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Fontaine will be an extended courtroom drama as we try to pin some crimes on one of the harbringers. It’ll play out much like a Phoenix wright game.
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I mean the deal with the Fatui isn't that people don't know they're bad news and committing crimes and stuff. It's that they're also sort of diplomats and nobody wants the Tsarista to declare an open war, so they put up with the incredibly thinly veiled clandestine stuff, right?
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Coolness Averted posted:It's just the storytelling handwaves of turning the uncaring god that was the antagonist of the main Inazuma arc into a quirky waifu. They also need to keep the zone functional without locking you out of content, since players going into Inazuma may not finish the main questline before doing other stuff. She seems to play by might makes right rules and honor systems that say Klingons might agree with. If you can't best her in a duel you lack honor and resolve and thus theres no reason for her to consider your demands. The one thing that makes me consider that they might have changed up her character a little to sell her better is when they changed her expression in the status screen to be more of a neutral serene expression more than a glower and I don't believe it just changes after you complete 2.1 or her story quests either, its a permanent change retroactively integrated into the game. I wish they'd do more with her post story quest though other than "Back in my day" or "Dango Milk please". Her last couple appearances have definitely been of the quirky waifu persuasion. Especially the Irodoku festival one.
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Jan 25, 2023 15:37
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Captain France posted:I mean the deal with the Fatui isn't that people don't know they're bad news and committing crimes and stuff. It's kind of both? Most Fatui ops would rather not go loud about it, for no other reason than if you look legit you can con the locals into doing your work for you. But if they have to, they'll stay loud and use all the weapons at their disposal including diplomacy to keep you out of the way while they finish up. Also, whatever the last Fatui were doing that got you to break out your killin' hands, they were officially declared rogue elements and the Tsaritsa has disavowed any knowledge of their actions.
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Glazius posted:It's kind of both? Most Fatui ops would rather not go loud about it, for no other reason than if you look legit you can con the locals into doing your work for you. But if they have to, they'll stay loud and use all the weapons at their disposal including diplomacy to keep you out of the way while they finish up.
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Real Cool Catfish posted:Fontaine will be an extended courtroom drama as we try to pin some crimes on one of the harbringers. i hope so. they've already got most of the UI and structure in place for little mini-VNs in the hangouts, be nice if it were used for good instead of evil
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Jan 25, 2023 16:09
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MNSNTZR posted:now you’re just making me wonder if there’s an adult in this game that isn’t a dumb rear end in a top hat at least by association. … yoimiya… and i guess nilou by way of being genuinely the most boring person in the game I thought Yoimiya and Nilou were teenagers. Isnt Hu Taos English VA Brianna Knickerbocker. Either way you get what you're going to get if you choose English for your voice over language over the three other Asian language options
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Jan 25, 2023 16:30
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Coolness Averted posted:I'm pretty sure 'quickstart' is bugged for lantern festival. I chose it, got to do the quest chain until about where you got to Liyue Harbor, at which point it blocked me until I completed story quests -including one I haven't unlocked yet, that's blocked behind another story quest I've unlocked but haven't finished. GG mihoyo. The good news is the Yelan story quest is pretty interesting. The bad news is that it's kind of long.
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Jan 25, 2023 17:15
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Found out that the Fav spear can trigger the extra particles effect from any one of YaoYao's radishes, even when she's off field, so this'll help her battery Al. I was thinking of running Black Tassle, but I've got such garbage ER on Al at the moment that I need every battery I can get.
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Jan 25, 2023 17:34
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schwein11 posted:The good news is the Yelan story quest is pretty interesting. The bad news is that it's kind of long. That's good at least, she seemed cool in the chasm and I'm game for getting another few missions with her as a trial character.
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Space Opera posted:Found out that the Fav spear can trigger the extra particles effect from any one of YaoYao's radishes, even when she's off field, so this'll help her battery Al. I was thinking of running Black Tassle, but I've got such garbage ER on Al at the moment that I need every battery I can get. Time to level a fourth Fav spear I guess.
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Jan 25, 2023 19:09
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a “if al haitham’s sig doesn’t come in a single multi, gently caress it” session on the weapon banner just netted me a second jade spear. does anyone other than xiao use this thing? i vaguely recall using it as a stat stick with xiangling but cyno’s signature seemed to perform better. got a skyward pride from free standard fates a few days ago too, some wack weapon luck
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Ive got like 3 R5 fav spears and Dragons Bane. Which I had a single R5 white tassle.
