Sugarcube Corner - 2024-08-19

08:18

> Daily login event – Up to 10 Intertwined Fates from daily login event.
In-game mails – Primogem x 1600, two exclusive gadgets “Firstborn Firesprite” and “Kaboom Box,” and more bonuses.
A Free 5-star of your choice from the Standard Wish lineup.
Double crystal bonus for first purchase reset.

so Genshin finally gives out a rare character as an anniversary gift.

That said....

The standard wish rare characters are those you will eventually get with enough time.

Nice for those who miss just one, but for most old players this is basically a free dupe for characters that are not often used.

... it would be interesting to see if the "selector" has an expire date.

Otherwise it may be a good idea to save it in case they will ever add a Geo standard rare character.

@AndrasDeak--СлаваУкраїні Our "FateOfDerpy" friend is again ready for war.. (if you don't get it , this is a joke since Derpy is officially called "Muffins" in MLP)

reddit.com/r/OnePieceTC/comments/1etg9g0/…

then you have the smart white knight defending the poor greedy billionaire company...

> If you start playing kk at the exact time it starts and get all the possible refills, you can play 35 10* runs. Always use the kizuna booster friend captain and you should be good for all boxes. Use 1-2 potion refills if needed and you good.
Edit: not sure why the downvotes lmao. It's the truth. I'm not saying it's good, just stating that even if f2p it's doable.

later admitting that this "doable" things means...

> I average 7 hours/day.

playing 7 hours day this trash game.

and even then, they get made a clown off as Fate point out that they are completelly wrong.

> That's the truth... for a normal Kizuna where you only need to empty box 6. In fact I argue with other players all the time about how to play the game with FC boosters and it works out exactly like you say. So I agree 100% with you... BUT!
You need 1000 more tickets than that for this Kizuna. 1-2 option refills means you still need to do 90 SOS's.
In reality for this Kizuna you need to spend more like 10-15 pots, not 1-2.
For a normal Kizuna you need to do around 30-40 runs, and not even because you can just send SOS. For THIS Kizuna, you need to do closer to 130 runs.

130 runs.

as in, repeat the same level 130 times.

and every time you will be repeating the same actions in the same order - because this is not an RPG, this is a "puzzle" where everything is set and you have no "left over" freedom, you just need to "answer" each debuff and kill the boss in one turn so that they don't oneshoot you instead

and based on the wording about "refills" I assume they mean you need to buy some "stamina refill" to get that many runs, and the refills probably cost premium currency you can get with real money...

yep, pretty sure the "pots" they mention are the beer mugs on the right in the "on sale" ads

SPArcheon - on strike

08:53

free Geo chibi btw.

they also changed the weapon banner so that it now can give out the "wrong" weapon only once (was twice before).

a good change for them since basically all f2p / low spender player just ignored the banner before (too little to gain, too much currency needed).

Yet I am not sure it is that good even with the change since the pity still resets.

Andras Deak -- Слава Україні

09:15

@SPArcheon-onstrike better than nothing I guess

@SPArcheon-onstrike I bet it's "choose from these fixed characters" at best

@SPArcheon-onstrike thanks, I wasn't going to get it :P

@SPArcheon-onstrike good job not actually reading the OP

@SPArcheon-onstrike applying Hanlon's Razor, by the way

@SPArcheon-onstrike neat! But why mittens in the desert?!

SPArcheon - on strike

@AndrasDeak--СлаваУкраїні because they just HAD to show you that they are able to animate an hand with just one finger....

remember how everyone wanted...

SPArcheon - on strike

09:39

Andras Deak -- Слава Україні

10:20

@SPArcheon-onstrike ha...

@SPArcheon-onstrike good to see this still being an issue with private stack upload meta.stackexchange.com/questions/333607/…

"Haven't logged in for 45 days"...

SPArcheon - on strike

@AndrasDeak--СлаваУкраїні usual "get players back" thing.

Similar to what most phone carrier companies do.

