What are you playing?

tpa-pr · May 22, 2023

And now for something completely different: Azur Lane!

I know, mobile game, but a friend got me into it about 2 years ago and after a fairly significant break I decided to pick it up again. While I can play it on my phone, I prefer to play it in Bluestacks since the rig lets me upscale it to 1080p (320DPI apparently) and run it at a butter smooth 60fps. I even gave the emulator double its max RAM allotment (4GB, gave it 8GB) just for giggles. It is very nice on the rig.

For those completely unfamiliar with it: Azur Lane is a mobile game about anthropomorphic WW2 ships wrapped up in a near-incomprehensible story. One of the key features of AL is that it is extremely fair with its drops and resources. You get plenty of resources per day (in fact, way more so than before I took a break), the drop rates are very generous compared to other gacha games, there's multiple archives of previous events to unlock ships you miss, PVP is completely optional and the gameplay is actually pretty deep and fun. I believe they make the majority of money off their skins which is why they're able to make it more video game than skinner box.

Fair warning: it is heavy on the fanservice if you're not into that. Very heavy even. I left out a couple of screenshots of my favorite ship (far right, Takao) just in case I violated some rules or morals

Outback Bronze · May 22, 2023

Was $22 on special. Its reminding me of the original a little so far. Graphics side anyways.

Sithaer · May 22, 2023

tpa-pr said:
And now for something completely different: Azur Lane!

I know, mobile game, but a friend got me into it about 2 years ago and after a fairly significant break I decided to pick it up again. While I can play it on my phone, I prefer to play it in Bluestacks since the rig lets me upscale it to 1080p (320DPI apparently) and run it at a butter smooth 60fps. I even gave the emulator double its max RAM allotment (4GB, gave it 8GB) just for giggles. It is very nice on the rig.

For those completely unfamiliar with it: Azur Lane is a mobile game about anthropomorphic WW2 ships wrapped up in a near-incomprehensible story. One of the key features of AL is that it is extremely fair with its drops and resources. You get plenty of resources per day (in fact, way more so than before I took a break), the drop rates are very generous compared to other gacha games, there's multiple archives of previous events to unlock ships you miss, PVP is completely optional and the gameplay is actually pretty deep and fun. I believe they make the majority of money off their skins which is why they're able to make it more video game than skinner box.

Fair warning: it is heavy on the fanservice if you're not into that. Very heavy even. I left out a couple of screenshots of my favorite ship (far right, Takao) just in case I violated some rules or morals

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I'm also playing some gacha/mobile game on the side for years now, while I do understand why mobile games have a bad 'stigma' around them but imo its perfecty possible to treat them in their own way and still have fun with them.
I can just as well play AAA games on my PC or indie games and also find a place for a mobile game. 'I do play mobile games completely free2play tho, never spent any money on them'
I've heard quite a bit about Azur Lane but the chibi style just puts me off so I've skipped that game and a few others cause of the same reason. 'I don't mind anime style at all but chibi is not my thing'

As for the fanservice, well I'm playing Nikke on a daily basis since the launch day as my side mobile game currently 'has a PC client too' so that should say enough if that part bothers me or not. :laugh:

'I would rather not post screens of that game in this topic tho'

Bomby569 · May 22, 2023

Outback Bronze said:
Was $22 on special. Its reminding me of the original a little so far. Graphics side anyways.

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i had lots of fun with it. I don't get why all the hate. Story is absurd but who plays this for the story

Space Lynx · May 23, 2023

Bomby569 said:
i had lots of fun with it. I don't get why all the hate. Story is absurd but who plays this for the story

i played it for 16 hours or so on the free weekend and I agree. i got towards the end missions, but got stuck. i might buy it someday, but im in no rush. i had my fun.

GreiverBlade · May 23, 2023

tpa-pr said:
And now for something completely different: Azur Lane!

I know, mobile game, but a friend got me into it about 2 years ago and after a fairly significant break I decided to pick it up again. While I can play it on my phone, I prefer to play it in Bluestacks since the rig lets me upscale it to 1080p (320DPI apparently) and run it at a butter smooth 60fps. I even gave the emulator double its max RAM allotment (4GB, gave it 8GB) just for giggles. It is very nice on the rig.

For those completely unfamiliar with it: Azur Lane is a mobile game about anthropomorphic WW2 ships wrapped up in a near-incomprehensible story. One of the key features of AL is that it is extremely fair with its drops and resources. You get plenty of resources per day (in fact, way more so than before I took a break), the drop rates are very generous compared to other gacha games, there's multiple archives of previous events to unlock ships you miss, PVP is completely optional and the gameplay is actually pretty deep and fun. I believe they make the majority of money off their skins which is why they're able to make it more video game than skinner box.

