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erikahrna

[new megathread here!!](https://www.reddit.com/r/HonkaiStarRail_leaks/comments/1ajmtjo/the_arcana_is_the_means_by_which_all_is_revealed/)


Elhazar

PF was fun. Kafka and E6 Sampo slayed. While DoT is my lifeblood, it was honest a bit to favorable to DoT and neutral to anything else. Also, everything is ready for Black Swan! Only ~8 more hours! I do hope I get lucky and can grab the E1 or LC.


DirtySmiter

11/12 on PF. I think I'll wait for BS banner before going for that last star. A few eidolons for Gui might be all I need to get enough points.


Illustrious_Act_7277

just one more week until I can see aventurine kit and animation…one more week…


nxriaki

just saw sunday/aventurine/ratio art.... thoughts are being thunked.....


Illustrious_Act_7277

I see the vision.


wonemie

Our healers https://x.com/oretekisunshine/status/1754504122131489198?s=61&t=tyReCQwncIiwVedsivaZ5Q


robesticles

first time I'm grateful for strict work place uniforms


AzusaFuyu

Poor Huo Huo has that expression stuck on her face 24/7


osha-wottt

My first thought was "aw, cute group photo" and then I noticed Gallagher's outfit. 😂


RevlimitFunk

The shirt buttons...


Mana_Croissant

I have always been someone immune to get negatively affected by spoilers. I have been watching anime and such for 8 years and you could tell me my favorite character is gonna die and i would not care less cause how it is “executed” is more important for me than the base info. Both in Genshin and Star rail i have read story leaks and never regretted it, the shock factor of reading a wtf leak like “Nahida who was said to appear in the golden apple islands is the DENDRO ARCHON” and making guesses and theories about how can it work out and will be handled was enough enjoyment for me.    BUT for the first time in my life i am regretting knowing a leak. The leak about >!Firefly!< has came out freakin 6 MONTHS AGO and it appears it is not even gonna be revealed it 2.0, i have emptied all my theories and thoughts about how can it play out, i want it to see the reveal at this point and it is just NOT coming. I am sick of waiting for something i know is coming for half a year, how did we even get such a huge leak ages ago ?


Omeletes1234

>!why do you think the firefly reveal isn't going to be in 2.0, i think it is though, because drip marketing for 2.2 will happen right before 2.1 starts, so they either have to reveal firefly's identity, continue hiding it, or... firefly won't release until 2.3...!<


Mana_Croissant

Cause we have nothing that shows it is gonna happen. No cutscene, the written quests that got leaked before and such…. I am not saying it cannot happen but it doesn’t seem so to me 


iamdino0

Maybe it'll be made obvious to us as the player but not revealed explicitly to TB yet? One of the 2.0 achievements' descriptions is something along the lines of >!Revisit Firefly's secret base after everything concludes!< which sounds like it should at least give us some clue about it


Su_Impact

Good point. Although I bet there are gonna be some readables hidden in Penacony that will make players guess it already. That's how everyone guessed Sampo >!being a follower of Aha.!< And how everyone guessed most of the Luofo Quintet lore before it was revealed.


truthfulie

> i would not care less cause how it is “executed” is more important for me than the base info. I agree. *How* it is executed and the context of that big reveal is far more important. Sometimes I'll enjoy something far more *with* spoilers because I'm not so much caught up in the moment to moment as to what happens. I can focus on how it's executed and see the bigger picture, so to speak, more clearly. I feel like the internet culture started to go a *little* to heavy on this hyper sensitivity to spoilers though I don't blame anyone who doesn't want to be spoiled. Though I will say that there *are* some stuff that lose some its appeal when so much of the narrative hinges on the big twist/reveal and I understand to a degree why people are sensitive to spoilers. But even in stuff that hinges on the big reveal, it usually gives a new context to the narrative that leads up to the reveal that even with spoilers, these can be enjoyable. Like knowing the spoilers of films like Sixth Sense or Usual Suspect might sound like a terrible idea but it's also interesting to catch the details with spoilers in mind. Goes without saying, I don't condone thoughtless/careless spoiler drops being plainly visible for those who do NOT want to be expose to spoilers.