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Jan 25, 2023 19:50
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iirc white tassel is one of those 3* weapons that's chest-only so if you eat your copies early you'll miss out on it forever
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Jan 25, 2023 19:57
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The Chasm is the only reason I even got a R3 White Tassel.
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MNSNTZR posted:a “if al haitham’s sig doesn’t come in a single multi, gently caress it” session on the weapon banner just netted me a second jade spear. Jade Spear is a good stat stick due to high base ATK and crit rate substat but the current roster of spear users is kind of an odd bunch and surprisingly few of them care about that. Hu Tao & Raiden can both make good use of it if you don't have their signatures. It'll be a solid weapon to have around for any damage focused spear users that come around in the future. As for Skyward Spine, it's something of a meme but it's still a solid support spear to have around. Raiden can actually make great use of it due to it's ER% substat and the attack speed passive actually letting her get in a few more attacks in her burst. It's also a great alternative to The Catch for both her and Xiangling. Shenhe can also make good use of it due to her high burst cost.
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Maybe skyward pride will be good on Dehya.. EDIT: never mind it doesnt work on her.
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No Wave posted:Maybe skyward pride will be good on Dehya.. here’s looking at kaveh…  YoshiOfYellow posted:Jade Spear is a good stat stick due to high base ATK and crit rate substat but the current roster of spear users is kind of an odd bunch and surprisingly few of them care about that. Hu Tao & Raiden can both make good use of it if you don't have their signatures. It'll be a solid weapon to have around for any damage focused spear users that come around in the future. man i really hate keeping stuff enough unnecessarily (dragonspine spear). i just have a feeling that it won’t come back into relevance, much like aquila or a lot of the skyward weapons in general
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No Wave posted:Maybe skyward pride will be good on Dehya.. Oh lmao I read that as Skyward Spine. Oops. You got the greatsword. Well don't I look ridiculous. Anyways Skyward Pride is... Okay. It can be good for characters with high energy requirements like Beidou or Itto (depending on his artifact ER% substats and team comp). Sayu could also do good with it since she's got a high cost burst and her healing scales better with high ATK (which Skyward Pride has a very high base). MNSNTZR posted:man i really hate keeping stuff enough unnecessarily (dragonspine spear). i just have a feeling that it won’t come back into relevance, much like aquila or a lot of the skyward weapons in general Jade Spear is generically good enough that I don't think it'll ever fall out of favor really. The passive is very blah due to the high field time requirement but a weapon with a sky high base ATK and Crit substat is always going to be useful to have around. Your Cyno Spear is better but now you at least have options so you don't have to trade one weapon around characters a lot.
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RPATDO_LAMD posted:iirc white tassel is one of those 3* weapons that's chest-only so if you eat your copies early you'll miss out on it forever They're just ridiculously rare. I was afraid I'd done that, until I noticed I hadn't fed any 3*s into gear. I'm running out of Liyue chests and only got my white tassel to r2. I'm hoping at some point they make those rng weapons you could easily just not get or lose to newbie choices in as a limited thing, like maybe an occasional 30 day login bonus, or a traveling merchant. Same with stuff like the sinnispar spire. It's kinda lovely I just won't ever get Albedo's sword because I wasn't playing when it was in game.
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the worst is the Dark iron Sword you get from talking to a dude in Liyue only one copy exists - if you consume it (as its an unassuming 3*) you can never get it again meanwhile the effect on it is so busted that it outperforms a lot of 4* weapons for Aggravate and Hyperbloom
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RPATDO_LAMD posted:iirc white tassel is one of those 3* weapons that's chest-only so if you eat your copies early you'll miss out on it forever I think its still random. I only have 1 white tassell Im still going through the chests in the chasm, hopefully I can get a few more
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Excelzior posted:the worst is the Dark iron Sword you get from talking to a dude in Liyue the 20% atk boost from its passive isn't even relevant for hyperbloom it is an ok option for aggravate but the 4* em weapons iron sting and umbrella are gonna beat it out just due to higher base attack values. it's the only 3* EM sword though so it can be nice if you missed the umbrella event and want to gear a second EM sword character without crafting a duplicate iron sting
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i just found this while grinding artifact domains for xiangling and benny haven't leveled it yet but i'm not sure a bad outcome actually even exists 
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Heartbroken to discover that the thing about Favonius Yaoyao isn't actually true. Test: 101 crit rate Yaoyao with R5 Fav Spear. Dropped Yuegui and switched out, saw it continually crit hit enemies without activating anything. Dropped second Yuegui and switched out, same result. After 2 crit hits failed to proc anything, switched Yaoyao back in. The next crit hit immediately procced Fav. So yeah, Yaoyao works the same as everyone else 
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:i just found this while grinding artifact domains for xiangling and benny so jelly
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MoonCrab posted:Heartbroken to discover that the thing about Favonius Yaoyao isn't actually true. I was about to go in game to test it, since it would have been a bug. Weapon passives never trigger off field unless the text says they do. Fav and sac weapons have always been that way, other wise Fav would be god tier on Venti.
