I ended up spamming lmd stage. I have to upgrade my base again SOMEDAY. But I ended up using up most of it to get Hoshi to e1 max lvl.

Btw...DID WE JUST GET T4 MATS FROM DAILY MISSIONS? THATS LIKE MORE THAN A STAMINA POT!

Yeah. Really glad for the orirock concentration from last week. Got my Shaw's skill 1 to mastery 3.

You should farm the loxic kohl and grindstone stages in AF event btw. There's better drop rates for both of them, but loxic kohl specifically while you can choose to stack on grindstones or not.

So... I got bored with MR and YTer I watch made entire video praising the game and since I always liked tower defenses (didn't even think gacha games can not have a generic rpg-like turn base gameplay) I decided to give it a shot little over 3 weeks ago. So far I'm very impressed and happy with the game. We'll see how long that lasts. I got to 4-10 in story and until that point it feels very generic and nothing special. I understand what they were going for, but I don't really think the way they handled Doctor as gimmick for player self-insert is working for me. I like Amiya just fine, but she's not Mash or Iroha. I really like the aesthetic and designs of characters, but sadly not many really stood out to me in terms of personality. Then again, I didn't really try to read up on them much yet. As much as I like to shit on FGO gameplay-wise, story-wise and character-wise they're killing it.

The game is seriously generous with free stuff, pity systems are really good and prices are actually reasonable and worth the money compare to MR and FGO (for the most part). In fact it's so good, the game pretty much makes me want to spend money on it. Still, I decided to go mostly free to play. I bought Gummy pack (cos it's dirty cheap and because Gummy), the Guarantee 6 star pack (obviously) and monthly pass (because it's actually amazing compare to MR's) and in future I'll probably spend money on skins if I run out of originum and I really like the skin. So far I have no waifus or characters I must have in general and I hope it'll stay that way (so I don't even check future characters), because so far I took approach of rolling on every banner once for guarantee and being happy with w/e I get from it. So far I am very happy with stuff I got.

I like that it takes time to lvl up operators even from early levels and game forces you to invest in many different ones and you can't just rush through game with few units, because it gives you a lot to do and I don't see maxing everyone out and getting bored with the game anytime soon. I mean, I didn't even max level any single E1 operator I have yet and I don't see E2'ing anyone for at least next half a year and I actually like that. In fact for very long time I was barely lvling them and enjoyed challenging and beating stages despite being half recommended level most of the time. Only now I'm starting to hit the cap and I need to level them up. Only thing I don't like so far is that promoting increases DP cost. It's annoying, because it makes me not want to promote some operators and a lot of times my timing and strategy was very tied, so promoting them actually make those unavailable. It also makes -2 points from potential pretty much required. Instead of being a nice bonus for dropping another copy, it becomes more of a way to going back to default state. You no longer gain advantage, but rather nullify disadvantage.

At first the base felt overwhelming and I didn't really like it, so I was considering just not paying attention to it at all, but now that I got hang of it I actually really like that you have something else to do, especially once you run out of AP Sanity. Managing operators is pretty fun and thanks to maxing facilities, I don't need to farm exp anymore and I only need to farm LMD occasionally when I'm in serious need for it. Having to wait for drones to recharge was a huge pain, but now that I don't need them anymore (for now), using them to speed up trade/production is really handy and makes you even more self-sufficient. Also spending almost a hour decorating your dormitories, so they'll look actually livable, despite it having no gameplay effect whatsoever stares.

I got Hoshiguma from my guarantee 6 star, Exusiai on her Drillelectric banner and Ch'en from guarantee pack. I was the most interested in Eyjafjalla, but I like Ch'en gameplay-wise (hate her as character).

So I have few questions:
1. I keep hearing about some free unit. Was it something only given at launch or it was only available for short period after creating account and I missed it?
2. So I'm hearing Nian (outside of welfares) is the first limited operator in AK. Does she start a trend or limited operators are actually rare? Cos I really hate limited stuff and was wondering how bad AK is with it.
3. So I'm reading that Savage is given as a preregistration reward for EN players. Can I still get her?
4. Is there anything else I should be aware of?
5. Does clue 1 actually exist?