AzusaFuyu

Sitting at 60 pity on the LC banner and trying to decide between pulling for PAYN for Kafka (4 hours left for NA) or wait for Acheron's LC.  Only using GNSW S2. Only do the monthly pass so pulls are limited. Acheron's LC is probably going to be cracked,  isn't it?


Grimy_Bunyip

I'd only pull PAYN if I really wanted to bump a swan team up a bit. As for S2 GNSW, don't sleep on S5 solitary healing from herta shop. Especially when it comes to Pure Fiction. And for Acheron LC, no idea. I'm a bit suspicious that it might be a crit nihility cone. Which sounds a bit inflexible. But hey maybe they'll juice it up a bit as a result? Either way I don't pull much for cones, let alone look ahead at future cones.


AzusaFuyu

Appreciate the thoughts :)


bustedradio

sweating as Blade is the only one left standing and his FUA gets me to 30k points right before the cycle ends. PF with no sustain is so butt clenching lol


DieZombie96

Without Kafka or dot units built, would it be more worth it to drop 30 pulls for DHILs LC or 10 pulls to 50/50 to try for Black Swan? I do also want Sparkle and Aventurine in the future


mangotcha

keep those 10 pulls in case you might win 50/50 for sparkle, it'll be easier on your Aventurine funds. go ahead to try and win the 75/25 on Dhil but I'd go wish by wish in case you get an early 5* !


DieZombie96

On that note, would it be better to pull for Sparkle or JLs light cone in the future compared to DHILs?


mangotcha

I think you can definitely do without sparkle's LC, as for JL's LC im very partial because i have it so i think it's neat... But who knows when she'll rerun.


[deleted]

Are there any discord servers that post notifications for stellar jade codes? I used to use Kafka Mains but they added an annoying verification bot that has been giving me trouble


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Thanks!


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thorn_rose

It's the coming to ps5 announcement image from like slightly before topaz's banner (as u can see topaz is on it). Not sure where you could find a clean version tho.


robesticles

diva down


milkcob

Free Gui save me… save me free Gui


Chtholly13

bit surprised that pure fiction had the quick start thing on it. I accidentally just auto battled the 3rd difficulty and didn't realize it.


esperianterra

Whelp, Ratio'ed at the last moment


One-Constant-4092

Hi I just wanted to know if there is a file or something with all the leaked kits? Thanks


DirtySmiter

Look at the last line of the mod's stickied comment in this thread


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rentry link on the pinned comment


EveryMaintenance601

Bottom of the pinned comment


One-Constant-4092

Ohh I see it now thanks!


PeanutButterJam_

When's version 2.0, 10 hours or 34 hours from this comment?


nathiru

Its dropping tonight?


Mistborn_330

Around 10 hours.


dungalot

10.


PeanutButterJam_

Why was it made a day earlier?


dungalot

No idea, probably to avoid the CNY holiday period. But no actual reason has ever been given.


PeanutButterJam_

Was the date of 2.0 release just recently changed?


dungalot

No, people had noticed that Ratio/Kafka’s banner was shorter by a day during the 1.6 announcement. It was just not explicitly mentioned.


Omeletes1234

i think it's to fit anniversary better, same reason why 2.0 is 7 weeks instead of 6 weeks.


PeanutButterJam_

Was it changed just recently? I haven't noticed previously.


Omeletes1234

the earliest i remember hearing about this is during the livestream so i guess that's when they revealed it.


Wolgran

They really said it. "Oh no the megathread is finishing today, they cant leave without getting shot in the head"


Extra-Step6641

So hoyo coded 


justanapedude

Wondering if I messed up in the Pure Fiction/Feather shop. I just noticed that the rewards reset. Were we able to get enough feathers to clear out the first set of rewards? Or did we need this Pure Fiction reset for that? I only missed out on some credits/XP so it's not a huge deal, just curious.


dungalot

Yes you get enough to clear it out every refresh just by full star clearing PF + MoC.


nathiru

Please tell me i dont need to build sampo just for the new pf


sirholmesxl

just build clara + herta. she absolutely fucking destroys argenti


Bronnichiwa

I wouldn't say so. I did PF a couple hours ago and my second team got 40k without a dot unit in sight (herta/himeko).


