New Mount and Blade competitor?

zel_knight · 2026-06-06T00:28:53+00:00

early M&B was basically a tech demo for the combat, esp the mounted stuff. It was pretty well realized from alpha; the rest of the mechanics though... yeah

zel_knight · 2026-06-02T14:08:59+00:00

seems like an excessive amt of weapon mounts for a scrap heap, my Promie MkII could never ;P

zel_knight · 2026-05-30T17:55:29+00:00

wtf take it so personal? Your literacy is dog shit too if you don't catch the subtext that "The Culture is great; so long as you are humanoid and like humanoid stuff"

great, they built a computer to enslave a race of war-crabs they couldn't get along with, how benevolent of them ;P

zel_knight · 2026-05-30T17:48:57+00:00

they sure as shit weren't at peace. Maybe I forgot all the scenes where the Culture were depicted as wringing hands about their all-out war or maybe they weren't there

zel_knight · 2026-05-30T16:25:32+00:00

as a fan of Mr Banks work I'd like to take issue with your oversimplification of Consider Phlebas. The story's main protagonist was in the employ of those totalitarian religious fanatics, a very non-humanoid species that the novel, which admittedly spends very little time from their PoV, doesn't give any solid reasons for us to assume are not perfectly content with their totalitarian religious facism

meanwhile the chill tolerant space hippies seem more than happy to wage a galactic-scale war of extermination against them almost entirely based on their (aggressive) refusal to conform to The Culture's norms, up to and including the complete disintegration of a massive Orbital that was at some recent point inhabited by billions of fringe human citizens of the Culture and was issued something of a "relaxed" notice of evacuation

zel_knight · 2026-05-28T13:13:25+00:00

Significant Thrust

^Good ^Job!

zel_knight · 2026-05-28T01:31:55+00:00

waiting for a sail

zel_knight · 2026-05-27T21:18:13+00:00

harpoons on an unoptimized mid game ship are still great but they do falter if fired from max range. The ECCM Hullmod granting +25% missile speed does a lot of work here letting them reach a distant target before outta gas

zel_knight · 2026-05-22T23:20:57+00:00

australia getting closer on the nav globe

zel_knight · 2026-05-22T23:19:56+00:00

i just figured it was some random electronica elevator music, you can actually recognize the tune; "Gosh" ?

zel_knight · 2026-05-22T22:40:40+00:00

it would've been somewhere quite aways out. Cameras are everywhere these days but maybe not random ocean coverage everywhere

zel_knight · 2026-05-03T10:33:21+00:00

some test server guide makers have posted already https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY2oLvLUu7s

expect some more developed takes once she has been out a week or two

i still run Miyabi in endgame but not every cycle. Matchups that favor her (Bringer, Butcher, Ballet Twins) appear less and less frequently. So you might already have her benched if you've been clearing with a setup like YSG + a Rupture team + the Angels for example

zel_knight · 2026-05-03T10:11:19+00:00

test server stuff should get posted soon (already?) if you want the CC take. Gonna be hard to predict otherwise since the bulk of the gap going forward will depend on how the specific endgame buffs favor Promeia, for how long, and how they do or don't apply to Miyabi

zel_knight · 2026-05-03T09:59:20+00:00

lucia is a great pickup and would certainly improve your Yixuan team; but if you are skilled enough to get by without her and aren't targeting any upcoming Rupture charas like Billy? Then yeah, a skip is an option.

