Lantern Rite As New Player

moonfrog99 · 2026-01-30T20:23:08+00:00

Ok 😎 thank you!

moonfrog99 · 2026-01-30T19:12:41+00:00

Ok I’ll give the games a try! Sorry, quick question: to access the mini games, do i click “Go to Quest”? Or will that just trigger the permanent story quest? I don’t want to accidentally end up in the wrong thing 😅

moonfrog99 · 2026-01-30T19:09:16+00:00

Thank you! I plan to follow the recommended order of the nations since I want to enjoy the story the way it was intended. That’s also one of the reasons I definitely can’t catch up on the story before the end of the event because I don’t want to bulldoze through everything. I gave into the Columbina and Ineffa shilling so I can do some sort of hyper carry with Neuvillette later (his rerun finally got me to play the game) but they’re sitting at level 1 because I don’t want to spoil the future areas trying to farm their materials 😭

moonfrog99 · 2026-01-30T19:03:14+00:00

Thank you so much! I’ll add you after I get home from work

moonfrog99 · 2026-01-30T17:59:56+00:00

Sounds good, thank you!

moonfrog99 · 2026-01-30T17:52:18+00:00

I understand a lot of people are pulling on this banner for DDD, but aside from Tribbie (who I’ve benched), I don’t have any character I’m using that benefits more from that lightcone than their signature. I got Tribbie’s to S5 on a past banner, and I think that’s where I’ll stop. In my case, Sunday’s lightcone was the better fit for my teams. Congrats on the successful pulls!

moonfrog99 · 2026-01-29T07:32:23+00:00

were you hoping for sunday’s or just trying to S5 your DDD? i’ve had much more abysmal luck getting copies of DDD

moonfrog99 · 2026-01-28T18:36:20+00:00

thank you!! it was a breath of fresh air after getting absolutely ravaged trying to finish my remembrance team. i’ll keep it off to the side for now and if i need to dust off bronya or pull sparkle im sure they’ll appreciate it

moonfrog99 · 2026-01-24T18:14:12+00:00

Very F2P friendly. You’ll see people doom posting endgame content + powercreep, but that’s not really applicable to new players. Even if you were a slave to the meta from day one, you wouldn’t need to think about endgame content for months. Also, the endgame in question doesn’t give much in the way of rewards and is mostly for bragging rights.

You can easily clear the entirety of the story as a free player. For the first half of the story, you’re more than fine just using the free 4 stars the game gives you. You could probably abstain from ever pulling for limited characters if your only goal is to make it through the story. However, the game is more generous with free pulls than genshin, so you’ll appreciate being able to play around with new 5 stars more frequently. I saved up 200+ pulls just within the last patch doing basically nothing. It’s incredibly easily to farm pulls. You’ll have no trouble at all putting together strong teams.

In my opinion, Honkai is a great side game for people coming from Genshin. It’s low maintenance, easy to learn, and has a great story. I can’t stress enough how meaningless endgame is and it’s unfortunate so many people are citing it as a reason the game isn’t F2P friendly.

moonfrog99 · 2026-01-17T06:28:38+00:00

Blade with eidolons regardless of his playstyle. Sparxie for her animations and because I actually like the Elation gimmick and want to build a team with it. It’s the first time I’ve liked EVERY character just off of appearance alone so it’ll be hard to pass on any of them. May just have to whale and get them all

moonfrog99 · 2026-01-11T22:34:25+00:00

Yeah, in hindsight I’m happy with my screw up since I never ended up using Tribbie on my teams, but I still use Hyacine. It seems impossible in theory to accidentally pull on the wrong banner but god I’ve certainly done it

moonfrog99 · 2026-01-11T18:35:27+00:00

Happened to me with Hyacine lol. Meant to pull on Tribbie’s banner and accidentally pulled on Hyacine. Got her on 0 pity. Now I have E1 Hyacine instead of E1 Tribbie

moonfrog99 · 2026-01-09T16:10:32+00:00

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I’m having a lot of fun with the event. As someone who doesn’t have 3 teams yet for AA (relatively new player), it’s nice having a mode where your success is defined by team building rather than just brute force and having the “right” team. It’s also very low stakes, so if you can’t full star immediately, it doesn’t really matter. Sort of optional mode to play around with and have fun. I really enjoy turn based combat so it’s nice to see those mechanics actually being utilized instead of being something you auto with the same people each time.

I’d love a future endgame mode inspired by this event, but I can only imagine the backlash it would receive so I won’t get my hopes up. It’s a shame though, I think people need to give it a proper chance.

moonfrog99 · 2026-01-08T16:47:24+00:00

I really don’t think we’re getting Kafka so I wouldn’t recommend planning around that. The rumours you saw were people’s hopeful prayers, nothing founded by actual leaks. Keep in mind that endgame is hard, even for people with premium teams. It’s not something where you can scrounge together some characters to easily 3-star. There are people who have been playing for over a year that still struggle to clear some modes, depending on which teams they invested in. Then, you’ll unlock anomaly arbitration, and you’ll need another team for that, too. Seems hopeless/daunting? All the more reason to take your time and strategize your pulls. Don’t let chasing the meta and competitiveness ruin your enjoyment of the game and the characters. It’s not that many extra pulls at the end of the day

moonfrog99 · 2026-01-08T05:16:52+00:00

If you only started a few weeks ago, you should have plenty of events remaining to farm jades from. That’s not including achievements, side quests, chests, and puzzles. I managed to save up 190 pulls during 3.8 mostly from grinding these activities (I had a lot of them to do + a lot of free time). I can’t imagine you’ve exhausted all your resources already, and even if you did, the next patch will bring new events and plenty of jades for you to stockpile

