Vincentdante
Time-Traveller
I finally got Topaz's LC which I was after for a while now.
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I finally got Topaz's LC which I was after for a while now.
Lordhippos
Pokémon Master
Alright so got Lingsha in another 80 pulls, not bad that's 3 50/50's I've won in a row now lol. It's like I have an IRL curio that is ensuring I don't get anything ahead of soft pity, but that I don't go beyond it...
My luck on the normal banner is less good/useful, but this makes up for it
I also picked up along the way:
Guinaifen E5
Misha E0
Arlan E0
Xueyi E0
Natasha E1 => E5
I got Guinaifen back to back twice! game is trying to tell me something.
Left with 35 pulls worth of currency so in a good spot for saving for next. I'll probably skip Topaz for now.
On my want list is Acheron and Ruan Mei for sure.
@Vincentdante gz dude! I'd definitely consider going for the LC's if I had a good enough roster already, I think in my position I need more characters more at the moment. Lingsha apparently has a good E1 as well so sort of tempting to go deeper on pulls for that but also I think it's a bit of a trap and I can always E1 her later on a re-run banner.
My luck on the normal banner is less good/useful, but this makes up for it
I also picked up along the way:
Guinaifen E5
Misha E0
Arlan E0
Xueyi E0
Natasha E1 => E5
I got Guinaifen back to back twice! game is trying to tell me something.
Left with 35 pulls worth of currency so in a good spot for saving for next. I'll probably skip Topaz for now.
On my want list is Acheron and Ruan Mei for sure.
@Vincentdante gz dude! I'd definitely consider going for the LC's if I had a good enough roster already, I think in my position I need more characters more at the moment. Lingsha apparently has a good E1 as well so sort of tempting to go deeper on pulls for that but also I think it's a bit of a trap and I can always E1 her later on a re-run banner.
Vincentdante
Time-Traveller
Thanks and congrats on Lingsha. You have a solid healer now which is a great boon. I personally wouldn't go for eidolons unless you are happy to spend, E0 is always good enough but don't let me dictate what you wantAlright so got Lingsha in another 80 pulls, not bad that's 3 50/50's I've won in a row now lol. It's like I have an IRL curio that is ensuring I don't get anything ahead of soft pity, but that I don't go beyond it...
My luck on the normal banner is less good/useful, but this makes up for it
I also picked up along the way:
Guinaifen E5
Misha E0
Arlan E0
Xueyi E0
Natasha E1 => E5
I got Guinaifen back to back twice! game is trying to tell me something.
Left with 35 pulls worth of currency so in a good spot for saving for next. I'll probably skip Topaz for now.
On my want list is Acheron and Ruan Mei for sure.
@Vincentdante gz dude! I'd definitely consider going for the LC's if I had a good enough roster already, I think in my position I need more characters more at the moment. Lingsha apparently has a good E1 as well so sort of tempting to go deeper on pulls for that but also I think it's a bit of a trap and I can always E1 her later on a re-run banner.
Lordhippos
Pokémon Master
Thanks and congrats on Lingsha. You have a solid healer now which is a great boon. I personally wouldn't go for eidolons unless you are happy to spend, E0 is always good enough but don't let me dictate what you want
No I tend to agree I think that I'd only really seriously consider it on a top tier character where I can see myself using them basically forever. I guess E0 with LC is a good first step and would be better than going E1 without the LC.
I don't think I'd know the game well enough yet to decide on going beyond E0 on anyone, a future thing if I happen to get ahead on banner pulls I want
I may also put my starlight towards pulls here as I don't necessarily know if the OG character LC's are all that important in the scheme of things either. I mean I could get 30 pulls for something more current/new and that is probably a better way to spend them thinking about it. I'm approaching 500 of that out of the 600 I'd technically need to do the opposite so it's a good 25 pulls already I could add to the pile, which is a decent boost and would get my 35 pulls immediately back to 60.
Lordhippos
Pokémon Master
Saw this on Reddit btw but redeem code 5T3Y6764D3Q3 gives 50 stellar jades, looks like a new one. Worked for me and I did a sweep of all codes I could find when the game launched.
I'm going to do the character trials for Lingsha and crew as well for a few extra jades, I'm still probably going to sleep on Topaz though, I could really do with another hard hitting DPS (I considered rolling for Feixiao to do that but she seems a little niche and is mainly good for follow up atk).
