Topic: Honkai Star Rail

@Shigurui The new Erudition light cone looks very strong for Himeko in PF where there are almost always 3-5 enemies, stronger than the BP weapon imo. Was thinking about getting it myself but already have too much to buy/upgrade right now. Will wait till after upgrading Firefly, Gallagher, TB & LCs

@Shigurui That LC looks pretty powerful especially if you're able to max it out quickly. Should be a big help for PF.

Gotta say I like the new DU planar ornament farming, I had saved my immersifyers (simulated universe reward tokens) from the last week or so and had 11 in total after my DU run gave 4 more from weekly rewards. While each run only gets you one set of rewards, compared to up to 4 in full SU run, you are only fighting the final boss so it is still much quicker. Had a pretty OP run saved that wrecked the new Sets’ bosses 3 health bars in about 2 minutes. Sadly didn’t get much for Firefly but did get an Energy Regen rope for Gallagher although the substats are all pretty bad, these things are gold dust, so I saved a self modelling resin.

How’s your farming going?

@Shigurui @z0d15g0d Also beware there is a spoiler for 2.4 on Prydwen. I was just going there to look at build guides for Firefly and saw something I wish I hadn’t. Similar happened with Harmony Trailblazer.

My farming for Firefly has been the most the most garbage i've ever had in one of these games. (Err... except maybe Crimson Witch in Genshin, that domain was/IS cursed). I've been farming the domain and planar sets for 3 weeks and I still don't have a basic set for her with more than 2 substats on each piece for any of the 6 pieces. I even used up 3 self modelling resin and got flat HP, flat DEF and Effect Hit % on two of them. The other had ATK% but then rolled into a 3rd useless substat. It's really tedious!

Most frustratingly I keep pulling CRIT RATE + CRIT DMG pieces on Iron Cavalry, two stats she can't use. I pulled a God Tier piece on any other set that was Crit DMG main, Crit Rate, SPD, ATK% and HP% substats. If they ever release a character that uses that set and does need Crit i'm sorted, or it might have to pull for Boothill at this rate!

On the plus side I've got a pretty meaty Gallagher build right now, but my DPS is weak.

Also gave ZZZ a go. I feel pretty mixed about it so far (near end of Chapter 2). It's not a bad game, but almost everything it does it seems to be worse than one of their other games. E.g. world is not fun to explore, Combat is OK but a bit basic, Story is OK but nothing to write home about, Hollow / TV puzzle gameplay is unchallenging and boring.

It's an exceptionally well made game but considering how much of a timesink these games are if you take them on as dailies, I suspect I won't keep it up after I've completed the campaign, but might come back later.

@themightyant I don't think it's only you. My Firefly farming since she launched has been pretty garbage too. I've squandered quite a lot of resources on farming her equipment. With similar CRIT results which I doubt any other character would use as the relics themselves boost BREAK DMG. I feel Hoyo tweaked things on their end as all the parts I used for her were farmed from when Boothill launched. I've farmed more than 5 times that amount since and it's all been trash.

@themightyant Gaze ZZZ a go also but only lasted 2 hrs before I dropped it. It's all flash and no substance to me so will be giving it a miss. Shame as it does look really cool. Maybe in a couple of years if it's still going I might try again.

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@z0d15g0d I gave up on farming for now and am just levelling most traces to max and guaranteed upgrades as the farming was woeful. That said I tried her as is and while her Damage per Screenshot isn't that high (she doesn't always have those big sexy numbers) the fact she attacks so often means it adds up! (I have her at 219 speed with all buffs active) Crazy to think what she could achieve with good relics and a better light cone.

@z0d15g0d There is more substance to ZZZ as you go on, but it's quite a lot of busy work to get there. The combat actually has a lot more depth than I thought, and after watching several videos online I enjoy that side of it a lot.

I'm going to get to the end game and see how I like it overall, but I suspect I might just play it casually when there is new content and skip the dailies. I'm interested to know how I feel playing a gacha game like that and even if I can or if it feels not worth it.

@themightyant I might give it another go if the combat improves. Is the story so far as good as Star Rail (in the beginning)? I've got StarRail, Warframe, WuWa and now First Descendant for my daily pick up and plays. 3 of which I'm up to date so dailies only take about 5-10 mins. I was looking forward to adding ZZZ to the list too.

Thanks for the code.

@z0d15g0d stories a bit lame to be honest, but I like the setting, characters, combat and vibe

@Shigurui Many thanks! I forgot this was on.

@Shigurui Thanks mate.

Who are you all thinking of pulling next?

So far no one in drip marketing is really grabbing my attention. Neither Jiaoqiu, Feixiao or Lingsha. But we know very little about them so maybe their characters will be great or they might be must-pulls. I'm still pretty broke from Firefly/Gallagher and trying to snipe Asta copies (my 4 star luck failed me for once, but at least I didn't get a 5-star I didn't want!)

I'm possibly thinking of Huo-Huo, but undecided.

In other news i've given up on relic farming for Firefly for now, it's been well over a month including two double events and they still aren't great... but it is what it is, she still hits like a truck.

@Shigurui Yep saving seems wiser right now unless those new characters wow. Perhaps their stories, or power, will make me want them.

Longer term I also want Aventurine (Fu Xuan has been invaluable) and Acheron's weapon. My account could still do with some more FUA and DOT, but to be honest it's not all that needed, I still brute forced a 10/12 on the recent DOT Pure Fiction without many DOT characters. I really don't care about missing a minor amount of rewards like that while being F2P.

@themightyant I'm only missing 5* DoT characters now. That's who I'll be going for next. The new characters do not appeal to me either. And I agree saving is the next step. Once I get a decent DoT that's what I'm going to do and wait till it's at 86 - 100k then max out 1 character lol.

@Shigurui @themightyant - My Yanqing is E2 but he's just been gathering dust for months. I never thought to pair him with Aventurine. There must be a hidden stat for aggro as every time he attacks they all come for him and that dispells his buff plus he's made of glass. It's been over 1 yr and I still don't have Welt but E3 Bailu What the hell is going on?
I'm going for Black Swan next as she will pair well with Acheron and she can boost my 4* DoT's.

@z0d15g0d @Shigurui I also have Yanqing and Gepard barely built or used. And Welt hasn’t been used in awhile even though he’s E1. Bailu carried me through early game but has barely been used since CC debuffs become more prevalent

The trouble with these games is upgrading characters takes so long, and is so costly, that it doesn’t incentivise trying lots of options.

I should really use Divergent universe as a test for some of these characters where it automatically makes them high level everything.

Yes Black Swan is another good shout, i tried her with Acheron in recent events (and Kafka) both were amazing at adding stacks.

As for farming I think I am going to go back to farming Acheron and try and move her to a Crit DMG body relic, I just don’t have the Crit rate substats yet.

Last question: what have you used self-modelling resin on recently? And was it a success or failure? I used 4 on Firefly 2 x SPD boots, 1 x ATK body and 1 x planar ornament (I forget which) and didnt have much luck with substats, only 1 useful one.

@Shigurui Aventurine is so powerful at E0 and even without his SLC. I'll have to try him with more characters just for the fun of it.