Fair warning: it is heavy on the fanservice if you're not into that. Very heavy even. I left out a couple of screenshots of my favorite ship (far right, Takao) just in case I violated some rules or morals

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ahah! MSI App Player (bluestack base) @1440p

(still 320dpi tho :laugh:

) playing since 09.2019 zero break
i am on Sandy and i do believe i fare quite good (indeed AL is generous, and aside skin and dock slots, never bought anything else

ok ... a few rings ... but only when on duo pack discounted

)

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cubes are easy to overstock only ever missed 1 banner ship (waiting for the rerun of "tower of trancendance" ) well ... 2 but the second one is a collab character and i do not care about non ship, so, perfectly fine (luckily collab char do not count toward collection completion )

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2nd floor : trophy room ... overcrowded :laugh:

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fanservice ... yeah quite heavy ...

on another note ...

well, glad to see server are still up :laugh:

and finally improved my Interceptor build :laugh:

still fun to play, tbh.

@Sithaer what do you mean? :laugh:

(it's also the second game with AL thast i do play on a daily basis )

Nikke is a barrel of laugh

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Rapunzel is a bit ...

satisfying... to say the least

yet ... some event and main storyline are real tearjerker

heavier than the heaviest fanservice focused mobile game ... it still managed to suprise me more than one time ... unlike the devs previous game (Destinys Child, no ... not the girls band :laugh:

)

and also easy to get by with zero to minimal money investment

but the main treat ... would be the OST ... DAMN that game has some good tunes!

Deleted member 229121 · May 23, 2023

Dad of Boy (2018). It's a bit of an adjustment from the original 3 but liking it so far.
Finished up High on Life and need to step away from Crab Champions for a while lol.

lexluthermiester · May 23, 2023

GreiverBlade said:
ahah! MSI App Player (bluestack base) @1440p (still 320dpi tho ) playing since 09.2019 zero break
i am on Sandy and i do believe i fare quite good (indeed AL is generous, and aside skin and dock slots, never bought anything else ok ... a few rings ... but only when on duo pack discounted )
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cubes are easy to overstock only ever missed 1 banner ship (waiting for the rerun of "tower of trancendance" ) well ... 2 but the second one is a collab character and i do not care about non ship, so, perfectly fine (luckily collab char do not count toward collection completion )
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2nd floor : trophy room ... overcrowded

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fanservice ... yeah quite heavy ...

on another note ...
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well, glad to see server are still up and finally improved my Interceptor build
still fun to play, tbh.

@Sithaer what do you mean? (it's also the second game with AL thast i do play on a daily basis )

Nikke is a barrel of laugh
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Rapunzel is a bit ...
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satisfying... to say the least
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yet ... some event and main storyline are real tearjerker
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heavier than the heaviest fanservice focused mobile game ... it still managed to suprise me more than one time ... unlike the devs previous game (Destinys Child, no ... not the girls band )

and also easy to get by with zero to minimal money investment
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but the main treat ... would be the OST ... DAMN that game has some good tunes!

Good grief the boobies on those gals! :eek:

Must be one of those "naughty" games.

Mac the Geek · May 23, 2023

Space Lynx said:
@Sithaer those are really awesome screenshots. almost looks like you are gaming on an OLED panel, wow. the blacks look so deep.

i would not upgrade that monitor if I were you, its honestly pretty top notch.

im not playing a game, but next week my urologist is going to be playing a game with a laser and pulverizing a 6mm kidney stone in me that is too big to pass. i wonder what its like playing that game, like is he going to be a separate room, secretly going pew pew pew with a joystick as he has a fucking blast doing his job, or is it all going to be boring as shit for both of us. LMAO

I'm not familiar with a laser procedure, but I had a lithotripsy a few years ago where the doctor used hypersonics to break up a kidney stone. They knocked me out so that the stone wouldn't move around, then calculated its resonant frequency and blasted it apart with a billion inaudible kazoos. Then I got to spend a week peeing sand. Weird, but much MUCH less painful than passing a stone the old-fashioned way. Hope yours goes smoothly!

Outback Bronze · May 23, 2023

Bomby569 said:
i had lots of fun with it. I don't get why all the hate. Story is absurd but who plays this for the story

Yeah, gota put in a few more hours and I'll let you know what I think. So far, I have been enjoying the original-like graphics.