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RPATDO_LAMD posted:iirc white tassel is one of those 3* weapons that's chest-only so if you eat your copies early you'll miss out on it forever Forever is relative. Events based in Liyue that have chests are Liyue chests. They're pretty rare, though.
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Excelzior posted:the worst is the Dark iron Sword you get from talking to a dude in Liyue Oh wow really? I thought it was just a comestic but functionally was comparable to a common 4 star.
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Man. Lantern Rite really wants me to play a lot of this lovely boat game for its rewards huh
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ninjoatse.cx posted:Forever is relative. Events based in Liyue that have chests are Liyue chests. They're pretty rare, though. None of them have given a White Tassel to me. Maybe it's random but it's not like it's not a super-rare weapon if you mindlessly refine it like I did, mostly because the game pretty much encourages you to grind down 3* weapons. Chernobyl Peace Prize posted:Man. Lantern Rite really wants me to play a lot of this lovely boat game for its rewards huh I honestly didn't remember the boat controlling so loving badly. It's by far the worst part of the Lantern Rite. Thankfully the score requirement is low enough that you can just mindlessly get it over with but it never, ever feels good to do.
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Coolness Averted posted:Oh wow really? I thought it was just a comestic but functionally was comparable to a common 4 star. I mean like it was specified above it gets beaten by 4* like Iron Sting (especially since you can refine iron sting) it's just really stupid that this unassuming sword that got released back in 1.0 as a hidden, one-time thing is now actually an ok starter weapon for EM sword users
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Stare-Out posted:None of them have given a White Tassel to me. Maybe it's random but it's not like it's not a super-rare weapon if you mindlessly refine it like I did, mostly because the game pretty much encourages you to grind down 3* weapons. If I recall it also has to be an exquisite chest or better. So plain wooden ones don't cut it. Excelzior posted:I mean like it was specified above it gets beaten by 4* like Iron Sting (especially since you can refine iron sting) Ah cool, just wanted to make sure I wasn't sleeping on something that I locked because of the thread's advice, but hadn't leveled.
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Stare-Out posted:None of them have given a White Tassel to me. Maybe it's random but it's not like it's not a super-rare weapon if you mindlessly refine it like I did, mostly because the game pretty much encourages you to grind down 3* weapons. It feels like they messed with the acceleration somehow, but otherwise it more or less works as usual. Just takes a millenium to get moving. That game actually works pretty alright in multiplayer, which was surprising. The one time I did multiplayer also reminded me I had an gun, and shooting stuff means you won't crash into it. Easiest minigame's the whirlpool one, but it's not like you can choose, so…
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Stare-Out posted:I honestly didn't remember the boat controlling so loving badly. It's by far the worst part of the Lantern Rite. Thankfully the score requirement is low enough that you can just mindlessly get it over with but it never, ever feels good to do.
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Stare-Out posted:None of them have given a White Tassel to me. Maybe it's random but it's not like it's not a super-rare weapon if you mindlessly refine it like I did, mostly because the game pretty much encourages you to grind down 3* weapons. It really is the mercy of the RNG. When I found out I had shredded a bunch of them, I followed a guide for all of the chests that could drop them and received exactly one out of, like, 14 chests. Since clearing out Liyue, I've pulled 2 more from the chasm and 2 more from Liyue events/domains. Zenostein posted:It feels like they messed with the acceleration somehow, but otherwise it more or less works as usual. Just takes a millenium to get moving. That game actually works pretty alright in multiplayer, which was surprising. The one time I did multiplayer also reminded me I had an gun, and shooting stuff means you won't crash into it. I got like, 900 points per attempt, even when I once beat it with only 33 coins in my inventory.
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my xiangling is level 40 and only c2 i feel like i've failed her since apparently she's still one of the best pyro units in the game
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fff lost my 78 wish 50/50 pulll for Al to a Tighnari. It beats another Qiqi constellation, but doesn't actually get me anything. Oh well, I guess I'll try a dendro team some time around Nahida's banner rerun in Fontaine.
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Cat-shaped Witch posted:my xiangling is level 40 and only c2 She’s the best free pyro unit. Well, in terms of gameplay. She’s also the only real off field pyro applier in the game.
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