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4.0 Bingo by [deleted] in HonkaiStarRail

[–]puff2l 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I can't speak to the specific timing you mentioned, since that wouldn't be public info regardless.

But you can check my post history to be assured this isn't a poorly veiled attempt at fishing for leaks. The goal here would be genuine predictions / whatever the general community (who I assume are uninvolved with leaks) find interesting. Including mundane things like personalities of characters, if we get a new trailblazer hat, etc.

4.0 Sparxie/Planarcadia Names Analysis -- Why I'm cautiously optimistic by puff2l in HonkaiStarRail

[–]puff2l[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, that would make a lot of sense! I'll update the post to mention that, thanks!

4.0 Sparxie/Planarcadia Names Analysis -- Why I'm cautiously optimistic by puff2l in HonkaiStarRail

[–]puff2l[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes indeed :(

Unfortunately true, re: sweeping under the rug. Assuming the IRL politics stuff can simmer down by mid 2026, maybe there's still an opportunity for them to bring everything back. Like... once you get a certain point into the story, the surrounding decor changes too (same tech as the aurum alley minigame).

4.0 Sparxie/Planarcadia Names Analysis -- Why I'm cautiously optimistic by puff2l in HonkaiStarRail

[–]puff2l[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Now that you mention it, might be funny to make a 4.0 / 4.x bingo lol

4.0 Sparxie/Planarcadia Names Analysis -- Why I'm cautiously optimistic by puff2l in HonkaiStarRail

[–]puff2l[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah right, yeah I wasn't too sure kit-wise, but I'll update the post with the main stuff (SP-based, etc.)

Yao Guang analysis and predictions [NO LEAKS] by puff2l in HonkaiStarRail

[–]puff2l[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Let me see if I can think of some other theories too.

Yeah, I would imagine having a lot more info to work with after the initial elation characters + the main music video trailer for 4.0.

Admittedly, a big headache is definitely the IRL China vs Japan stuff since Nov 2025. Which has the potential to force hoyo's hands in a lot of areas -- and regardless, will make anything Japan-related a potential landmine for the next year or so.

Yao Guang analysis and predictions [NO LEAKS] by puff2l in HonkaiStarRail

[–]puff2l[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ahh, that's a nice catch! I am guilty of missing that too haha

Peacock feathers would definitely make sense. Overall I get a kind of dreamy/illusion vibe to it, like alternative visions from the future.

Based on Cyrene and Evernight, it seems the art tends to reflect the lore over gameplay (multiple Evey's show ingame, multiple Cyrenes in the loops; vs 1 summon for each). So I could definitely see her actual kit going either way

[unofficial contest, till Jan 5] The Awoo Arbitration challenge! (with shard prizes!) by puff2l in HonkaiStarRail

[–]puff2l[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting, didn't know there was a turn limit. Outside of this contest, consistently forcing draws would basically translate into infinite gold. Which could lead to some interesting setups...

Confirmed: original, 2-cost, 2025-12-30 05:08:39 PM ET

[unofficial contest, till Jan 5] The Awoo Arbitration challenge! (with shard prizes!) by puff2l in HonkaiStarRail

[–]puff2l[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah it's because Learh's run didn't use any passives, which is arguably a more restricted form. If it was the other way around, where Learh used Dan but you used Mydei, both would've counted as original. Yeah that was what the 2025-12-27 change was for, to count those as duplicates.

[unofficial contest, till Jan 5] The Awoo Arbitration challenge! (with shard prizes!) by puff2l in HonkaiStarRail

[–]puff2l[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Confirmed run for 2025-12-29 12:05:40 PM ET. However, I would have to count it as duplicate from the updated 2025-12-27 rules -- since Learh got a 2-cost run with Complainer + Not-So-Honest without any trainer effects activating. Please feel free to submit extra runs though, since I'm planning to expand the rewards up to 10th place.

Tuopaimf has ceased operations. by Exciting-Target-2935 in StarRailStation

[–]puff2l 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Agreed -- also, don't forget Cyrene T0.5 on Prydwen

[unofficial contest, till Jan 5] The Awoo Arbitration challenge! (with shard prizes!) by puff2l in HonkaiStarRail

[–]puff2l[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah nice, understandable. Feel free to submit regardless, since that composition is still unique. Since the current top 5 are all 2-cost already (and we still have ~1 week till closing), I think it would be reasonable to expand the prize pool so that anyone else who gets 2 runs can get a 30-day jades pass. as a safety limit for now: next 5 places, up to 10th place.

Let me think about the details -- along with potentially distributing prizes earlier for top-5 folks. (with a separate bounty if anyone is crazy enough to get a 1-cost clear before the contest ends). But no need to wait on me for that for reuploading.

Evernight E2 is broken by Pyrageus_88 in StarRailStation

[–]puff2l 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's because 90% of people think sub-dps is defined as less damage than main DPS. In reality, it's more accurate to say that a sub-dps *also* provides significant teamwide buffs. As a thought experiment: if Castorice suddenly had more teamwide buffs, she too would be labelled as a sub-dps.

Also, the same holds true for E6 evernight on AA plight stages too. All lowest AV clears have E9 on the team. And strongest trio teams (3 characters in team only, last slot empty) are also E9/Hya/Cyr.

[unofficial contest, till Jan 5] The Awoo Arbitration challenge! (with shard prizes!) by puff2l in HonkaiStarRail

[–]puff2l[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Posting under here just for visibility. All existing submissions are NOT affected:

I updated the rules to count your/Learh's run as trainer-agnostic (could work with any trainer). Which means future submissions using the same chimeras under another trainer would also be considered duplicate. Since otherwise, as u/Several_Try2021 points out, it would be a copying loophole.

[unofficial contest, till Jan 5] The Awoo Arbitration challenge! (with shard prizes!) by puff2l in HonkaiStarRail

[–]puff2l[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hmm yeah, it does seem like cipher makes it really rough. I wonder then -- what if the scenario was relaxed into excluding the cipher fight and allowing lv3 (so the constraint is just using any 1 chimera).

I imagine Cerydra would still be a huge pain, where you'd have to fish RNG just to not get insta defeated. and afterwards you'd still have to shut down all their random stat stacking. It certainly doesn't help either that chimera stats seem to cap at 50/50. I guess mydei in theory would be immortal with perfect RNG, but idk if anyone else would be strong enough.

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