Re-run announce on Acheron would make my day
I'll post some extra things here later on general thoughts but I once again don't want to post walls of text so leaving this for now.
I'm going to do the character trials for Lingsha and crew as well for a few extra jades, I'm still probably going to sleep on Topaz though, I could really do with another hard hitting DPS (I considered rolling for Feixiao to do that but she seems a little niche and is mainly good for follow up atk).
Re-run announce on Acheron would make my day
I'll post some extra things here later on general thoughts but I once again don't want to post walls of text so leaving this for now.
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Geriatric hedgehog
Pokémon Master
Too many options of 5* on that banner to land so just pot luck there! Over time I've gotten all the non-limited 5*s (including from failed 50:50s) except Bailu and Bronya, though my Himeko is at E5 in the process
. Still not used my free 5* pull from that, as waiting to see which of the two missing ones I eventually hopefully land so I can get the other.Very nice, I was tempted by Topaz, until I heard that there will be an Acheron re-run soon apparently (with bloody Aventurine whom I want as well). I want dem Acheron eidolons!
Nice one! She is arguably the best healer as she seems to do a bit of everything, and whilst doing everything heals as well heh. Sadly missing a Tail though...
Thou shalt not want for anything but Nihility! I've only recently leveled her up and she's actually pretty good if you don't have Black Swan. With her though she's probably good for overkill heh.
Good plan, start saving for Acheron as apparently she'll be in the next set of banners. First limited 5* I'm aiming to try for Eidolons for.
Yeah I would also recommend, as others advised me, to not go for light cones or eidolons just yet - get enough variety in your character roster to cover all bases and then double down on strengthening your favourites, depending on your preferred gameplay style, with LCs and eidolons methinks, as there will always be reruns.
Lordhippos
Pokémon Master
Thanks!
I definitely rate Lingsha so far and I'm far from having her optimised for kit. She's been a good addition and even more so because my Gallagher is miles behind being ready. Are you planning to get Lingsha as well or holding off?
Question that comes to mind, how to optimise my use of self-modelling resin? These seem extremely rare so I don't want to waste them. I have 3 of them at the moment.
I think I should be using them to craft certain gear with certain main stats that otherwise doesn't show up often, for example energy regen rope, or speed boots? It looks like most characters want speed on boots as it's more turns and more actions, and ultimately works well whatever your team composition?
Very happy to see if we get an Acheron re-run soon! I'm actually back to 70 pulls and this doesn't include the 25 I can get with my current star embers if I avoid the LC spends. Rate is dropping some but still getting more jade at a decentish rate and not done on all events by any means.
I definitely rate Lingsha so far and I'm far from having her optimised for kit. She's been a good addition and even more so because my Gallagher is miles behind being ready. Are you planning to get Lingsha as well or holding off?
Question that comes to mind, how to optimise my use of self-modelling resin? These seem extremely rare so I don't want to waste them. I have 3 of them at the moment.
I think I should be using them to craft certain gear with certain main stats that otherwise doesn't show up often, for example energy regen rope, or speed boots? It looks like most characters want speed on boots as it's more turns and more actions, and ultimately works well whatever your team composition?
Very happy to see if we get an Acheron re-run soon! I'm actually back to 70 pulls and this doesn't include the 25 I can get with my current star embers if I avoid the LC spends. Rate is dropping some but still getting more jade at a decentish rate and not done on all events by any means.
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Geriatric hedgehog
Pokémon Master
Heh the grind for optimising kits can be a real pain but I guess it does add to the ongoing replayability whilst waiting for new storylines/challenges. I was certainly considering her but opted for HuoHuo instead as I really like Gallagher (I think mine is at E5 or E6 now) and didn't want to bench him because Lingsha would be just that little bit better (and waifus will inevitably beat bros however much I try to be fair
). As they're in short supply I didn't use any for a long time until I had definite favourite characters, or those required relics that just refused to turn up heh. The times I have used them have been for body pieces for Crit rate, and then exactly as you said for boots for Speed and ropes for Energy regeneration stats that tend to be a favoured but difficult to pull. Keep in mind sub stats can play a significant role so whilst using the resin may address your main stat, you may still not get the perfect piece regardless... Welcome to the grind
Lordhippos
Pokémon Master
Yep resources are in general still an issue but I imagine it gets a bit less so once you level up some common light cones etc.