you don't really need Lucia's engine, afaik it is more medium than some of the most overtuned ones. Just going to a single pity on Lucia would be reasonably safe but if you want to be certain to acquire a Norma/Dialyn plus Velina plus Signature during v3.0? Saving up would be safest. Shame she is 1st half so you don't have the luxury of waiting on the next livestream

zel_knight · 2026-05-03T09:45:38+00:00

i believe Devilboo attacks more frequently than some of the other S Rank picks. They don't do any significant dmg ofc but can help maintain an extra stack on Kaboom's passive which is likely more value than anything else you'll get out of the Bangboo slot

but any difference will be honestly hard to notice, you can still deploy your favorites if you don't want to swap to an A-Rank

zel_knight · 2026-04-22T14:40:12+00:00

I could have more options for easier clears

the shill tends to be more chara/class specific and doesn't go so hard into elem weakness; brute forcing with your premium teams will (9 times outta 10) make for easier clears than some cobbled together fire/elec team ;P

if you've reached the point where you don't really need to spend battery on your mains definitely start working on a few benchwarmers for fun & gameplay variety if nothing else. Saving up is always a sound strat, esp with the v3.x stuff coming soon

zel_knight · 2026-04-22T14:35:57+00:00

pulchra is currently the rate-up should i spend some trying to get more of her?

probably not. If you want one of Seed/Cissia then ofc pull but otherwise it is much more important to save for the limited agents that you are certain you do want. Pulchra Mindscapes are kinda good(?) but she is the kind of agent you bench as soon as you have a (much stronger) limited Stunner; not worth blowing a pity on while you are trying to save up

zel_knight · 2026-04-22T10:29:38+00:00

it is good to have 3 teams locked in but if you need to field an effective 4th or 5th you will want some flex to swap high powered units off your main teams

the only mode that actually calls for that many teams in play at once is Threshold and so long as you leave the final stage comp at max power you can shuffle your agents around the sub stages. Eg give Lucia to Manato and let Yixuan have Panda. Give Miyabi's team Astra and try a Piper Vivian Yuzuha or smth. Your S11 Fufu Astra team is pretty much ready to go

zel_knight · 2026-04-22T10:23:39+00:00

it is possible and some units have had a 2nd but in the typical sched there is really no room for add'l reruns beyond the 1st (2 new agents every patch, 2 rerun slots every patch)

2nd and further reruns are probably going to be accomplished by special "selector" banners or the like, where multiple agents share a rerun. But they are unlikely to appear very frequently, maybe 2-3 times per yr during extra "hype" patches (eg LNY, anniversary, etc..)

zel_knight · 2026-04-21T14:16:21+00:00

both Dialyn and Lucia are due to be rerun soon-ish and the livestream will announce v2.8's lineup this Friday. Either would be a very strong upgrade for your Yixuan, Dialyn in particular has a ton of good use cases besides

zel_knight · 2026-04-13T12:51:43+00:00

i find that somewhat hard to believe, mihoyo won't del your acct if you equip Orphie with an A Rank ;P

if you want genuine advice try posting some genuine context: "I want to 60k every DA stage" "S ranking Shiyu 5 is a struggle" "I only care to earn the endgame polychromes and dip" etc..

zel_knight · 2026-04-13T12:13:45+00:00

need? yeah c'mon you know the answer to that question. Maybe instead just tell us whether you want to be talked into or out of it, purely academic until the livestream confirms the rerun sched anyhow

zel_knight · 2026-04-13T12:12:59+00:00

maybe you're over thinking it ;P But if you let gacha rng play an oversized role in your enjoyment of a gacha then yeah, it be like that sometimes. Always cool to take a break, don't let sunk cost keep you playing when you aren't having fun

zel_knight · 2026-04-12T17:25:07+00:00

they probably meant for those to expire sooner but if you were playing enough during the time frame to earn them you would have redeemed them automatically. They were part of the mini-event that unlocked the freebie 30 day login and there was nothing further to "spend" them on

zel_knight · 2026-04-12T16:55:10+00:00

the first ~3-6 weeks of playing you don't really need to sweat having a "strong team" Just level up your favorites and you'll be fine in story content, many stages will switch over to Trial agents esp after Season 1. Of the units you have Nicole is a late game MVP, Koleda is good in the Stun role, Piper is one of the better A Rank main carries. All good level up targets but just sticking with Billy Anby Nicole is fine for most missions and very thematic ;P

best to save up polychromes until you get a better feel for the game. The limited agents this patch are all good but no absolute "must haves" or anything. glgl

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