Nobody is adding me, so I need friends: Nevri#5685

EDIT/ Also forgot to praise how amazing auto deploy is. After having to deal for so long with MR's dumb AI that can lose even unlosable fights, having only small chance once in a blue moon that something goes wrong, as long as you cleared it in reliable way, is such a nice change of pace.

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So I have few questions:
1. I keep hearing about some free unit. Was it something only given at launch or it was only available for short period after creating account and I missed it?
2. So I'm hearing Nian (outside of welfares) is the first limited operator in AK. Does she start a trend or limited operators are actually rare? Cos I really hate limited stuff and was wondering how bad AK is with it.
3. So I'm reading that Savage is given as a preregistration reward for EN players. Can I still get her?
4. Is there anything else I should be aware of?
5. Does clue 1 actually exist?

1. There were a bunch of welfare units that were given out during events: Grani, Flamebringer, Ceylon, and Bison. AFAIK, they are limited in the sense that they are tied to the events and have not yet been released outside of said events. There was also a choose a 5 star (iirc between Liskarm, Silence, Projekt Red, and Pramanix) but that was also only available for a limited time.

2. Nian is indeed the first limited operator. As of now, there will be a second one, W but we are expecting more to come. Limited banners make money after all. This is not necessarily part of your question, but with limited banners, there exists a spark system. After 300 rolls, one is given currency to just buy one of the rate up units in the limited banner. That's a lot of rolls but at least that guarantee exists.

3. Savage is the other free op and yes, you will probably get her in the future, because in CN, Savage was given away again during the anniversary.

4. Recruitment. Be wary of recruitment tags as certain combinations guarantee an operator and no to mention the mythical Top Operator tag that guarantees a 6 star. Also the certificates shop. Good source of mats if you have gotten a lot of dupes.

5. Yes, but clue 4 is a myth.

Wow this is a review. XD Glad you're liking the game, I'm still playing MR but I found this after MR and liked it for a lot of the same gameplay reasons.

1. Free units are sometimes provided with events. Most recent time that happened was roughly two months ago in Code of Brawl where Bison (5* defender) and his tokens could be acquired through completing missions.

2. Limited operators are really rare in Arknights. From what I know, there's only two in CN, with Nian being one of them.

3. I would like to know the same. I think not though, because there isn't even a way to increase her potential. Edit: I stand corrected per Myrhh's post.

4. a. Because sanity is hard to come by, acquiring materials for promotion is time-locked, but half a year would be a long time to not have any E2s, unless you're playing very casually. I've been playing for slightly more than two months and have two E2s and will soon have enough resources for a third. I've also max leveled the majority of the E1s I use the most. But at the same time, E2s aren't necessary at all in the early game as everything can be cleared with low rarity, E1 operators. Arknights is really balanced.
   b. If you haven't already, be sure to buy stuff from the cert and credit shops.
   c. Hit the orundum limit in annihilation every week. Try to increase the limit by clearing as much of annihilation 2 as possible. Annihilation 3 also increases the limit, but your units probably aren't strong enough.

5. Once you friend enough people, you'll see that clue 4 is the real devil. E2 Saria increases clue 1 rates though.

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Speaking of Recruitment, Gamepress has a handy tag filter you can use to find good tag combinations: https://gamepress.gg/arknights/tools/arknights-recruitment-tag-filter. Generally you'll want to go for combos that guarantee 4-stars or higher, like Sniper+Slow or AOE+Guard. Keep an eye out for the mythical Senior Operator/Top Operator tags, which result in 5 and 6-star operators respectively. There's also the exceptionally rare Robot tag which results in the 1-star operators Lancet-2 and Castle-3. While they're pretty niche in battle, they do have very useful base skills.