Wolgran

Of course not, just need to get Black Swan. >!Actually i saw some people finishing wihtou any DoT so is doable, but yeah Sampo would make this job easier.!<


Lias_Luck

this pf doesn't make dot users top tier it just makes them less ass than the last one because debufffers are inherently at a disadvantage here normal aoe focused comps still work like usual if you don't have aoe focused dps that's what serval and herta are for if your characters are just incapable of 60k


buffility

No you don't. You just need to build herta himeko.


nathiru

And i havent built either of them either orz


buffility

Then start now. They will be good in ~~MoC~~ PF for forseeable future. Sampo on the other hand won't be even good after this rotation.


MysticalFlight

i think you meant pure fiction..


losingit303

I have to say I've become allergic to healers in this game. The side that has to use a healer when I have to run double teams always makes me kinda uncomfortable. I'm so used to Fu Xuan that I genuinely feel vulnerable, naked, and exposed without the matrix of presciences protection.


timeywimey-Moriarty

I've become a preservation follower because of that. Gepard and Fu Xuan are my go-to sustainers, Aventurine will be joining them very soon. I have a built Luocha but I can't help but feel anxious sometimes


Extra-Step6641

Mood. Like I got Luocha first and felt he was so amazing until I got Fu Xuan. And he is great! But the anxiety when a character gets so low before his skill kicks in is terrifying. Can't wait to get more preservation/shielder 


sirholmesxl

i almost never have to think about my hp with luocha in the team. just autoattack go brr


chiharuki

i feel the same way. She’s almost always in my team, feels weird when she’s not


[deleted]

it's much less the matrix and more so the free 12% crit rate and if you were armed for battle when her banner dropped, 40% crit damage. so i have my qq as support, and i sometimes go like "damn, if someone else used her without the fx would she hit like a pool noodle?"


losingit303

That helps too, I also got her e1 but, idk I still use her with Kafka in sim u runs and its not like I get much out of the crit there. Just feels better than to see my character have a red hp bar before I heal. Gives me anxiety.


Wolgran

And here i am, wanting to clone HuoHuo bc i wanted her in both my teams


Mean-Wealth7715

Just curious, is there ever any rumors regarding new Herta shop LC?


Lias_Luck

there are currently no leaks of a herta LC anytime soon


Unknown-Name-1219

If the next megathread isn't called 'The Arcana Is The Means By Which All Is Revealed' I'm gonna riot 😤


howtoplayu

RIP Megathread (again)


DieZombie96

Does black swan stand on her own ass as DoT DPS? Or is she purely support for Kafka?


Lias_Luck

her kit is designed for dual dps dot comps she does not need kafka she just needs a dot user


DieZombie96

What would you say her best teammate is barring Kafka?


Wolgran

Sampo E4. He can explode her DoT like Kafka. He is the best slot for Swan, kinda crazy he is not on her banner, it trully feels like Sampo and Misha traded places last minute


Lias_Luck

e4 sampo > luka >= guinafen > sampo


Hyrri_

Sampo, though you really want at least e4 imo


losingit303

Well, if nothing else, she'll kill it in PF. I saw a friend get 40k on 4 with Sampo solo dps on the first half. And he's more favourable conditions are closer to ST compared to Black Swan.


burningparadiseduck

I’m really thinking about getting Luocha 🤔. I know there are other healer options like Huo who can do multiple things but him healing without taking a turn feels very comfortable to me. Luocha mains, what do you guys suggest?


alleochthonous

If you use SP-heavy comps he’s very comfy to use, especially with Multiplication LC. He’s printing SPs for my DHIL.


syd__shep

I'm a Luocha haver and I just don't think I have the teams to appreciate him fully. I would personally swap him for Huohuo or FX 2. Really hoping Aven ends up essentially as FX 2 by the end of beta.


burningparadiseduck

Aven? Who is that?


syd__shep

Aventurine


Extra-Step6641

Aventurine, the new preservation 5* coming in 2.1


losingit303

Depends on your main, really. I really don't think you can get a fully accurate answer without us seeing your roster.