Sithaer · May 23, 2023

GreiverBlade said:
ahah! MSI App Player (bluestack base) @1440p (still 320dpi tho ) playing since 09.2019 zero break
i am on Sandy and i do believe i fare quite good (indeed AL is generous, and aside skin and dock slots, never bought anything else ok ... a few rings ... but only when on duo pack discounted )
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cubes are easy to overstock only ever missed 1 banner ship (waiting for the rerun of "tower of trancendance" ) well ... 2 but the second one is a collab character and i do not care about non ship, so, perfectly fine (luckily collab char do not count toward collection completion )
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2nd floor : trophy room ... overcrowded

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fanservice ... yeah quite heavy ...

on another note ...
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well, glad to see server are still up and finally improved my Interceptor build
still fun to play, tbh.

@Sithaer what do you mean? (it's also the second game with AL thast i do play on a daily basis )

Nikke is a barrel of laugh
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Rapunzel is a bit ...
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satisfying... to say the least
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yet ... some event and main storyline are real tearjerker
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heavier than the heaviest fanservice focused mobile game ... it still managed to suprise me more than one time ... unlike the devs previous game (Destinys Child, no ... not the girls band )

and also easy to get by with zero to minimal money investment
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but the main treat ... would be the OST ... DAMN that game has some good tunes!

Damn you are lucky with Pilgrims, like I said I've been playing since day 1 as a 100% free2play and I only ever pulled Snow White as a random pull.
Both of my Modernia and Dorothy were bought with my saved up golden tickets during their banner event. 'Glad I did, Modernia is my main DPS carry'

Tho I'm not complainig, at least I've managed to push the story pretty far and I can also fully clear every special interception except the Train.
And yea the Overzone event was great, that was a better event/story than what I've experienced in some so called AAA MMOs when I was still playing those. The game can definitely make me laugh but it can get dark at times thats for sure.
The new Rupee skin kinda pissed me off, I was looking forward to maybe having a new skin for her since shes my most developed Nikke and one my favs in general 'since the xmax event 'and then they relase it as a gacha skin costing upwards 60-70 $ if you want to get it for sure. 'no wonder there is a drama going on about it'
I was willing to spend my saved up gems on it but ofc they had to be greedy and make it paid only. :shadedshu:

Oh well I will just pull for the new bunny girls 'Blanc/Noir' as they seem to be pretty strong in a team + collection material ofc. :laugh:

'btw there is gonna be a Nier collab so might worth saving up tickets for that'

And yea the OST in the game surprised me a few times especially for a mobile game.

Chomiq · May 23, 2023

GreiverBlade said:
ahah! MSI App Player (bluestack base) @1440p (still 320dpi tho ) playing since 09.2019 zero break
i am on Sandy and i do believe i fare quite good (indeed AL is generous, and aside skin and dock slots, never bought anything else ok ... a few rings ... but only when on duo pack discounted )
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cubes are easy to overstock only ever missed 1 banner ship (waiting for the rerun of "tower of trancendance" ) well ... 2 but the second one is a collab character and i do not care about non ship, so, perfectly fine (luckily collab char do not count toward collection completion )
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2nd floor : trophy room ... overcrowded

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fanservice ... yeah quite heavy ...

on another note ...
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well, glad to see server are still up and finally improved my Interceptor build
still fun to play, tbh.

@Sithaer what do you mean? (it's also the second game with AL thast i do play on a daily basis )

Nikke is a barrel of laugh
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Rapunzel is a bit ...
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satisfying... to say the least
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yet ... some event and main storyline are real tearjerker
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heavier than the heaviest fanservice focused mobile game ... it still managed to suprise me more than one time ... unlike the devs previous game (Destinys Child, no ... not the girls band )

and also easy to get by with zero to minimal money investment
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but the main treat ... would be the OST ... DAMN that game has some good tunes!

Ah, fellow men of culture...

Bomby569 · May 23, 2023

Outback Bronze said:
Yeah, gota put in a few more hours and I'll let you know what I think. So far, I have been enjoying the original-like graphics.

just ignore the copy paste content, that's what makes most people dislike ubi games and yet they keep doing it

GreiverBlade · May 23, 2023

lexluthermiester said:
Good grief the boobies on those gals! Must be one of those "naughty" games.

nah, not really, it's pretty much tame (well AL is a little more SFW than Nikke :laugh:

) but i never had anyone making a comment on anything but the gameplay (and/or gear optimization ) when i played either of them in public area