There's also the exceptionally rare Robot tag which results in the 1-star operators Lancet-2 and Castle-3. While they're pretty niche in battle, they do have very useful base skills.

They're also cute. :3

There's also the exceptionally rare Robot tag which results in the 1-star operators Lancet-2 and Castle-3. While they're pretty niche in battle, they do have very useful base skills.

They're also cute. :3

Yes, that too.

By the way, is anyone preparing for the next Contingency Contract? I barely managed to do Risk 18 on the last one, so I should be fine since Barren Land is supposedly easier. Though I might try Risk 19+, not sure about that yet.

By the way, is anyone preparing for the next Contingency Contract? I barely managed to do Risk 18 on the last one, so I should be fine since Barren Land is supposedly easier. Though I might try Risk 19+, not sure about that yet.

Yeah, it's one of the reasons my Shaw's skill 1 is now mastery 3. I am taking it slow now in leveling. Been spending a lot of time grinding for so many E2s. However, I might focus more on getting more skills to mastery like Saria's skills.

Oh hi Nev, welcome~
I see your questions were already answered pretry well. You can always check the OP for useful links if you still need more info or just the recruitment link.
Also, try getting Angelina, I know you'll like her. And don't worry, limited units are not as bad as in FGO.

And now that the next CC was mentioned. You should probably think about getting some E2 before that drops.

Thanks for all friend accepts! <3

myrrhmidon posted:

1. There were a bunch of welfare units that were given out during events: Grani, Flamebringer, Ceylon, and Bison. AFAIK, they are limited in the sense that they are tied to the events and have not yet been released outside of said events. There was also a choose a 5 star (iirc between Liskarm, Silence, Projekt Red, and Pramanix) but that was also only available for a limited time.

I thought I should have specified more, but yes, I meant the pick your free 5 star.

1. Nian is indeed the first limited operator. As of now, there will be a second one, W but we are expecting more to come. Limited banners make money after all.

Yea, I'm aware. MR is pretty good about it, FGO is atrocious. More than half of rare units are limited in 1 way or another. It's not like I don't understand why they do it, but it doesn't change the fact I don't like it.

This is not necessarily part of your question, but with limited banners, there exists a spark system. After 300 rolls, one is given currency to just buy one of the rate up units in the limited banner. That's a lot of rolls but at least that guarantee exists.

After posting I read through thread so I was aware of it. It's nice that this mechanic exists, but considering my approach to rolling, I'm not going to ever use it. I ask, since as I decided to only roll on every banner once, I was wondering if I'll be missing out on a lot of operators if I won't get them with my first 10 roll.

1. Savage is the other free op and yes, you will probably get her in the future, because in CN, Savage was given away again during the anniversary.

I see. From what I read gameplay-wise her and other 4 welfare operators aren't that good, so I'm not too bothered by missing on them, but still they're free units and Savage and Grani do look cute. So it's nice I might still get her. Also I wasn't exactly sure how the whole "preregistration" thing worked in the first place?

1. Recruitment. Be wary of recruitment tags as certain combinations guarantee an operator and no to mention the mythical Top Operator tag that guarantees a 6 star.

Yea, I read all about recruitment. Sadly I wasn't too lucky with tags so far. I obviously already maxed all 3 stars and I'm half way done with maxing starters, but I'm really not getting any guarantee 4+ star or specific operator combinations. I got debuff tag once. I got AoE few times, but almost never with tags that guarantee at least 4 star. I got Specialist once I think. I got senior operator once, but couldn't guarantee anyone outside of Mayer (and from what I read she doesn't seem that good), cos I also got my first (I think) summon tag with it, so i picked senior operator solo to get spooked by someone and of course I got Mayer XD. Got crowd control once, so of course when I picked it I got another copy of Mayer. Got support once and recruited Dobermann. Never got nuker, robot or top operator. For how supposedly rare they are I get fast redeployment and shift quite often, usually together, so I already maxed out potential of Gravel, Shaw and I'm 1 away from maxing Rope. And that's counting 2-3 times when solo shift tag on 9 hours got crossed out...

