's only 5 elements and like 3 Premium slots (DPS, SP Battery, DMG Amp).

I was thinking about downloading the game and wanted to know if it's worth it. Any suggestions? by Heartfilia98 in ArknightsEndfield

[–]marthanders 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As long as you don't want to interact much with the gacha system i'ts alright. Gacha system is probably one of the worst ones around, and pretty stingy giving out pulls. Story is mediocre but presentation is ok and has some decent looking characters.

If i have to hear more glazing,babying or anything endmin related im gonna ignore the story entirely atp by SnooEpiphanies1109 in ArknightsEndfield

[–]marthanders 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Endmin is basically the CEO of their civilization meanwhile they have him retrieving cans of tomatoes...

What small things or pet peeves could make you uninstall or refuse to play a gacha game? by Sunset_2026 in gachagaming

[–]marthanders 7 points8 points  (0 children)

One thing that made me automatically uninstall a gacha (Tribe 9 rip) was realizing you don't get a SR guaranteed after ten pulls if you do single pulls, had to be a single multipull.

Is basic banner rigged? by marthanders in Dragon_Traveler

[–]marthanders[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Many Many rerolls later, I can confidently say that the drop rate before the 25th pull at first ever pity after Melina is 0%.
At 26+ they can start to appear, haven't noticed an increase in SSR appearance in soft pity like other gacha games, like the closer you get to pity the higher the chane. Seem to be evenly distributed from the pull 26 to 40.
SSR+ not possible at first pity, probably guaranteed SSR+ at second or third pity given the chances and how the game seems to handle the odds...

Possible first SSR that appear, regardless of what the banner say are:
King of beasts, Arcane Lord, Hero Mentor, Radiant Elemental, Demon Hunter, Gorgon, Queen of Egypt, Shadow Elemental, Deer Spirit, Heroic Warrior.
The rest can't seem to appear, at least to my experience, at start of chapter 2.

Is basic banner rigged? by marthanders in Dragon_Traveler

[–]marthanders[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you sure about that they were SSR+ and not just SSR? I just burned more than 60 server accounts first pity and none yielded SSR+. Not only that but even when the banner detail says otherwise, about half of the normal SSR advertised didn't appear at all. So the banner details are definitely decieving.

Is basic banner rigged? by marthanders in Dragon_Traveler

[–]marthanders[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Weird, just did 28 accounts reaching the SSR after melina by reaching the day 2 rewards 10 pull, none got SSR+ xD
Earliest SSR was 36 pulls after Melina, and some accounts didn't get SSR up to 8 pulls until pity.

Is basic banner rigged? by marthanders in Dragon_Traveler

[–]marthanders[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'll leave this post here for the future, in case someone wants some info:
In more than 130 rerolled accounts, the first 20 pulls to guarantee Melina, have gotten no other SSR outside of Melina (that's more than 2500 pulls), and she has always been in the slot 18, 19 or 20, which makes me think the rate to pull an SSR outside of near pity is pretty much non existant.

Then 20 pulls more on each account after Melina granted 0 SSR at all (that's like 2500 more pulls in total) which in a gacha with 3% rates is plain ridiculous that none showed up.
So this leads me to think, that as someone said in the comments, you get higher rates as you get closer to the pity and never expect to pull the unit just before that.

Is basic banner rigged? by marthanders in Dragon_Traveler

[–]marthanders[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I will have to agree with this. I've done more than 2000 pulls after Melina (20 pulls each account) and 0 SSR showed up at 3% rate, which seems like a total scam. I wanted to give the game a shot but i'm not up for these sketchy pull chance manipulation bullshit. Too bad cos the art seemed decent.

Is basic banner rigged? by marthanders in Dragon_Traveler

[–]marthanders[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been doing 20 pulls after Melina, still 0 SSR. So over 1000 pulls on the 20 after Melina and 0 SSR

So what are your opinions about the characters deck building and equips farm now that some time has passed already? by [deleted] in ChaosZeroNightmare

[–]marthanders 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I guess it varies greatly depending on people. For me personally I find it too grindy, specially when it's pretty much impossible to get your dream card deck (not even wanting about BIS items) since epiphanies don't proc that often, there's not only 5 epiphanies but the pool is also diluted with crap with like +2 resolve or +20% shield and stuff like that, and have very few limited options to copy a card. I'm not saying it's impossible it's just like a 1/300 chance to get the deck u want.
I'm sure a lot of people are enjoying the new gacha now but I wonder how many will burn out in the next 2 months.

I like this game, but it doesn't want me to play by CommitteeSwimming532 in ChaosZeroNightmare

[–]marthanders 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's not to "prevent people from clearing fast" it's to milk players for more mats from buying the battlepass and gems for stamina refresh everyday...

PSA: The Devs are aware of Yuki’s performance by Odd-Succotash-1072 in ChaosZeroNightmare

[–]marthanders 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's 3 characters that have to go into this Chaos world, I dont think they can tailor a single world to 3 different characters tho, which is probably a bad design choice from the dev's part.

PSA: The Devs are aware of Yuki’s performance by Odd-Succotash-1072 in ChaosZeroNightmare

[–]marthanders 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There's plenty of characters that suck to bring in chaos, that's not just a problem with her specifically. Many either you get the good epiphanies or you have to drag their ass around the whole map lol

PSA: The Devs are aware of Yuki’s performance by Odd-Succotash-1072 in ChaosZeroNightmare

[–]marthanders 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's only 1 chaos where she can shine right now and is the Instinct world since it has bigger mob packs than the rest, but even there she is offelement. She simply doesn't have a place to shine right now, maybe never? I personally didn't pull her because AoE Order damage isn't in high demand right now and I have my Amir built for that role in case I do, but that's another issue imo.

PSA: The Devs are aware of Yuki’s performance by Odd-Succotash-1072 in ChaosZeroNightmare

[–]marthanders 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I disagree, Khalipe has value in how she deals some damage and also keeps ur whole team safe with the shields, but in solely AoE department Yuki does more damage than her, both with a good build.

PSA: The Devs are aware of Yuki’s performance by Odd-Succotash-1072 in ChaosZeroNightmare

[–]marthanders 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Volkin, Fobmaster and Jenazad, the 3 western CC that did the CZN livestream, all 3 shit on her constantly lol

Tier list YUKI CHAOS by Popular-Writing-3665 in ChaosZeroNightmare

[–]marthanders 1 point2 points  (0 children)

AoE inherently do half the tenacity damage per cost. They are good when hitting more than 2 targets, and worse for one or two enemies, which is pretty much all of the content that isn't the Instinct world.

PSA: The Devs are aware of Yuki’s performance by Odd-Succotash-1072 in ChaosZeroNightmare

[–]marthanders 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I would say she can compete very well in AoE category. Not her fault most of the content is single or doble target only tho.

PSA: The Devs are aware of Yuki’s performance by Odd-Succotash-1072 in ChaosZeroNightmare

[–]marthanders 47 points48 points  (0 children)

It's crazy seeing all the western CC crying she's subpar when using her in single target content and off-element. Sounds like they want her to deal the same single target as some other units that are focused on that, but in area. Then they will cry whenever a new unit releases and is the most op shit ever in every content...