@riverFlower Also using friend supports supposedly fixes it at risk 0.

Another translation error. Using friend supports is fine. Using the support contract that buffs your operators lowers it to risk 0.

Speaking of which, does anyone know what the Bagpipe x Ch'en ship name on Lofter is? I'm going to try and do an upload request of pics for them for Friday

There was not a lot. Their tag is 风陈 but sometimes the tag is not used? Like this one does not have the tag.

Now for something cursed from /u/. I don't know why but I just find this ship gross even though they are not blood related and I even find incest okay like Taiyaki's works.

https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/83303381

Blaze x GreyThroat

Edit: I don't see anything gross about the Saria/Silence ship though in the image you posted above.

https://twitter.com/ymnnnk_/status/1304052888801390593

Saria x Silence

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塞雷娅 posted:

Basically just clear it once normally at risk 0 or with the support tag and then clear it again with the new risks unlocked. Once the risks add up to risk 8, you've cleared most of the daily challenges. There's also challenges for picking certain combinations of risk tags which you can click on the challenges tab to see.

Oh, you're right. All I had to do was playing it once without any risks and rest works just like permanent map.

riverFlower posted:

I have no idea if this made sense so if it's still confusing, we can continue explaining more lol.

It's fine x3 You explained it well, but sadly I already figured everything out xP

After pretty easily beating risk 3, I thought it won't be really that bad, but wow. Since I used mostly snipers (and 1 specialist) to beat it, triple cost on ranged operators was out of question. I tried with limit to 6 operators but mine are simply not strong enough to pull it off. I only managed to do it with 70% damage increase. Slugs are enough of pain to deal with normally, so buffing them made them insane. I was hoping the new risk will be more manageable so I can switch to it, but nope, 80% less health to my operators, nope. After experiencing it for myself I now finally see how I really need at least E2 to be able to challenge those more difficult risks. Also only now I realized those slugs lower your def permanently and how much of a bs it is.

Edit: I don't see anything gross about the Saria/Silence ship though in the image you posted above.

That was Ifrit x Silence.

A good way to deal with the slugs is to just kill them before they get to you, aka use a bunch of ranged units. Just don't take the one risk that increases ranged unit dp cost and choose everything else. If you don't have Ifrit, you should take an Ifrit support. This is the run I did on risk 10.

Also yeah Ifrit x Silence is kinda... gross as heck. Especially cause Ifrit is basically a child and Silence is also in charge of her as a doctor so there's a lot of power imbalances there that make shipping them feel wrong. Them being mother and daughter is fine but being lovers is... hm... also there's the issue of Saria.

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Eh, I don't really like it either but the idea of Ifrit having a mommy complex for Silence is kinda funny, especially considering Saria's reaction. But yeah, definitely prefer a mother-daughter relation for them.

There was not a lot. Their tag is 风陈 but sometimes the tag is not used? Like this one does not have the tag.

Aw, that's too bad. I was hoping I'd just missed some but it seems like Bagpipe x Ch'en just isn't that popular.

I really like 双狼组 (Texas/Lappland) ship. I can't find a tag for Skadi x Grani although Pixiv seems to have a decent number of them like this. Skadi x Grani Nosebleed

Edit: I wonder why Hibiscus doesn't get after Texas about her (Texas's) smoking given how she is with her sister Lava and junk food...

Anyone know what the thing Siege likes to have in her mouth all the time? At first I thought it was a lollipop but given what they did with Texas I'm not too sure.

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Well, that's enough CC for me today. RIP my Risk 16 dream.

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There was not a lot.

Did you guys make accounts through the apps just to access Lofter? I didn't realize it was account-gated.

Now for something cursed from /u/. I don't know why but I just find this ship gross even though they are not blood related and I even find incest okay like Taiyaki's works.

It's often a matter of presentation and expectation I think. Taiyaki's 1 x 1/2 for example starts off with incest as the premise and then goes backwards in explaining it. We are also immediately placed in the shoes of the main character and are privy to her feelings, which theoretically makes us more sympathetic to her from the get go. Ifrit and Silence on the other hand aren't blood-related but they have been primarily presented as a wholesome child-parent relationship (minus the human experimentation part). Her profile also makes it clear she's invested in the relationship between Silence and Saria and the relationship between all three of them, which would be sort of weird if she actually wants Silence for herself.

If things were different though, and it was hinted that Ifrit had a secret crush on Silence, a crush backed up with a "well-written" depiction of her feelings, how ever people want to define well-written, we might feel different about this ship.

Thankfully we will not need to re-evaluate this because Ifrit x Silence is a crack ship with no canon evidence. Saria x Silence is end-game and Ifrit is their child. End of story. XD

Also only now I realized those slugs lower your def permanently and how much of a bs it is.

It is utter bullshit. My ranged operators also aren't strong enough to take them down fast. I even tried using Manticore because I was hoping her 50% dodge ability and supposedly decreased chances of being targeted could keep her safe, but nope. The slugs still aim for her and take her down in two shots. There might be strategies that only need E1s but you'd have to search for them to see if they exist.

Anyone know what the thing Siege likes to have in her mouth all the time? At first I thought it was a lollipop but given what they did with Texas I'm not too sure.

It is a lollipop. If you unlock enough of her profile, there's a part where her teammates go around telling everyone her quirks. You can also see it clearly in her card art.

RIP my Risk 16 dream.

Hey risk 15 is already really good. We've also got more than a week left.

Hey, so you know how I said I'd given up on getting Risk 16 earlier? I lied. Woohoo! I know people have already gotten Risk 18 or higher, but considering I don't have a lot of the 6-star operators others were using (Hellagur, Blaze, Silverash, etc) I'm very happy with what I got.