I understand it's free way to get operators, so I can't really complain how unreliable it's, but it's really frustrating when tags seems to barely change after every refresh. I legit had more times than I count situation where I press refresh and only 1-2 tags changes, rest stays exactly the same in the exact same position, making me to start believe it only refreshes 1 tag, not entire set of tags.

Also the certificates shop. Good source of mats if you have gotten a lot of dupes.

Yea, I got the hang on shop already. Especially considering I roll every banner I already got good amount. Also was able to buy Meteorite and Liskarm from it (I really like they let you do this). I have to admit it took me a week to notice refund tokens button. Before that I was wondering what you can do with them or if they'll just keep on accumulating and collect dust in depot.

1. Yes, but clue 4 is a myth.

I started playing with a friend and we can collect other clues just fine, but we both would often not get clue 1 for 2-3 days in a row leading to it becoming our in-joke. In fact clue 7 seems to really love me stares

riverFlower posted:

Wow this is a review. XD

I just had a lot good to say about it x3

I'm still playing MR

Oh I'm still playing MR, but mainly for the story since I pretty much maxed out my account. I'll get around to catching up and writing in thread... someday...

1. Free units are sometimes provided with events. Most recent time that happened was roughly two months ago in Code of Brawl where Bison (5* defender) and his tokens could be acquired through completing missions.

Yes, I'm aware of welfares and their concept is nothing new to me xP

1. Limited operators are really rare in Arknights. From what I know, there's only two in CN, with Nian being one of them.

Oh, that's good to hear!

1. a. Because sanity is hard to come by, acquiring materials for promotion is time-locked, but half a year would be a long time to not have any E2s, unless you're playing very casually.

Yea, getting highest rarity materials and dual chips seems like the hardest part, real pain and will take forever, but from what I read in thread it seems like you can get them in events, so I guess it makes it somewhat easier. And honestly, when I was trying to get a feel about game I watched 1 random youtuber and later all his beginner guides videos and he really scared me with how whaling, getting top operators and maxing everyone makes game incredibly easy and not challenging at all, so I kinda was afraid to pull best units and max out my operators too fast, as I really enjoy the challenge at my current levels.

b. If you haven't already, be sure to buy stuff from the cert and credit shops.

Yup. Got hang of credit shop as well.

c. Hit the orundum limit in annihilation every week. Try to increase the limit by clearing as much of annihilation 2 as possible. Annihilation 3 also increases the limit, but your units probably aren't strong enough.

I already defeated 400 in Anni 2. Anni 3 is indeed completely out of my reach for now, but I still did managed to reach 250 enemies milestone. Got close to 300 with 283 defeated, maybe I should try again now that I lvl'ed up/promoted some new operators, but I'm already done with limit for this week and planned to give Anni 3 another shot next one.

1. Once you friend enough people, you'll see that clue 4 is the real devil. E2 Saria increases clue 1 rates though.

If only I had her xP And I'm bullied by clue 1 anyway stares

Norainhere posted:

While they're pretty niche in battle, they do have very useful base skills.

I really like idea of Lancet, but so far I didn't really had any success in actually using her outside of using her as sacrifice to Sarkaz casters, since she costs next to nothing and doesn't have deployment cost. Also she really only becomes more useful as emergency burst healer once you max out her potential.

random posted:

They're also cute. :3

Yup. Lancet is adorable.

Rye posted:

You can always check the OP for useful links if you still need more info or just the recruitment link.

Yea, I already found all those sites. I'm also using (obviously) fandom in conjunction with gamepress,

Also, try getting Angelina, I know you'll like her.

I see. We'll see if rng will be kind to me xP

And now that the next CC was mentioned. You should probably think about getting some E2 before that drops.