I'm trying to get ascension materials so when I need to hit 70-80 I can at least level a few characters up, needs quite a few though for that hop.
I'm trying to get ascension materials so when I need to hit 70-80 I can at least level a few characters up, needs quite a few though for that hop.
Lordhippos
Pokémon Master
Hit TB 60 which is a good milestone as it means I can get more materials out of the various material things.
Gotten 5 characters to 80 now, next step is working on boosting enough units to reasonably do pure fiction and memory of chaos or w/e it's called. Also boosting gear, light cones, and traces is very much still a work in progress. I made sure to hit Penacony clock level 50 as well so my MC is E6.
I will need someone who can do Quantum damage and right now it looks like that is Xueyi, Qingque, or I think I can get Lynx for free on one of the rewards? I don't have Lynx yet but do have the other two. Can also review upcoming banners and see if any more appear there but unsure if they'd be here soon enough to build out.
I'm going to slow down pace a bit on levelling and quests and things, I'm at a good spot and it's only a few days now until Metaphor Re:Fantazio appears, so I want to focus on that when it lands, whilst keeping on top of dailies in HSR as well as the other gacha I'm playing still (SOC). SOC is not taking up too much time now as I'm max level on that and I have enough leeway to do the events without a lot of time being required.
Back to about 100 pulls or so and I have a bunch of events and things still, so adding the daily 90 jade I get from the pass, I'm hopefully in a good spot to save up for the next Acheron/Ruan Mei re-runs that appear. If we get some Fate characters beyond Archer I'll have to look at those as well. Saber or Rider would be too tempting!
Gotten 5 characters to 80 now, next step is working on boosting enough units to reasonably do pure fiction and memory of chaos or w/e it's called. Also boosting gear, light cones, and traces is very much still a work in progress. I made sure to hit Penacony clock level 50 as well so my MC is E6.
I will need someone who can do Quantum damage and right now it looks like that is Xueyi, Qingque, or I think I can get Lynx for free on one of the rewards? I don't have Lynx yet but do have the other two. Can also review upcoming banners and see if any more appear there but unsure if they'd be here soon enough to build out.
I'm going to slow down pace a bit on levelling and quests and things, I'm at a good spot and it's only a few days now until Metaphor Re:Fantazio appears, so I want to focus on that when it lands, whilst keeping on top of dailies in HSR as well as the other gacha I'm playing still (SOC). SOC is not taking up too much time now as I'm max level on that and I have enough leeway to do the events without a lot of time being required.
Back to about 100 pulls or so and I have a bunch of events and things still, so adding the daily 90 jade I get from the pass, I'm hopefully in a good spot to save up for the next Acheron/Ruan Mei re-runs that appear. If we get some Fate characters beyond Archer I'll have to look at those as well. Saber or Rider would be too tempting!
Geriatric hedgehog
Pokémon Master
Lynx is excellent, was my go to healer until very recently when I got Huohuo. But she won't be much use as a damage dealer so one of the other two would be better. I never leveled Qingque as didn't like her SP-heavy playstyle. I would recommend Xueyi who I think is very good and has some great animations to boot as well. You could use the "free" Herta store's destruction light cone that pairs very well with her. As she uses break effect, she may work well with Harmony/Imaginary Trailblazer's super break effect mechanic as well, though I've never tried that combination myself.
Lordhippos
Pokémon Master
I'll build out Xuyei then!
Btw I really liked the march 7th hunt version and the quests/events around her, the general concept of her having a teacher in the team and getting follow up attacks from them doing damage is a very fun mechanic.
I'm generally running Kafka, BS, and Lingsha and then fitting in whatever I need for the 4th slot element wise, usually Herta, Asta, or March 7th atm.
Btw I really liked the march 7th hunt version and the quests/events around her, the general concept of her having a teacher in the team and getting follow up attacks from them doing damage is a very fun mechanic.
I'm generally running Kafka, BS, and Lingsha and then fitting in whatever I need for the 4th slot element wise, usually Herta, Asta, or March 7th atm.