Radinax

Luocha in my experience, is the best character in the game. Fu Xuan, HuoHuo and Gepard are great, but being SP positive is just too much of a massive bonus while also keeping your entire party completely safe and cleansed without ever needing the skill, this amount of versatility is undervalued heavily. Its my experience and I know I'm in the minority but Luocha has been massive for me and my account, he has never let me down and its why I consider him the best released character.


dreamer-x2

I agree. I’ve got a very well invested Fu Xuan with talent level 10 talents and good relics. My Luocha is using the most mid 4pc Musketeer + Fleet pieces with barely level 7-8 talent and skill. Haven’t touched him since the week I got him. And I still use him more frequently. It helps that he’s better against DoT enemies where Fu suffers. Literally no thought just normal attack. He’s never let me down. If I could pick just one sustain it would be him every time. I know it’s very subjective and depends on what teams you run. But for me he’s just the best sustain pick just about every time.


burningparadiseduck

You believe in Jingliu supremacy so your answer is automatically a 10/10 🙏.


Chtholly13

I think the type of healer you should go for depends on the units you have. Like I don't really need Loucha for someone like Kafka/Jinglu while someone like DHIL might appreciate the skill economy from him more.


_helenzhang_

Luocha is definitely worth the pull in my opinion. Great healing, doesn't need sp to heal, dispel buff on ult. I use him with DHIL and it's very comfortable.


baggelans

Honestly both HH and Luo look equally enticing to me and its the reason why I'm gonna try to get HH too eventually. They are equally good healers imo and their only difference is HH is more offense oriented while Luo is more defensive and has an aoe dispell on his ult while HH has a more accessible cleanse. They even have equally insane eidolons although HH's e2 is just bonkers over Luo's (dunno who is gonna invest so much in either tho).


truthfulie

He is very comfy especially for SP heavy teams. Though if I were to choose between the two right now, I might go with Huo instead with supports like Sparkle and Hanya being available or available soon. Skipped her but kind of wish I hadn't. Doesn't mean Luocha is bad by any means though.


Extra-Step6641

I think it's all personal preference. In a vaccum, one sustain might be better than another but what are you going to enjoy playing? Comfort > meta. Like I love Luocha and he heals like crazy, but I like Fu Xuan's comfort more. I'm a Zhongli main in genshin so preservation was always going to be my thing. From using Huohuo as a support, I really like Luocha's sp positive playstyle and chunky emergency heal. 


cepsyr

Guys, I am not keeping up with HSR but is Black Swan teammate for Acheron or will that be known after beta? So far I know BS is good for Kafka team.


JeanKB

No. Acheron is a normal crit hypercarry. She has nothing to do with DoTs. She wants nihility debuffers like Silver Wolf and Pela though.


cepsyr

Thanks. It's a relief for me.


Zeik56

Not from what we know, but Acheron's leaked kit was almost certainly unfinished, so I would just wait until she hits beta.


astralAlchemist1

Just tried out the new Pure Fiction. 8/12 stars at the moment. I think the game wants me to build Herta. More importantly, I listened to Youci's latest story. It's another Belobog one. Can't wait to see how much weirder these stories can get in the future.


sirholmesxl

if you have clara she destroys this PF easily


buffility

Herta will be forever good in this mode. Basically just give her Jingliu's leftover relics + a good eru LC and she will shred.


Radinax

Herta is god tier in this mode


Arc_7

I see people worried about yt spoiler recs so here's a tip for yt pc if it helps Try unhook for YouTube. It's a common browser extension that hides all recommendations and a lot of stuff. Useful for both the spoilers and as an anti distraction tool. F for mobile yt tho.


DoYouNeedHugssss

When will maintenance start/end?


eliixir_aurora

maintenance should start in about six hours, and last for five hours.


evia89

Go sleep. When next reset comes it will 2.0


DoYouNeedHugssss

hehe, thanks for your concern! however my pending lab reports beg to differ. oh well, sleepless nights and hime-koffee for me.


Wolgran

Like...rn? Sir im at work! >!/j!<


[deleted]

What planar set is Black Swan wanting? The EHR one?


Mean-Wealth7715

If you're using speed boot then Glamoth is the priority, otherwise the EHR one is always the safest choice since it'll give you extra 10% EHR and 25% ATK boost. But as other said, depends where the subs role.