Yea, from what I got from your conversation about CC, seems like that's the place to challenge yourself and really get mileage from all the operators you E2. Obvious downside is that it isn't available all the time. And well there's still issue of E2 potentially trivializing all the content outside of it.

Rye posted:

Weird question: do you guys farm skill books CA-3 or CA-5? I usually need more green books so I swapped to CA-3, but now that I'm doing mastery lvls I am running a bit low on both.

I was wondering the same thing and wasn't sure if CA-3 is more efficient than CA-5, but I figured while farming CA-5, you also farm skill 3 summaries, which you can never have too many, especially since 6 star operators gulp them down like crazy. And yes, I already beat all the highest levels of "daily" missions.

Rye posted:

TeaAppleSauce

Wheeze this is probably the only memorable thing WatchMojo has ever given us.

Oh, I was wondering what that meme is about and if it has any connection to Exusiai saying apple pie while fighting. On that topic, what memes do AK have? Very important question.

Rye posted:

Just don't overflow and exit for the final run since you don't get saninty back even if you only get rewards for 100 kills.

I tried really hard, but I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean by overflow and why would you want to exit?

Stuff I forgot to post last time + few other things:

This, ngl, looks amazing. Also my sides xD

Is there a way to check 6 star pity counter?

Also I really like that game doesn't force you to use support like all other gachas, because I really enjoy beating stages using only my own operators. On that topic. I know using support daily give you guys few credits, but I feel like it's not really that necessary once you have a lot of friends and can reliably get clue exchange going all the time, but still do any of you want me to try and remember to always use their support once? I can do it while farming some low level mats.

Speaking of mats, I really like that while you can farm them the normal way, you also have a option to just make them. One of most annoying thing in other gachas was when you had few mats that you never use and they keep on piling on, while others you are constantly low on, so I appreciate that you can just turn them into something else. Same reason I like option to exchange 3 chips for 2 of other class.

So now about story and lore...

While I understand the reason for Doctor's amnesia, it kinda feels like a waste that they apparently were some amazing tactician and chemist, which we know will never become a focus since player character can't have actual character and backstory. In fact them getting the amnesia actually hurts a bit, because they were supposed to find a cure to Oripathy and were one of few people even capable of doing it, but now that thread is completely lost. I mean sure, even if we weren't Doctor, I bet there would be a lot of talk about trying to find cure and failed attempts, but no cure would ever be actually found, but still there would be some kind of sliver of hope running through entire story. Doctor having amnesia removes all of that. And man, Doctor is really boring and their presence completely irrelevant. I feel like I might as well pick only "..." dialogue options since Doctor has no personality or charm whatsoever. Even Gudako, that technically is self-insert character as well, has more personality and even have some great lines.

I read that from what we do know about Doctor past, they were apparently very ruthless and coldhearted, deploying operators without caring about their safety. Why the hell then Amiya is so attached to them? Knowing that also made parts when Kal talks to Doctor and tells them to watch over Amiya and support her really weird, because from my impression they wouldn't be the person to do that? I know they technically have amnesia, so they're not exactly themselves, but what guarantee Kal has that those traits are not inherent to Doctor and they won't still act similar to their past self despite the amnesia?

I'm not sure I understand how Penguin Logistics is supposed to work. Or what they even are I guess. At first they were presented as some sort of company that helps you get from place to place. Simple enough. They supposedly are the only ones who know some super extra secret routes, but can't anyone simply hire them as well? But ignoring that, what kinda lost me was when they actually actively engaged into combat with Reunion. What happens if opposite site hire them as well? Are they going to fight each other? Unless it was more of them self-defending against Reunion that attacked them and I guess in this world being able to defend yourself isn't anything weird or surprising and makes sense.