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Geriatric hedgehog
Pokémon Master
Yeah she's very good with follow-up attackers as they just don't stop playing off each other. It's hilarious playing her with Feixiao and again she should work well with Xueyi as well for you. Lingsha will be a constant in your teams now as boss lady heh.
Vincentdante
Time-Traveller
PSA the honkai new version livestream is today at 11:30. Posting this for @Lordhippos as he is new to our ways
Lordhippos
Pokémon Master
Thanks @Vincentdante tend to be busy in the day due to work but I may be interested in catch up on Youtube or similar for key things.
Still enjoying the game, I did hit a randomly super hard elite in the divergent universe though that was going OK until it one shot me
I've been trying to build out my team of 8 key members I have for now, I am realising that I simply can't really gear up more than this currently, but each day that goes by I get more stuff, so should be able to get further in the end-game things soon.
I've done bits of all of the simulated/divergent universe areas, and MOC where I beat MOC 7 I think, which was better than a few days ago when I couldn't even beat MOC 3, so making some gains.
My main 8 are:
When I get the chance I'll build out Xuyei but lack of ascension materials at the moment. I was using my stamina to boost those where I could but I'll focus on the current event for 120 stamina per day on double relic drops. Prioritising the timed things makes sense to me.
I've not gotten all my LC upgraded to 80 yet (I have 1 x 80 and 7 x 70), and I need a lot of upgrades in the traces (I'm trying to get all 3 major traces done on all 8 of the above characters for now). Relics also need upgrading though I have most at +12, I may as well push my relics to +15 as I think I'll be able to keep levelling these up over time and small stat improvements add up even if the gear isn't perfect.
I've used my self-modelling resin to craft some useful main stat pieces at least but I can see substats are not always ideal, it's the grind for better gear that looks long term but I think at least having the right main stats is a starting point.
I think my main gains will come from pulling more good SSR characters that synergise well. I can see certain characters work pretty well together already depending on what content I am facing, for example Black Swan + Kafka, Harmony MC + March 7th Hunt (Imaginary break), Asta + Lingsha (Asta boosts fire damage for others).
I have a good number of pulls saved now in the region of 150, and I hear a re-run of Acheron is likely in 2.6 but might be latter half of it, she is a must pull I think as I'm missing that shock DPS factor at the moment. Otherwise I am unsure if someone like Rappa is worth it, but I'll review her kit and see, I will need to skip some banners to get the ones that count. I could do with a better heal support than Natasha for sure.
Still enjoying the game, I did hit a randomly super hard elite in the divergent universe though that was going OK until it one shot me
I've been trying to build out my team of 8 key members I have for now, I am realising that I simply can't really gear up more than this currently, but each day that goes by I get more stuff, so should be able to get further in the end-game things soon.
I've done bits of all of the simulated/divergent universe areas, and MOC where I beat MOC 7 I think, which was better than a few days ago when I couldn't even beat MOC 3, so making some gains.
My main 8 are:
- Kafka
- Black Swan
- Lingsha
- March 7th Hunt
- Asta
- Herta
- Harmony MC
- Natasha
When I get the chance I'll build out Xuyei but lack of ascension materials at the moment. I was using my stamina to boost those where I could but I'll focus on the current event for 120 stamina per day on double relic drops. Prioritising the timed things makes sense to me.
I've not gotten all my LC upgraded to 80 yet (I have 1 x 80 and 7 x 70), and I need a lot of upgrades in the traces (I'm trying to get all 3 major traces done on all 8 of the above characters for now). Relics also need upgrading though I have most at +12, I may as well push my relics to +15 as I think I'll be able to keep levelling these up over time and small stat improvements add up even if the gear isn't perfect.
I've used my self-modelling resin to craft some useful main stat pieces at least but I can see substats are not always ideal, it's the grind for better gear that looks long term but I think at least having the right main stats is a starting point.
I think my main gains will come from pulling more good SSR characters that synergise well. I can see certain characters work pretty well together already depending on what content I am facing, for example Black Swan + Kafka, Harmony MC + March 7th Hunt (Imaginary break), Asta + Lingsha (Asta boosts fire damage for others).
I have a good number of pulls saved now in the region of 150, and I hear a re-run of Acheron is likely in 2.6 but might be latter half of it, she is a must pull I think as I'm missing that shock DPS factor at the moment. Otherwise I am unsure if someone like Rappa is worth it, but I'll review her kit and see, I will need to skip some banners to get the ones that count. I could do with a better heal support than Natasha for sure.