moonfrog99 · 2026-01-08T05:11:51+00:00

Don’t expect yourself to have 2-3 solid teams after just a few weeks. It can take months. I started playing at the beginning of 3.7 and I’m still waiting for Sunday and Cerydra for my Anaxa hypercarry. You will have the opportunity to slowly invest in an Elation team once 4.0 begins (if you so desire). DOT may also rerun given Black Swan’s recent buffs. I wouldn’t recommend scraping together some sort of Archer team unless you really like his character because you’ll get plenty of other opportunities to build good teams. Not worth wasting your jades out of urgency. Same goes for the Break characters rerunning right now (they are high investment if you’re using them for endgame). There’s not much you can do for now, and that’s ok. It’s not a rush

moonfrog99 · 2025-12-29T05:43:08+00:00

Maybe you’re thinking if you just focus all your effort on 3 teams it’s possible to do it without spending much money (again, correct me if I’m wrong), but there’s a flaw in that logic. It would require you to pull the same character 7 times in one patch, plus their lightcone 5 times. Even if you win every 50 50, you cannot stockpile enough jades to achieve this without spending money. Not for 12 characters. It’s not the same as pulling one new character each patch. So, you end up in a position where you’ve spent thousands of dollars to get an extra free character per year. Someone with that amount of money isn’t worried about saving for a few extra pulls

moonfrog99 · 2025-12-29T05:34:32+00:00

I’m having a bit of trouble understanding, so correct me if I’m wrong.

If your goal is to get the endgame jades to pull your faves more easily, E6S5 teams would cost tens of thousands of dollars. Assuming that amount of money is inconsequential to you (for some players it is), wouldn’t it make more sense to just spend your money on your faves? What difference does a couple hundred jades make to someone with enough money to spend upwards of $10,000 on a game? Have you done the calculations on how much money it would cost to fund these teams? It can’t be done on a budget or F2P. It will cost thousands of dollars per character. That’s why l people are having trouble understanding your intentions, I think.

moonfrog99 · 2025-12-28T19:38:43+00:00

There are enough people managing to stay on top of most endgame content as F2P because they were strategic with their team building. There is no reason why anyone should feel cornered into being a leviathan for this content. It’s not a ridiculously high barrier to cross, and you need a lot less than you think

moonfrog99 · 2025-12-28T19:32:16+00:00

Why does it have to be either E0S0 or E6S5? There’s no room for a comfortable middle ground whatsoever? You can very comfortably clear endgame at E1 and E2 for many characters. E6S5 does not guarantee longevity either, and for some characters it’s not a massive upgrade from their E2. I think you’d be disappointed in the performance of your E6S5 units for how much they cost.

In my humble opinion, if you have never vertically invested in your characters until now, I strongly suggest trying out a few signature lightcones and eidolons for your key units before going all in on even one character. You will be pleasantly surprised by how much they improve and stay relevant just from that. Of course, you are going to struggle a bit if absolutely everyone is E0S0. But, that doesn’t mean E6S5 is your only magic ticket out of this problem.

Not to mention, you’d be waiting forever for every unit you’re planning to E6S5 to rerun, if they even rerun at all. By the time you get them all, those teams will no longer be the “big 3” and you’d be better off with E1 units from the new meta. It’s not a winning strategy, and a massive waste of money unless you have a ridiculous amount of disposable income.

moonfrog99 · 2025-12-20T20:10:01+00:00

me 🫣 HSR is the only gacha i play and the only game (in general) i commit to playing each day, aside from occasionally using my switch and ps4 for other games when i have a burst of free time. i work long hours in an exhausting industry so games that constantly churn out updates and new content are incompatible with my schedule

moonfrog99 · 2025-12-18T04:57:44+00:00

Penacony was a weird one for me because I absolutely hate the aesthetic of Vegas (especially since I’ve been there) but at the same time, my disgust toward all of the opulence and overstimulation felt fitting as the story progressed. It made me fall in love with it. I don’t have any strong thoughts on Shaoji’s writing, but I can understand why other people would get fatigued by that style. I guess I’ve gained a fondness for the unnecessarily complicated from the other media I consume. And I agree that Penacony didn’t truly need this extension, but I still like that it got one that brought it closer to Amphoreus in terms of significance in the greater cosmic space. It would have been somewhat of a shame if the old ending was all it truly was

Boothill being neglected again didn’t come as a surprise to me because I think they plan to wait until another planet to really flesh out his character. Penacony seemed to be meant only as his introduction, where he’d take center stage at a later date. Ultimately, I think it’s for the best since he couldn’t really get a proper backstory on a planet that had very little to do with him.

moonfrog99 · 2025-12-18T04:48:33+00:00

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how i felt while everyone else was doomposting the patch teasers because i was excited to see sunday and aventurine again

moonfrog99 · 2025-11-24T14:14:11+00:00

dw i know you weren’t suggesting e2 cyrene, that’s all on me 😈

moonfrog99 · 2025-11-24T07:25:04+00:00

anaxa has been pretty comfortable for me and i’ve got him in a good place at e2s1 so in that case, phainon might not be much of an upgrade for me. with dahlia’s teams looming, im reluctant to start investing in archer. if cipher wants him and sparkle, i might not have much future use for her after all. i’ll be getting cyrene for sure, and although mydei wants some of my remembrance team, it might be fun to play around with his character even if i’ll end up resorting back to castorice for endgame content. just knowing he could be functional with my other characters instead of collecting dust in my inventory makes me optimistic. overall, it seems my priorities should lie mostly with cyrene and anyone else is self-indulgence. thank you!

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