Implacable is an Illustrious Class Armored aircraft carrier, actually she's the lead ship of her class but originated from the Illustrious class, to be precise ... so, yeah she should have some padding for soft landing yep... everything about the chara design is based on history
Britannica Dictionary definition of SOFT LANDING. [count] : a landing in which an airplane, a spacecraft, etc., touches the ground in a controlled and gradual way that does not damage it.
or you could say it's related to the fuel tanks ... :laugh:

Sithaer said:
Damn you are lucky with Pilgrims, like I said I've been playing since day 1 as a 100% free2play and I only ever pulled Snow White as a random pull.
Both of my Modernia and Dorothy were bought with my saved up golden tickets during their banner event. 'Glad I did, Modernia is my main DPS carry'
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Tho I'm not complainig, at least I've managed to push the story pretty far and I can also fully clear every special interception except the Train.
And yea the Overzone event was great, that was a better event/story than what I've experienced in some so called AAA MMOs when I was still playing those. The game can definitely make me laugh but it can get dark at times thats for sure.
The new Rupee skin kinda pissed me off, I was looking forward to maybe having a new skin for her since shes my most developed Nikke and one my favs in general 'since the xmax event 'and then they relase it as a gacha skin costing upwards 60-70 $ if you want to get it for sure. 'no wonder there is a drama going on about it'
I was willing to spend my saved up gems on it but ofc they had to be greedy and make it paid only.
Oh well I will just pull for the new bunny girls 'Blanc/Noir' as they seem to be pretty strong in a team + collection material ofc. 'btw there is gonna be a Nier collab so might worth saving up tickets for that'

And yea the OST in the game surprised me a few times especially for a mobile game.

Pilgrim luck, mmmhhh ... it's not all of them, i also have Noah aside (in short only missing Harran and Isabel, well and Nihilister but that's a different story) mostly got them on random pull (extra core with molds 42/50 left :laugh:

) strongest squad power, i am at 102ish k atm
btw you have a hidden Pilgrim ... her codename is "Red Hood", well all player have her

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all pilgrim from Pioneer are based on the Fairy Tale Model

Rupee ... well yeah the Luxury Bunny wheel is annoying, tho since i don't have her (well, i have her winter shopper variant ... but i am more sad that i missed Anne Miracle fairy :laugh:

her VA, which is also Paimon, in Genshin Impact, VA, Corina Boettger is hilarious and do a superbe job) so i can ignore that skin ... all skin are technically "paid only" and if not in a pass, as i mention later, not really worth it to get at 20chf/$, 60$ for a skin is just greediness indeed

yeah Marian is awesome (Modernia is techncially her mecha tbf ... she will always be Marian, that game need a "custom name" mechanic after affection 10) pulled one on random and got the second on pity tickets since she's literally OP even if leveled via synchro (i am quite the filthy lucksack, Dorothy initial + copy also on random, to the point that i get SSR Nikke out of SR mold more than once )
Marian being a hard carry is an understatement...

current event ... hum i think i will have one free Blanc since i only miss 10-20 pulls for the 200 "pity" ticket (strangely Noir does not interest me as much ... but i will pull when i can as usual )

Centi and Maxwell are my most developed (not 100% f2p, bought the pass for Maxwell, 20chf/$ was good enough to support the game and that skin is neat, just like with AL i occasionally put a bit but only in season pass or special pass if the skin is well done (or rare :laugh:

culinary joke! ) like Maxwell or Alice, tempted with Viper but, nah... )

Overzone OST

btw the singer, AmaLee, is also Rupee and Viper VA

talking about Chatterbox ... probably my favorite boss (acting, design well all )
and a fitting ending

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@lexluthermiester, Anis ... overly developed chest has a reason ... to add weight to her trampling (well a Nikke is usually in the hundred'ish kg weight)
to be honest, i don't mind the character design and fanservice as long as the story, gameplay and ambient is good or above

Chomiq said:
Ah, fellow men of culture...

obviously ...

Sithaer · May 23, 2023

GreiverBlade said:
nah, not really, it's pretty much tame (well AL is a little more SFW than Nikke ) but i never had anyone making a comment on anything but the gameplay (and/or gear optimization ) when i played either of them in public area
Implacable is an Illustrious Class Armored aircraft carrier, actually she's the lead ship of her class but originated from the Illustrious class, to be precise ... so, yeah she should have some padding for soft landing yep... everything about the chara design is based on history
Britannica Dictionary definition of SOFT LANDING. [count] : a landing in which an airplane, a spacecraft, etc., touches the ground in a controlled and gradual way that does not damage it.
or you could say it's related to the fuel tanks ...