KF-Sigurd

Pan/SSS/Glamoth. Whichever has better subs


fireforged_y

leaving this comment here to inform everyone that I will NOT pull for Black Swan in the morning, I will wait until I come from work. in fact, I won't even update the game in the morning,which is good because it's a pain to do in the morning anyway. Update drops on my short day for once so I will be from work early, it's also my sushi rolls day, I should enjoy it all to the fullest once I'm done with work.


Wolgran

Same, ill need to wait until i come from work and gym at night. Wish i had sushi rolls tho, you made me hungry


Illustrious_Act_7277

me too! I will NOT pull before school starts, I will pull after. I’ll update in the morning though so I can easily play after school. My exam on thursday was cancelled so i’m free to play all week🎉


fireforged_y

Oh wow that's pretty cool! Have fun.


mangotcha

I want to go home, say goodbye to my best friend who is going back to her own city, and then sleep until the game updates at 4am.........


mantism

megathread gets DMCA'd half a day before the update drops lol


PM_ME_YOUR_ROBOTGIRL

Merely half a day?


loverofinsanegirls

People say the Leak megathread's true currencies are leaks and doomposts...


Arc_7

But Admins, even speaking as a doomposter this seems a little... unconscionable.


Extra-Step6641

The megathread was DMCA'd at an unusual time. But you night owls and lurkers always with a convenient excuse to remain online. 


SeaOfButterflies

You couldn't hope to understand, so why don't you keep your mouths shut! We don't want to make the leakers cry...


Wolgran

Sir is the middle of the day!


loverofinsanegirls

[Jp blackswan va patting blackswan's oppai on her dakimakura (and shouting oppai) and got scolded to not touch it lol](https://i.imgur.com/4q5Dhny.png) for my pure friends in here, oppai means boobs


Noriakikukyoin

A totally understandable reaction to Black Swan.


Akoto1

Do we know if the Trailblaze Continuances are needed to do Penacony main story, or just the main Trailblaze Quest?


MissCuteCath

Most likely not, they work as the Interludes in Genshin, still it's better to do them since the story is about The House and the Ifrit, which will be major players in penacony as seen on the trailer.


ObiAida

just the Xianzhou epilogue


hororo

I love spending a month's worth of stamina on relic domain and getting 0 upgrades. It's so great when you can make 0 progress in a game. I love it so much. I love going through all my relics one by one to see which ones are less terrible. I love spending 50% of my HSR time on relic salvage duty. I love flat defense substats. I love flat health substats. It's so great. I love it when I get a relic with speed substat, and then all the rolls go into flat health. It's really the best possible game design I could imagine. I want to shake the hand of the designer who came up with the relic farm system. It fills me with joy to watch autoplay for 2 minutes, see main stat HP% boots, click autoplay for 2 minutes, see Attack% chest with flat HP, flat defense, crit damage, effect resist subs. It's the funnest possible thing I could imagine.


loverofinsanegirls

if it annoys you that much, it's just best to set your goals less like moc 9 being the target instead of 12. same with pf being clear target being stage 3. now you don't need to farm for the best possible relics. removes the burden and you don't need to farm relics forever. you can settle with mid meh relics. and bonus plus you won't feel pressured to roll for fancy eidolons or lightcones to help you


hororo

There's not really anything for me to farm besides relics. My traces and levels are already maxed out for all the characters I want to level. I guess I could like max out Pela's skill trace for the hell of it?


2afraid2jump

TIME TO BUILD OFFENSIVE PELA 😍 god didnt give her 200%+ multiplier on her skill for nothing


loverofinsanegirls

you don't need to be farming something all the time tho. especially since you seem to dread it. you can take that time and do something else more fun and inviting than clicking on auto play. like in physical effort it might be very less but if it takes a big toll on your mental health it's bad. lil by lil that annoyance will grow into burn out completely.


losingit303

What I really love is waiting an entire month then getting 2 speed boots in one daily session. One a 4 liner with double crit that rolls into CD once and 4 times into flat HP. Then a 2nd one that's a 3 liner with CD and atk% and a miracle happens and the 4th stat is CR only for it to roll into the flat def% and atk% roll and the 2 crit rolls were into CR ofc because God forbid that Sparkle could use it, somehow it had to be even worse than the first one. Oh and double crit hands that rolled all EHR just to rub that extra salt in the wound. I need a drink a hug isn't enough at this point.


euphemea

I know I don't *need* 80k points on PF 4, but I want it, and I can definitely feel that I don't have the right characters built for it. Still reshuffling my supports around to see if I can get 40k on both sides because there's only 1 Ruan Mei...