So Reunion... I have nothing against the world and setting so far. Even the whole Infected are oppressed works fine for me. But as was mentioned before, even if Reunion's goal is understandable to a degree and I can even get behind them deciding to fight back and not hold back after all the discrimination they experienced, what makes it really hard to sell them to me is the fact that all of their leaders seems to be complete psychos, in there for the lulz or not giving a damn in general. I mean, if they at least were presented as somewhat better alternative to their current live, but they made a point to show and tell you multiple time that Reunion's leaders don't care about their solders at all, leaving them to die or sending them on suicidal missions. How I'm supposed to take them seriously as a group with a point, when even they seems to not give a fuck about Infected? That scene where Amiya was talking with Misha on phone and we were hearing Reunion solders was totally supposed to humanize them to us and show that we're killing normal people just like us, but it didn't work for me, because so far all Reunion's leaders ever did was acting like stereotypical evil villains.

On topic of Misha, that entire little arc was cringe af to me. While reasons for Misha to join Reunion was somewhat understandable, I couldn't take it seriously, because the main reason she turned against Rhodos Island was because Skullshatterer fed her bullcrap. He talks how RI is just as evil as everyone else and are killing Reunion members. He seems to forgot that it was them that attacked us first when we were minding our own business rescuing Doctor and in fact didn't even know Reunion existed at this point. And not only they attacked us, they did it deliberately and tried to do everything in their power to kill us. So yea, sorry, but your argument is invalid. And of course we kill Skullshatterer in front of Misha's eyes and she joins them to avenge him. I saw it coming from miles away and only thing I didn't predict was us actually killing Misha soon after.

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You can actually clear risk 18 of the next CC with an E1 squad, it's really easy.

https://youtu.be/mzwpy33P4Lo

The video used: E1 lvl 50 Nearl, E1 lvl 50 Gummy, E1 lvl 50 Cuora, E1 lvl 40 Courier, E1 lvl 30 Shaw, E1 lvl 30 Gravel, E1 lvl 50 Spot

YarnGirl posted:

You can actually clear risk 18 of the next CC with an E1 squad, it's really easy.

https://youtu.be/mzwpy33P4Lo

The video used: E1 lvl 50 Nearl, E1 lvl 50 Gummy, E1 lvl 50 Cuora, E1 lvl 40 Courier, E1 lvl 30 Shaw, E1 lvl 30 Gravel, E1 lvl 50 Spot

Nice. Out of those I only don't have Nearl.

You could replace her with someone similar, or just use a support Nearl

I already defeated 400 in Anni 2. Anni 3 is indeed completely out of my reach for now, but I still did managed to reach 250 enemies milestone. Got close to 300 with 283 defeated, maybe I should try again now that I lvl'ed up/promoted some new operators, but I'm already done with limit for this week and planned to give Anni 3 another shot next one.

As someone who autos Anni 3 regularly, I honestly just do it for the challenge and seeing SilverAsh wipe out the 350 wave. Wouldn't recommend it to casual players. Even just Anni 2 is enough. For the challenge tho? I find it fun. Goodluck with your attempts.

Oh, I was wondering what that meme is about and if it has any connection to Exusiai saying apple pie while fighting. On that topic, what memes do AK have? Very important question.

SilverAsh posting aka the Arknights' version of Chrisposting from Resident Evil. There is also the "under the table" meme. Amiya is a donkey. Crownslayer bullying.

Just don't overflow and exit for the final run since you don't get saninty back even if you only get rewards for 100 kills.

I tried really hard, but I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean by overflow and why would you want to exit?

I think what is being referred to there is that X amount of kills in Anni can refund you sanity if you retreat or fail. I think?

Is there a way to check 6 star pity counter?

Sadly no. Gotta manual count or estimate.

So now about story and lore...

There will be more dialogue options later but I dont think it will improve your perception on the Doctor. Obviously yes, self-insert character despite the plot importance. BIG SPOILERS Not necessarily about a cure tho. Doctor was a neurologist and indeed had knowledge of military tactics/strats cause he was initially part of Babel, an organization siding with Theresa, former queen of Kazdel (demon country). Loli Amiya was shown and she may be related to Theresa somehow or perhaps she sees Doc as a foster father? Not a lot of things have been revealed or clear yet so I may not even be fully correct there but just what I know.