Pilgrim luck, mmmhhh ... it's not all of them, i also have Noah aside (in short only missing Harran and Isabel, well and Nihilister but that's a different story) mostly got them on random pull (extra core with molds 42/50 left ) strongest squad power, i am at 102ish k atm
btw you have a hidden Pilgrim ... her codename is "Red Hood", well all player have her
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all pilgrim from Pioneer are based on the Fairy Tale Model

Rupee ... well yeah the Luxury Bunny wheel is annoying, tho since i don't have her (well, i have her winter shopper variant ... but i am more sad that i missed Anne Miracle fairy her VA, which is also Paimon, in Genshin Impact, VA, Corina Boettger is hilarious and do a superbe job) so i can ignore that skin ... all skin are technically "paid only" and if not in a pass, as i mention later, not really worth it to get at 20chf/$, 60$ for a skin is just greediness indeed

yeah Marian is awesome (Modernia is techncially her mecha tbf ... she will always be Marian, that game need a "custom name" mechanic after affection 10) pulled one on random and got the second on pity tickets since she's literally OP even if leveled via synchro (i am quite the filthy lucksack, Dorothy initial + copy also on random, to the point that i get SSR Nikke out of SR mold more than once )
Marian being a hard carry is an understatement...
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current event ... hum i think i will have one free Blanc since i only miss 10-20 pulls for the 200 "pity" ticket (strangely Noir does not interest me as much ... but i will pull when i can as usual )

Centi and Maxwell are my most developed (not 100% f2p, bought the pass for Maxwell, 20chf/$ was good enough to support the game and that skin is neat, just like with AL i occasionally put a bit but only in season pass or special pass if the skin is well done (or rare culinary joke! ) like Maxwell or Alice, tempted with Viper but, nah... )
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Overzone OST

btw the singer, AmaLee, is also Rupee and Viper VA

talking about Chatterbox ... probably my favorite boss (acting, design well all )
and a fitting ending
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@lexluthermiester, Anis ... overly developed chest has a reason ... to add weight to her trampling (well a Nikke is usually in the hundred'ish kg weight)
to be honest, i don't mind the character design and fanservice as long as the story, gameplay and ambient is good or above

obviously ...

I will just put the Nikke part of the reply in spoiler tags cuse I don't think many are interested in that. :oops:

Basically this is all I have since day 1, btw I did not reroll when I started out just went with whatever I got:

Took me around 5 months to break the 160 wall in synchro.

Yea I know the Red hood thing/Rapi and theres already a rumor that at some point we might get a Pilgrim/SSR version of Rapi because of that.
For once I got lucky and managed to pull Blanc from 2x10 pulls, the twins should be much better if both are in the same team and I could make them fit in some of my teams so I will try to pull Noir. 'Blanc replacing my Rupee and Noir replacing Privaty tho this I will have to test out for sure'

Having a well developed Centi/Maxwell is not a bad thing, they are both useful for various things.
Alice is also one of my favs, shes just the cutest thing really.

'I have her in my lobby ever since I got her, apparently also crazy strong if you build a team around her and use macros to turn her into a sniper machinegun'

My Modernia/Marian is also only 0 star but damn she is a carry indeed. Just got her a third piece of Overload gear yesterday so now only 1 left:

Dorothy is also doing a good bunch of damage on harder bosses, usually its a tie or close to my Marian.
Currently I have Quency and Guilty from the rehab center and working on Sin atm. 'Guilty is actually pretty strong, probably the strongest of the bunch'
Molds are all over the place for me so I don't expect anything from them anymore, worst was my first Pilgrim tower mold that gave me a R unit. 'still collecting my second mold and I'm already expecting the worst'

Winter Shopper Rupee is the reason why I like her a lot, her xmas story with Anne was pretty well written and her bond story is also nice.
Too bad she is pretty much useless in team but her standard variant is actually pretty strong as burst 2 Nikke thats not a Pilgrim.

That Nihilister fight in the story mode, well that was a tough cookie and I've only managed to pass her at around 140k squad power tho you have access to stronger Nikkes like Scarlet so you should have an easier time I think.

Sometimes I also go to the Jukebox thing and check/listen to the OSTs in the game, I might just steal that idea for my phone's ringtone or something cause I could use something better than the factory default crap I'm using.

Chomiq said:
Ah, fellow men of culture...

I've heard the term 'Cultured degenerate' a few times already but tbh I'm not even offended.
I wont deny that there is a side of me that likes/enjoys such stuff and games as a side thing. :laugh:

Other than that I'm actually hooked on Godfall ever since I've started playing the full version from lvl 1. 'bought the upgrade for 7 $'
The story is very basic more like a filler but damn the combat system really clicks with me the more I understand the game's mechanics and whatnot + the art style is also my kind of thing.
+ at least there is a very detailed in game codex that explains almost everything which is very useful.