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Lordhippos
Pokémon Master
Codes from the live stream apparently. worked for me, got 300 jades and some other stuff
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Lordhippos
Pokémon Master
Pretty happy managed to get MOC 8/9/10 down but only to 2 stars. Meant I got 27/36 on the event before the reset which isn't bad! Lingsha has been a great addition where the fights I often struggled with were because Natasha was my only healer and she can't deal with lots of debuffs or healing.
Saw some of the 2.6 stuff and Acheron is a must-pull for me. If I win her 50/50 I may even get the light cone as well as I think I'll be using her for a while. This will depend how pity is going and how my tickets are looking at the time, I'll keep saving meanwhile.
Rappa is a skip. Shame Gallagher isn't a 4* on the Acheron banner as I think he'd make a decent secondary sustain with Lingsha especially if I can get him to E6, I have only got his base version at the moment and haven't unlocked anything for him.
Considering Aventurine but not waifu. I think he runs the same time as Acheron which means we should have more info out for the next banners coming in 2.7 so can see what is coming then.
Saw some of the 2.6 stuff and Acheron is a must-pull for me. If I win her 50/50 I may even get the light cone as well as I think I'll be using her for a while. This will depend how pity is going and how my tickets are looking at the time, I'll keep saving meanwhile.
Rappa is a skip. Shame Gallagher isn't a 4* on the Acheron banner as I think he'd make a decent secondary sustain with Lingsha especially if I can get him to E6, I have only got his base version at the moment and haven't unlocked anything for him.
Considering Aventurine but not waifu. I think he runs the same time as Acheron which means we should have more info out for the next banners coming in 2.7 so can see what is coming then.
Geriatric hedgehog
Pokémon Master
Yeah I'm saving to get an eidolon or, if I'm very lucky, two of Acheron. I find Aventurine very annoying as a character but his utility as a preservation character is outstanding, so he's worth saving for if you don't have a strong shielder. I will probably not have the resources to pull for him, but am hoping there's a less annoying shielder released in the future with the same level of utility. Love Rappa's character design, but saving for Acheron
. I'm personally quite looking forward to Fugue, the new Tingyun, especially as she looks like she could potentially be designed to work well with Acheron being a Nihility character right after Acheron's banner.
Lordhippos
Pokémon Master
I am not sure I could stretch for multiple Acheron dupes but you never know, especially if I skip Aventurine. By all accounts E2 Acheron is definitely a boost over E0.
It would leave me short for some of the later characters though like you say, ones like the new Tingyun version.
I'll keep saving up, I've got some time as I think Acheron will be in about a month. If I add my normal pulls + my star currency I have about 190 pulls or so at the moment, trading the star currency for pulls makes more and more sense the more I think about it.
Meanwhile I've renewed the £5 thing and I expect I'll also renew the Nameless thing when it runs out in a week, so getting pulls in at a decent rate from those + other unfinished events I need to do still.
If E0 Gallagher is better than Natasha I could probably build him up and replace her for now, until a better sustain option comes along in general. Then I could pair Lingsha + whatever the new sustain is for my dual team comps.
It would leave me short for some of the later characters though like you say, ones like the new Tingyun version.
I'll keep saving up, I've got some time as I think Acheron will be in about a month. If I add my normal pulls + my star currency I have about 190 pulls or so at the moment, trading the star currency for pulls makes more and more sense the more I think about it.
Meanwhile I've renewed the £5 thing and I expect I'll also renew the Nameless thing when it runs out in a week, so getting pulls in at a decent rate from those + other unfinished events I need to do still.
If E0 Gallagher is better than Natasha I could probably build him up and replace her for now, until a better sustain option comes along in general. Then I could pair Lingsha + whatever the new sustain is for my dual team comps.
Joe
Thousand Master
If you can't afford to go all in to get Acheron's E2, it's probably worth to try for her light cone instead if you still want to vertically invest in her. Obviously signature light cones are always designed for the character, but her's is such a ridiculous improvement over literally every other option for her.
I assume you don't pay attention to leaks, but Fugue Tingyun will be a break support character, likely either a Harmony MC upgrade, or ran alongside them if you go sustain-less.