Did you guys make accounts through the apps just to access Lofter? I didn't realize it was account-gated.

It's not; earlier there was something weird happening on the site that made the pages not load correctly but it seems to working fine now.

Also, HoshiCh'en with Bagpipe

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塞雷娅 posted:

A good way to deal with the slugs is to just kill them before they get to you, aka use a bunch of ranged units.

I did try to kill them from range, but there's not enough good spots and also this

riverFlower posted:

My ranged operators also aren't strong enough to take them down fast.

塞雷娅 posted:

This is the run I did on risk 10.

Right! I totally forgot this is perfect moment to use specialists like Mayer (not that I invested in her). I was wondering why they made deploy limit 8 instead of 6, cos you can't bring more operators anyway, but forgot drones count towards limit.

Norainhere posted:

It's not; earlier there was something weird happening on the site that made the pages not load correctly but it seems to working fine now.

Actually once you click on image to see it bigger, it redirects you to log in after a sec. It happened to other chinese site when I was checking previous images in thread. At least it happens to me. If you also don't have account and can click on it just fine, then I guess something else is at fault.

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It's not; earlier there was something weird happening on the site that made the pages not load correctly but it seems to working fine now.

Actually once you click on image to see it bigger, it redirects you to log in after a sec. It happened to other chinese site when I was checking previous images in thread. At least it happens to me. If you also don't have account and can click on it just fine, then I guess something else is at fault.

I was referring to something else, but I know what you're talking about. I've found that right-clicking the images on Lofter works. It still redirects you, but the option box still pops up and lets you select "Open image in new tab". For example, for this page right clicking and opening the the image gets me this resolution picture. That said, it seems like this doesn't work for some peoples' computers for whatever reason.

This is the run I did on risk 10.

I really need to get around to E2'ing Magallan...

I really need to get around to E2'ing Magallan...

You really should. Her S3 is basically having three mini Meteorites for the price of one operator.

Norainhere posted:

I was referring to something else, but I know what you're talking about. I've found that right-clicking the images on Lofter works. It still redirects you, but the option box still pops up and lets you select "Open image in new tab". For example, for this page right clicking and opening the the image gets me this resolution picture. That said, it seems like this doesn't work for some peoples' computers for whatever reason.

Oh I see. And yea, it works for me just fine, so thanks for info.

EDIT/ Also checked and obviously KyoStinV and Eckogen did it with low star operators. Eckogen even cleared it with only E1, but he did bring E2 Eyja. And KyoStinV used E2 Exusiai.

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thonk.jpg
...should I swap my E2 Applepie into the support roster?

Finally beat it. I'm glad I dropped so many snipers. I didn't really try putting all snipers near the exit, cos I thought there's no way they can kill slugs in time, but it worked after all. Used similar strategy to Eckogen, but modified it for my operators. I picked Hellagur's S2 cos I thought I'll be able to use it 2-3 times for each crab, but ended up using it only once so maybe S1 would be better. Also it'd be less of a close call if he had higher lvl/skill. Also this run didn't go exactly as my original, since I put Hoshi first before Gummy and somehow didn't deploy her top, so I still had her ready when Hellagur died, so when he dead here, I was sure I'll lose, but May dealt just enough damage. Also forgot to deploy May to kill first spider slug, but it didn't really matter.

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Congrats guys. Also wouldn't mind if you those you have Hoshi can put her in support. Haven't seen a support Hoshi all day.

Aw, that's too bad. I was hoping I'd just missed some but it seems like Bagpipe x Ch'en just isn't that popular.

HoshiCh'en too strong. Crossing fingers for chapter 8 to boost TaluCh'en

Thankfully we will not need to re-evaluate this because Ifrit x Silence is a crack ship with no canon evidence. Saria x Silence is end-game and Ifrit is their child. End of story. XD

This is the real Arknights endgame. I do think that the whole experimentation thing with Silence intentionally or unintentionally taking part in it makes shipper her with Ifrit creepier. Adds another level of power imbalance imo.

I really need to get around to E2'ing Magallan...

You really should. Her S3 is basically having three mini Meteorites for the price of one operator.

I have her at E2 but I am too monkey brained to use her right.

myrrhmidon posted:

Congrats guys. Also wouldn't mind if you those you have Hoshi can put her in support. Haven't seen a support Hoshi all day.

Well, I can put here, but she's only E1 lvl 40 skill lvl 4.

You are all so active. I'll be honest, I didn't do shit yesterday. Getting blue balled bagged again for the 3rd time in a row hurt too much and I'm salty AF. I did get the new sniper but I don't need him.

I can swap SA for Hoshi in my support if you want, also what skill you want? Thorns?

TBH I lazed like motherfucker on the previous CC and had to kinda rush it (ie. not skip a single daily set) at the end just to get the stuff I really wanted off the shop, so I figured I'd work on it at a steadier pace this time >_>

Does anyone know when or if Grani's event will get a rerun since I joined after her event was over? :(

I can swap SA for Hoshi in my support if you want, also what skill you want? Thorns?

Either skill 2 or skill 3 works. Thank you.

Done. Sorry about the lack of mastery levels, I'm rolling in LMD again but I used up most of my mats and wasted all the sanity pots farming red certs

Does anyone know when or if Grani's event will get a rerun since I joined after her event was over? :(

Not for a long time unless global decides to be different.

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Does anyone know when or if Grani's event will get a rerun since I joined after her event was over? :(

CN is just getting the rerun announcement now so probs 6-8 months from October?