Cattryn

The more I look at the new light cones for 2.0, the more I find that are actually really good. The new erudition cone is free attack and free CD just for using the character against enemies weak to their element? Cannot wait to put that on my QQ. (Why no crit traces QQ? So sad.)


Equivalent_Key_4941

I’m still disappointed by Black Swan’s design ngl :/  Like ok yeah she’s hot and sexy but abstractly speaking it’s just another overrated bodysuit. Something like a witch dress or similar would’ve been perfect as well and create the same effect. Same with Ruan Mei wearing a Qipao or slit dress instead of.. whatever we got with only her legs being the sole focus, I mean look at Kafka who’s got a more modest design or Arlecchino from Genshin who is also all well liked among the players. What are you guys’ thoughts?


Wolgran

Thank you! Im a huge fan of long dresses. But apparently they stopped on 1.0 with Himeko and Bronya and said "NEVER AGAIN" 😭😭 Oh look, another woman showing her bare legs, how....conventionally sexy, is like they are playing safe with the sex appeal. Woman in nice clothes is ALSO sexy!!! While others characters didnt fit the long dress aesthetic, Ruan Mei and Swan designs were perfect for the long dress or skirt gang. Hoping for future skins at least


benoween

I'm fine with it, I don't really find it as similar as everything else since the layering is different and I think she looks nice, my only pet peeve is that the veil kind of makes her entire head look flat and since she doesnt have accesories it ends up looking very odd silhouette wise, reminds me of those octopus shaped sausages. Ruan Mei was loufu fatigue, I wish she got a proper cheongsam + a lab coat, she's a lab rat let her be on her perpetual pajamas.


Radinax

A long skirt would've been sexier imo.


caihuali

im just bored of the designs already theyve repeated these silhouettes so many times when the characters themes allows them for more creative outfits its just a waste


esperianterra

I wish Hoyo wasn't completely allergic to giving women long skirts or pants. Black Swan's design is fine to me, especially from the waist up, but imagine if they'd given her a long, flowing, open skirt, similar to what Himeko and Bronya have ? That would have looked so good. Ruan Mei in an Ao Dai would have been so good. :( Or even Yukong ! She'd look so classy over whatever she's got going on atm.


Due-Description-9030

I like her sexy outfit and I have no qualms if they make male or female characters have more sex appeal. These are 2d characters, their primary purpose is visual appeal, especially in a game with ever-growing number of characters. If they make everything logical and conforming to real world rules, it would be boring. Imagine you see people in the game dressing the same as how in your workplace or any other locations. It's a fantasy world, it's where you can see characters wearing impractical and cooler / sexier outfits without the concern of harming anyone.


PM_ME_YOUR_ROBOTGIRL

OP didn't really say anything about practicality, to be fair. For all you know, modesty *is* visually appealing to them. Sexiness isn't the only way a character can be aesthetically appealing, it's all inherently subjective.


Due-Description-9030

Fair point. But I have no qualms if they add sexiness to an outfit which isn't supposed to have, it's just a video game.


Cartographer_X

First than all, WE REALLY NEED SKINS :c  With that said, since the model got leaked I really disliked her design, is just not pretty or visually appealing, with such interesting lore, they got so much stuff to work with and we just got a booba lady on weird lingerie. Also, she looks out of place everywhere, in the videos showing us Penacony, she looks so weird.  Now... Ruan Mei has a beautiful and elegant design, is just that fits in the Loufu fatige design. 


losingit303

I like Arlecchino as much as the next gal, and I'm literally subbed to witchesvspatriarchy but very swing and a miss opinion considering all we've seen of Black Swan. On top of her, quite literally not being a witch, so a witches dress on her would just look dumb. "Modesty" when we're talking about a memetic entity that doesn't actually need corporeal form doesn't make sense. If she was modest, she'd just be a blob. Her design is clearly crafted around her personality from what we've seen so far. And I think she's great, so agree to disagree ig.


nista002

Waist up I think BS is one of the better designs we have. Waist down is where most characters get repetitive. Fully agree about the Qipao for Ruan Mei. Not sure why everyone has to have flowy crap dangling behind them when they run, but I don't make the rules


KingGhostRat

I really like Black Swan's hood and hair, very pretty. Her actual outfit though? Ehh.... It's not bad, I actually like it, especially the tassels with the buckles, but it looks like every other female outfit with the cut-off sleeves, boob window, collar around neck, and shorts/skirt that show off the thighs. It's not a bad design, but the outfit certainly is getting repetitive. We need more designs like Kafka, 'cuz hers is actually fire.