Penguin Logistics is technically a courier service. They deliver goods. Just so happens the world is dangerous so they are an armed courier service bordering on paramilitary. They worked with RI cause they were supposed to secure a package aka Misha.

On Misha, well, I respect your opinion, but honestly I kinda get her and the rest of Reunion in a way. Getting infected sucks. No cure and instant discrimination. The infected are just lashing out with no actual concrete goal in sight. Just revenge. Skullshatterer is mostly that but also just wanted to reunite with his sister Misha. This is the main reason why Misha joined Reunion, not actually revenge, but to carry on her brother's "legacy". Basically, family was her reason. She could have joined RI, but her brother wasn't here. Definitely, no one was innocent there. Also in chapter 6 details will be revealed that their situation was even worse or sadder imo.

Double posting cause I just finished my rolls. Got Nian in less than 20 rolls, but Aak needed to trigger the pity aka had to roll at least 50 more times. Thankfully was doing single rolls so I saved up on 10 roll tickets.

I already defeated 400 in Anni 2. Anni 3 is indeed completely out of my reach for now, but I still did managed to reach 250 enemies milestone.

Wow already? Actually I don't remember how long it took me solve annihilation 2. You're in a good spot though since that's the primary way of getting orundum.

I'm sad they only gave us one ten-roll while CN got 20. But either way, I only have 44 rolls right now and I'm starting to think using them on Nian doesn't make sense. Gamepress summon simulator gives me 1/8 or less chance of getting Nian in 40 rolls, which is sobering. But I am lacking just 9 yellow certs before I can buy Silverash, so there is still something in it for me if my rolls are shit. And there will be annihilation reset next week. Ah well time to yolo.

And man, Doctor is really boring and their presence completely irrelevant.

Yes, yes they are boring. Although because they've been set up as a major player, Doctah could still do plot stuff in the future while having zero personality. It's amazingly easier to retcon amnesiac character's personalities, but five chapters and counting of the good Docter doing nothing is a bit much to retcon. Cuora has more personality than them. The only way they could fix this imo is if they provided some reason for why Docter's a complete blank slate. Or you know, let them regain their memories, as they seem to have no indication of doing.

RIP me, I managed to get Aak and 5 Hungs but no Nian after 50 rolls. Ah well.

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It took 60 rolls but I got Nian, I wasn't even planning to roll for her but I had a sudden urge to do it. I am now down to 19 rolls, luckily Arknights is generous with rolls so it shouldn't take long to get more.

I also got Nearl and Hung, I will probably level them both up eventually but I will level the best one first

myrrhmidon posted:

For the challenge tho? I find it fun.

Yea, I approach all missions as puzzles to solve. I'm not getting discouraged when I fail them, in fact it only motivates me more. It's common for me to spend all 30 daily plans and half a day repeating the same map over and over until I figure out the perfect set up. It does make actually spending Sanity a bit hard though x3"

Goodluck with your attempts.

Thanks!

SilverAsh posting aka the Arknights' version of Chrisposting from Resident Evil.

Only posting I know is Baneposting. So SilverAsh has very quotable lines and perfect for any context?

There is also the "under the table" meme.

What the hell is that about x3?

Amiya is a donkey.

Oh I read about that on fandom wiki just the other day.

Crownslayer bullying.

Is there some special reason for that?

I think what is being referred to there is that X amount of kills in Anni can refund you sanity if you retreat or fail. I think?

Yea, but I didn't know you can retreat and still keep rewards?

Penguin Logistics is technically a courier service. They deliver goods. Just so happens the world is dangerous so they are an armed courier service bordering on paramilitary. They worked with RI cause they were supposed to secure a package aka Misha.

Oh, thanks. That makes a lot more sense!