Poor Ascent is geting side tracked again. :oops:

'its good but it will have to wait..'

GreiverBlade · May 23, 2023

Sithaer said:
I will just put the Nikke part of the reply in spoiler tags cuse I don't think many are interested in that.

Basically this is all I have since day 1, btw I did not reroll when I started out just went with whatever I got:
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Took me around 5 months to break the 160 wall in synchro.

Yea I know the Red hood thing/Rapi and theres already a rumor that at some point we might get a Pilgrim/SSR version of Rapi because of that.
For once I got lucky and managed to pull Blanc from 2x10 pulls, the twins should be much better if both are in the same team and I could make them fit in some of my teams so I will try to pull Noir. 'Blanc replacing my Rupee and Noir replacing Privaty tho this I will have to test out for sure'

Having a well developed Centi/Maxwell is not a bad thing, they are both useful for various things.
Alice is also one of my favs, shes just the cutest thing really. 'I have her in my lobby ever since I got her, apparently also crazy strong if you build a team around her and use macros to turn her into a sniper machinegun'

My Modernia/Marian is also only 0 star but damn she is a carry indeed. Just got her a third piece of Overload gear yesterday so now only 1 left:
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Dorothy is also doing a good bunch of damage on harder bosses, usually its a tie or close to my Marian.
Currently I have Quency and Guilty from the rehab center and working on Sin atm. 'Guilty is actually pretty strong, probably the strongest of the bunch'
Molds are all over the place for me so I don't expect anything from them anymore, worst was my first Pilgrim tower mold that gave me a R unit. 'still collecting my second mold and I'm already expecting the worst'

Winter Shopper Rupee is the reason why I like her a lot, her xmas story with Anne was pretty well written and her bond story is also nice.
Too bad she is pretty much useless in team but her standard variant is actually pretty strong as burst 2 Nikke thats not a Pilgrim.

That Nihilister fight in the story mode, well that was a tough cookie and I've only managed to pass her at around 140k squad power tho you have access to stronger Nikkes like Scarlet so you should have an easier time I think.

Sometimes I also go to the Jukebox thing and check/listen to the OSTs in the game, I might just steal that idea for my phone's ringtone or something cause I could use something better than the factory default crap I'm using.

I've heard the term 'Cultured degenerate' a few times already but tbh I'm not even offended.
I wont deny that there is a side of me that likes/enjoys such stuff and games as a side thing.

Other than that I'm actually hooked on Godfall ever since I've started playing the full version from lvl 1. 'bought the upgrade for 7 $'
The story is very basic more like a filler but damn the combat system really clicks with me the more I understand the game's mechanics and whatnot + the art style is also my kind of thing.
+ at least there is a very detailed in game codex that explains almost everything which is very useful.

Poor Ascent is geting side tracked again. 'its good but it will have to wait..'

strange .... all your SSR are Sync (Yellow is Sync, white is Sync base )

it's not possible lvl 214 with 5 SR since max LBLV is 160, i got to 194 quite fast and my 5 syncro base are the strongest you see in my listing plus Diesel (which is 3*01 but low total power (aka sub 18k )) oh well i did more event than main story ... i thought max lvl was 200 :laugh:

but again like with AL i do not read guide or use META ... i define META myself, i should go at it more seriously then :laugh:

on Rehab i did Quency/Sin and currently halfway for Guilty.

are they trying to win me with that ?

not that i did not know there was a PC client ... i mostly play in portrait on my S23, but ... the home page having Jackal on it ... yeah i will give it a go (i like Exotic ... but only Jackal is in my favorite list due to her story and acting ) although usually i play AL on MSI app player and Nikke on the S23 at the same time :laugh:

also Crow ... is cultured ...

it is obviously known since long but i was in the first batch of peoples in the community to notice Crow Khorn symbole tatoo :laugh:

for the sake of spoiler then :laugh:

(but i am sure that at least a few are also .... cultured :laugh:

)

what i will be playing later ... well once i stop listening to "We Rise" (also a friggin godamn good song...), take a guess :laugh:

i'll be ...

there are not many mobile game that can make me "have dust in my eyes" ... that scene ...

my be all end all (brute force) team

edit: Pilgrim mold can give R? oh wow ... i am more a lucksack than i thought ... i got all my duplicate spare body for the Pilgrim i have from Pilgrim molds (bare one Dorothy who was as i mentioned from random pull )