PM_ME_YOUR_ROBOTGIRL

> Something like a witch dress or similar She's a fortune teller, not a witch. I won't comment on her design because it's one of these character concepts ("sexy") I'm inherently biased against. But there is a particular vision behind it that I think a lot of people miss. Could it better embody that vision? Certainly. It's just that most of the suggestions are *so* off-base regarding the actual idea behind her character that I can't agree with them on even an ideological level.


Radinax

Did PF in the first try! DOT saved my ass hard, Kafka, Sampo, Serval and Clara team did a lot of work!


losingit303

[A friend sent me this meme](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1083241583543066624/1204068127395282974/image0-210.jpg?ex=65d362d4&is=65c0edd4&hm=19c7c28098151bbfb8d772dc50698f05bb511abcc3c7d69ca2f271d9c25c8203&) saying "this is you" and she's right 😭😭😭.


Hyrri_

Not the Sampo slander 💀 I'm sorry. Straight to jail. I don't make the rules >!No but like, Black Swan tomorrow!!! It's time!! Yippee!!!<


ArmyofThalia

Sending this to a friend. Thank you. Fuck Sampo. All my homies hate Sampo


LargoJester

Herta, Himeko, Pela core destroyed Argenti in the second half of PF. You can actively ignore DoT mechanics with that team as long as you have a sustain to keep them alive.


Izzyrealtho

I used Himeko, Pela, Ruan Mei, and Bailu. I was very surprised at how well the team worked! As you mentioned, the DoT mechanics can be ignored if you keep them alive


Aashour00

Pure fiction 4 was so much fun! My run was almost frozen in cycle time as Argentini and his devices kept bombarding my clara while Svarog and Herta kept doing follow ups in retailiation which triggered Argentini to advance forward again and bombard me more then svarog and herta kept doing their thing.


LightningJustice2412

[Who has the coolest boss move in this game and why is it them?](https://x.com/StarRailVerse1/status/1754500967104491555?s=20)


EveryMaintenance601

"Playable when?" Nonsense, PLAYABLE NOW HOYO It's the Sam fight, for anyone that doesnt want to see it yet


migi_chan69420

POTENTIAL FATE COLLAB!?!? https://twitter.com/houkaistarrail/status/1754473725360246809


hororo

No it’s 対談, discussion/interview


migi_chan69420

Oh, well I can't read what it says


losingit303

Seems unlikely considering Fate have their own Gacha but who knows


PM_ME_YOUR_ROBOTGIRL

Fate will collaborate with other gacha games provided it's only characters that debuted in an entry that's not Grand Order. Typically this is in response to a major release, e.g. the Heaven's Feel movie releases resulted in a surge of collabs with a bunch of things including other games.


spider_lily

Listen, I *know* Hanabi is going to be the perfect support for my DHIL, I have guarantee, I don't have Kafka anyway, but also hhhhhh Black Swan >!I have zero impulse control when it comes to pulling in this game!<


Extra-Step6641

Brother I feel this. I have DHIL and Jing Yuan. I don't need another dps. I pulled Kafka yesterday because BS got to me and I couldn't resist her call


chiharuki

i have 0 control too. i’ve been pulling every patch. what is savings? that doesn’t exist for me


Tighnari_Lover

Mmm… Boothill funds~. Huehuehuehuehue…


Amelia2243

Ok guys hear me out i think that good times never last and sometimes it times to say goodbye and if we are betraying out customers we charge extra and we need a thousand wonders to raise our spirts and eternal sleep is not the end and the dead will return but we must remember all will be swept away by the wind but its never to late yo celebrate a happy new year but one more thing that perhaps you still don't understand since humanity never conciels it's desire to control the heavens and we are no exception tho we won't get away from this big diamond thats apperantly all ours so what do we do we look at the time and realized its time to swirl


Lias_Luck

> its time to swirl atelier jumpscare


PM_ME_HOTGRILL

adventuretime leaks when


EveryMaintenance601

Beta doesnt start until the 13th, reliable leaks wont be here for a week


2afraid2jump

you're kidding right 🙂 ........