On Misha, well, I respect your opinion, but honestly I kinda get her and the rest of Reunion in a way. Getting infected sucks. No cure and instant discrimination. The infected are just lashing out with no actual concrete goal in sight. Just revenge.

Oh no, I totally get that. It was mostly Skullshatterer talking shit about RI when in fact it was Reunion themselves that antagonized RI against them. And well I can't say I'm a fan of how radical RI is presented, making them to look like the clear bad guys instead of someone with the point and giving morality more gray area. And in the end I guess I am pretty naive and hope for happy endings, so I was kinda hoping the whole Misha thing will be resolved relatively peacefully and she might even join RI cos she seemed pretty cute. But I can mostly totally understand the way it went down though. It's just that it really left no emotional impact on me, which is annoying because I clearly knew I was supposed to make me feel things about it. The way game was presenting it was pretty clear on that.

riverFlower posted:

Wow already? Actually I don't remember how long it took me solve annihilation 2. You're in a good spot though since that's the primary way of getting orundum.

It was relatively easy. I guess I have really good tanks and dps. The hardest part was the last assault and killing the damn wrath leaders. My defense fallen apart at the end, but I still cleared everyone, so it wasn't clear win. I can easily auto it now though. I wish I knew about Shaw cheese, before I spend 200 ap figuring out how to kill those wrath leaders though >.> And yes I totally killed them...

Gamepress summon simulator gives me 1/8 or less chance of getting Nian in 40 rolls, which is sobering.

Remember that in the end it's all RNG and you can get her with first roll or you could roll 1000 times and not get her, so imo don't overthink it and just go for it. Don't think. Feel!

Forgot to mention, but as someone from Poland every time I see mention of Knights of Kazimierz I can't help but find it funny x3

Rye, I send you clue 7. As I said, they really love me xP

Also gj on and gl with your rolls guys!

Holy fuck. I complained about tags and after I refreshed just now I not only got crowd control and debuff, but also top operator on top of that! I need to complain more often xD. I can guarantee SilverDaddy or Ifrit, but I'm leaning more towards Ifrit, since I'm the most lacking with Casters and I don't really want BrokenAsh.

Ok, bought all skins. I didn't yet invest in Liskarm and I never use Swire you say? They're cute, so who cares stares.

Also my 10 roll was amazing. No Nian, but I got all 4 stars I use all the time and I'm especially happy with 2 copies of Perfumer. Also I already like Reed because she's voiced by Altera <3 Since Nian is only 1 out of 2 limited operators I actually am tempted to roll more, but I'd need to think about it. I guess I'll try picking her from support and see if I like her. I do like her design and skills overall, especially since I use Curoa a lot. Also got another Sniper to my harem. I dropped a lot of Snipers in my first rolls and since I like to use them, I actually don't mind.

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Crownslayer bullying.

Is there some special reason for that?

Crowny is the only boss enemy whose weight is the same as the random small grunts', which means she's fully susceptible to the push/pull Specialists AKA the Bully Squad.
Which means she routinely gets introduced to deep dark holes in certain stages.
To speak nothing of 4-4 which is pretty much tailor-made for dicking around with her.

Bonus round courtesy of Ange's antigravity skill feat. Mephisto, who entirely deserves it. :D

random posted:

Crowny is the only boss enemy whose weight is the same as the random small grunts', which means she's fully susceptible to the push/pull Specialists AKA the Bully Squad.

Oh ok x3 Makes sense xP

So I assume I'm just supposed to play game normally and will farm ladder while doing it? Also of course beating all the event stages. Also damn checked Nian's skills again and especially S2 is insane. S3 is also amazing. And honestly, just her RIIC skill alone looks like worth rolling for. I might break my resolve already and try to fish her with single rolls after all...

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So I assume I'm just supposed to play game normally and will farm ladder while doing it? Also of course beating all the event stages.

Yeah, the drop rates of the event currency is the same no matter which map you're farming (besides Annihilation). If you don't want to farm for rare mats on the event levels you can just clear them for the originite prime.

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