Sithaer · May 23, 2023

GreiverBlade said:
strange .... all your SSR are Sync (Yellow is Sync, white is Sync base ) it's not possible lvl 214 with 5 SR since max LBLV is 160, i got to 194 quite fast and my 5 syncro base are the strongest you see in my listing plus Diesel (which is 3*01 but low total power (aka sub 18k )) oh well i did more event than main story ... i thought max lvl was 200 but again like with AL i do not read guide or use META ... i define META myself, i should go at it more seriously then

on Rehab i did Quency/Sin and currently halfway for Guilty.

are they trying to win me with that ?
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not that i did not know there was a PC client ... i mostly play in portrait on my S23, but ... the home page having Jackal on it ... yeah i will give it a go (i like Exotic ... but only Jackal is in my favorite list due to her story and acting ) although usually i play AL on MSI app player and Nikke on the S23 at the same time

also Crow ... is cultured ...
View attachment 297188
it is obviously known since long but i was in the first batch of peoples in the community to notice Crow Khorn symbole tatoo

for the sake of spoiler then (but i am sure that at least a few are also .... cultured )

what i will be playing later ... well once i stop listening to "We Rise" (also a friggin godamn good song...), take a guess

i'll be ...

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there are not many mobile game that can make me "have dust in my eyes" ... that scene ...

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my be all end all (brute force) team
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edit: Pilgrim mold can give R? oh wow ... i am more a lucksack than i thought ... i got all my duplicate spare body for the Pilgrim i have from Pilgrim molds (bare one Dorothy who was as i mentioned from random pull )

Yeah you can get R from molds, you can see the probability % if you click on that text.
This is my Synchro, top line of Nikkes were the ones I've broke the 160 wall with.

You get a pretty nice squad damage boost at lvl 201 then it slow downs again. 'there might be more breakpoints tho I'm not yet there, each level cost 10k core dust at this point so its slow..'
The PC client is great, I've also used to play it with an emulator but that was kinda meh and my budget phone can't really run the game that well so I only do the easy stuff there but everything else I do with the PC version that runs at 60 fps or so. 'Can't imagine doing Special Interceptions on phone,I would fail them all. '
+ The game looks glorious on a Ultrawide screen instead of my phone's screen.

I do follow some 'cultured' content creators on YT who plays Nikke so I somewhat know whats meta,etc and I kinda like to know cause as a 100% free2play every bit of info about the game mechanics,etc do help.
Ofc there are times when waifu>meta no matter what, that was the main reason why I even pulled for Winter Shopper Rupee. :oops:

'and also why I picked Quency as my first rehab unit'

I hate Crow due to her part in the main story at some point, I'm actually doing Jackal's bond story nowadays and yea shes batshit crazy but in a fun way. 'If you are yet to do Yulha's bond story then do it, thats total madness and made me laugh a few times'

For me the Overzone event with Dorothy was quite emotional/depressing, at least I know why she hates humans so much.

GreiverBlade · May 23, 2023

Sithaer said:
Yeah you can get R from molds, you can see the probability % if you click on that text.
This is my Synchro, top line of Nikkes were the ones I've broke the 160 wall with.
View attachment 297196

You get a pretty nice squad damage boost at lvl 201 then it slow downs again. 'there might be more breakpoints tho I'm not yet there, each level cost 10k core dust at this point so its slow..'
The PC client is great, I've also used to play it with an emulator but that was kinda meh and my budget phone can't really run the game that well so I only do the easy stuff there but everything else I do with the PC version that runs at 60 fps or so. 'Can't imagine doing Special Interceptions on phone,I would fail them all. '
+ The game looks glorious on a Ultrawide screen instead of my phone's screen.

I do follow some 'cultured' content creators on YT who plays Nikke so I somewhat know whats meta,etc and I kinda like to know cause as a 100% free2play every bit of info about the game mechanics,etc do help.
Ofc there are times when waifu>meta no matter what, that was the main reason why I even pulled for Winter Shopper Rupee. 'and also why I picked Quency as my first rehab unit'

I hate Crow due to her part in the main story at some point, I'm actually doing Jackal's bond story nowadays and yea shes batshit crazy but in a fun way. 'If you are yet to do Yulha's bond story then do it, thats total madness and made me laugh a few times'

For me the Overzone event with Dorothy was quite emotional/depressing, at least I know why she hates humans so much.