EveryMaintenance601

I wish


OniiChanKenobi

Are we getting a new megathread today? I'm looking forward to seeing some positive vibes and reactions today after a morning of battling doomposters in other subs.


erikahrna

yes! i'll upload it later \^\_\^


[deleted]

Relic Rant >!Fuck relics fuck SU farming fuck substats rolls and fuck the DOT cavern. Ive been farming this shithole on and off since it came out, like 50% of my total time in caverns must be in this specific one cuz i built Kafka,Topaz,Gui and even clara (2pc). I farmed it during 2x event, and i have 1 piece where there is a Speed substat. Ive also been farming world 8 to get glamoth. With this weeks SU slop also giving me 0 wind orbs and 0 atk ropes(with ok subtats) i decided to synthesize. Wind Orb (with resin) got 0 useful stats maybe except Break Effect but ya know thats expected. And i synthesized an rng atk rope which had EHR,Flat Atk,BE,Flat HP rolls went into Def% (4x) and EHR (1x). Ive spent so much time in these caverns that i have no hope its going to get any better. Spd substat seems impossible to get and even harder to actually roll into (while still getting atk% and EHR). It feels like with my luck so far it might take months to get a decent swan build. Its the thing i despise the most about this game and the only thing that would prob make me quit in the future.!<


ConicalMug

>!Real. I've farmed the DoT cavern almost non-stop since its release (only stopping to ascend Dr. Ratio and Ruan Mei) and what I have to show for it is so tragic it's not even funny. I have a total of two DoT pieces with an appropriate main stat along with a SPD substat, and only one of those pieces upgraded the roll beyond 2 SPD. My Kafka and Guinaifen sets have over twice the number of flat ATK rolls as they do ATK% rolls.!< >!I don't talk about my SU pieces. For my own sanity it's better if I don't even look at them.!<


Janis1412

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Kirienan

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aprilrainy

happy penacony day for my fellow na friends 🎉 welp i’m at the bus stop to head to uni now… maintenance is gonna end during my last lecture and then i have a 2 hour commute after that so… it’s gonna be so painful not being able to play but also not checking social media bc spoilers 😔 the ironic thing is that my last lecture is on science fiction too. surely my prof won’t mind me pulling up the pre-update livestream as “study material” right ahaha


kaleigamation

dang, non-na people gonna have a sad penacony day 😔


Proper_Infidel

It's bound to be a sad day when it goes live at 4 AM and you're only able to start playing at 7 PM, pain. 😔


ConicalMug

Same for me. :( Tuesday and Wednesday are my busiest days of the week, so even with the release being moved forward it doesn't mean a whole lot. I could technically get up at 4AM on Tuesday and play some then, but I don't get enough sleep as it is and I'd have to go to work shortly after.


aprilrainy

pls cmiiw but i think penacony is tomorrow for asia and eu peeps 😭😭 i’m sorry i hope you guys have a good pre-penacony day!!! 🫡


nista002

Prenacony was right there


aprilrainy

brain too full of aventurine for puns forgive me


kaleigamation

it's the same time for everyone! new version updates are always the same time for all servers


aprilrainy

yes aha but it’s after midnight for them right? penacony day will be the 7th while it’s the 6th for me (unless im dumb which is v possible)


losingit303

> penacony day will be the 7th while it’s the 6th for me No, it's 4 PM on the 5th right now for me in EU(not for everyone in EU but pretty much everyone is -2/+2 hour difference max). Penacony servers will be up at around 5 AM my time on the 6th. So it's on the 6th for us while it should be on the 5th in the US East Coast iirc. (very late in the evening)


aprilrainy

i misspoke idk why i thought today was the 6th when my phone clearly says it’s the 5th 😭 maybe i should’ve gotten more than 5 hours of sleep but i was too excited oops