bond story ... i do not have a single Nikke under lvl 10 bond

also Yulha... ahahahaha never laughed so hard :laugh:

want a joke? i play only full auto including special interceptions, sometime i do fine controll but till now ... rarely had to (aside EX stage and Wildcat Engine ofc)

i still struggle to understand your sync ... breaking 160?
i think you meant breaking 200 ...

i passed 160 since quite some time now

advanced sync is at lvl 200 ... iirc well ... not far enough indeed, and getting those 5x6 level for my sync team will take a bit :oops:

oh well, i never was one for min maxing ... i just ... enjoy

Sithaer · May 23, 2023

GreiverBlade said:
bond story ... i do not have a single Nikke under lvl 10 bond

View attachment 297198

also Yulha... ahahahaha never laughed so hard

want a joke? i play only full auto including special interceptions, sometime i do fine controll but till now ... rarely had to (aside EX stage and Wildcat Engine ofc)

i still struggle to understand your sync ... breaking 160?
i think you meant breaking 200 ...

View attachment 297201

i passed 160 since quite some time now advanced sync is at lvl 200 ... iirc well ... not far enough indeed, and getting those 5x6 level for my sync team will take a bit

oh well, i never was one for min maxing ... i just ... enjoy

I mean you can only lvl past 160 in your synchro machine if you have 5 Nikkes at 3 star/Max limit break level.
Thats what took me like 5+ months or so cause I kept getting the wrong ones regardless of my wish list setup.

Dunno maybe since you got lucky with your pulls you broke past that cap w/o noticing that it exist. :laugh:

After you reach lvl 200 on all of your 5 Nikkes in the synchro machine they will be auto moved to the top of the list and then you can level the syncro machine itself.

I also play full auto except for Special interception and the more difficult story parts/bosses and ofc the EX stages.
K yeah I also wanted her to be as a playable/collectable character instead of D.

Anyway if you ever get stuck or want to discuss a thing or two about the game you are free to send me a private message I don't mind it at all. :toast:

'that and I don't want to disturb the topic with this'

Vayra86 · May 23, 2023

Clearly RTX ON here! Everything is just perfectly lit to purge heretics, especially my soul

Oh shit the chainsword is not even a pickup but just basic finisher :love:

First impressions: this game nails the superfast Space Marine locomotion, that's for sure. The jump you get is long and floaty like we know from this type of game, but if you land there's a big thump because you're still heavy AF. Chainsword is a two-frame movement, so it feels ultra snappy, much like most of the rest you do, a melee attack is just a single frame motion it seems, so really fast.

Much like Astartes the Movie... and 100% as it should be. I think Boltgun's a winner...

Audioave10 · May 23, 2023

Those characters have more curves than my favorite race tracks...
I just put away the old MOMO Wheel and pedal setup. They are too old compared to the new DD Wheels
and I can't afford the expense anymore. I did like those older SIMS.

harm9963 · May 23, 2023

Hogwarts Legacy ,plus Death Stranding .

Vayra86 · May 23, 2023

Finished chapter 1 of Boltgun by now.

Holy shit. Its good. It gets wild, weapons feel great & punchy, lots of secrets and definitely not easy to find them all, and looks to be of good length, too.

GreiverBlade · May 23, 2023

Vayra86 said:
Finished chapter 1 of Boltgun by now.

Holy shit. Its good. It gets wild, weapons feel great & punchy, lots of secrets and definitely not easy to find them all, and looks to be of good length, too.

i'd feel it will be a good buy for me too ...

well, i love W40k played almost every games of it (from the original board games to the latest video games) and i love retro shooter, Hedon, Ion Fury, heck i was so grateful when EGS gave OG DOOM and DOOM 64 for free (i need to get DOOM II again, either 1.96chf on EGS or finding back my floppies and putting another Win 95 retrorig together again :laugh:

)

jormungand · May 24, 2023

Sithaer said:
I mean you can only lvl past 160 in your synchro machine if you have 5 Nikkes at 3 star/Max limit break level.
Thats what took me like 5+ months or so cause I kept getting the wrong ones regardless of my wish list setup.

Dunno maybe since you got lucky with your pulls you broke past that cap w/o noticing that it exist.
After you reach lvl 200 on all of your 5 Nikkes in the synchro machine they will be auto moved to the top of the list and then you can level the syncro machine itself.

I also play full auto except for Special interception and the more difficult story parts/bosses and ofc the EX stages.
K yeah I also wanted her to be as a playable/collectable character instead of D.

Anyway if you ever get stuck or want to discuss a thing or two about the game you are free to send me a private message I don't mind it at all. 'that and I don't want to disturb the topic with this'

nah we want to see more culture!! lmao

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