"Free gift but only for new customers. Older customers can go to hell, we don't care"

Andras Deak -- Слава Україні

But here you had to be a user first

If you start from scratch you don't get the award

With phone carriers it might be the first switch, then you hopefully stay there

SPArcheon - on strike

@AndrasDeak--СлаваУкраїні well, in this case yes, but there is plenty of gacha give out that only apply to NEW players

Andras Deak -- Слава Україні

That somehow bothers me less

SPArcheon - on strike

saw an ads for Shadow Legend giving out a new rare character... only to new players

SPArcheon - on strike

10:49

@AndrasDeak--СлаваУкраїні you know how a game based on Wukong is laking diversity?

... this feels a little preposterous and the felling that they only played the start of the game and then dropped it does not help....

SPArcheon - on strike

12:55

@AndrasDeak--СлаваУкраїні rewatching the Furina archon quest scene ending, I notice her divine counterpart clearly states she "was an oceanid" turned human by the previous archon.

I am more and more convinced that not only "Focalors" saved Fontaine by technicism alone, she even didn't technically "die".

The prophecy wasn't "adverted" because they didn't actually change anything that was actually written in the prophecy.

"the hydro archon will remain alone crying on her throne". The fact that everyone else dissolved was NOT written. Just implied.

the trick was not against "fate".

The trick was against the Heavenly Principles (they would not notice the batman gambit until too late to do anything) and... getting Neuvilette to appreciate Fontaine enough to be willing to pull the ropes to save them.

In the meantime, Furina still has two natures.

And the singer is probably Focalors.

Jan 8 at 18:40, by SPArcheon

The "Singer of Many Water".

now... I just need Furina to turn "white Furina" in a quest..

it is still very weird that Furina has no second story quest.

she is the only "archon" alongside Venti to miss a second quest.

But in Venti case we know that since beta leaks said he has a big role in the plot ending, his "quest" is probably delayed because reasons.

SPArcheon - on strike

13:18

Mumble...

Let me check something...

Bingo.

> Focalor (also Forcalor, Furcalor) is a powerful Great Duke of Hell, commanding three or thirty legions of spirits. [CUT]. Focalor has power over wind and sea, and had hoped to return to heaven after one thousand years, but he was deceived in his hope.

the original "Focalor" in the Ars Goetia is a demon trying to return to "heaven" after having been punished. And they fail.

But... Teyvat is upside down, that is a know fact. The sky is mirrored and to use it in predicting the future they look at its reflection in the water.

... Would the reverse of the Ars Goeatia Focalors be a goddes that tries to lose her divinity but in the end is forced to keep it?

bwhaha... She is just so odd...

Character Demo - "Furina: All the World's a Stage" | Genshin Impact

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In her demo, she calls out the name of the three "pokemons" she summons in her black dress version but the singer that she call in her "white dress" version is unnamed....

(it does not help that the "singer of many water" as her skill description names her is instead called "goddess statue" in the internal game file structure)

She throws the hat away at the end of her "black dress" segment... only for the hat feather to turn white mid flight... then "something" sends the hat back to her and she switches to her "white dress" form.

Now... nothing really noteworthy, if it was not that the "hat falling" theme is used again in the actual story when Focalor sacrifices herself.

Cutscene Animation: "Sinner's Finale" | Genshin Impact

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so... getting the "hat" back and then turning in the "divinity" Furina is a little sus.

Andras Deak -- Слава Україні

20:56

@SPArcheon-onstrike having thought about it a bit more, what rubs me the wrong way about incentivising absent users is that it favours some users against the others. It's unfair. Adding bonuses trying to reel in new users is different in this regard.

> Black Myth: Wukong recommends the minimum Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 1600. Their recommended Processor, which I own and used to test the game, is Intel Core i7-9700.

How is the GPU not in the center of such comparisons? Or if they doen't have a discrete GPU, what are we even talking about?

> As for how combat performs itself, players only use a staff as their main weapon, which is clearly an intentional move by GameScience, wanting players to have a pure melee-focused fighting experience.

OK, I should stop reading this idiocy

> Bosses Are Easier Than Expected

Is there a difficulty setting? Post doesn't specify...

@SPArcheon-onstrike ah, gender diversity. Well, that could be fair enough.

Andras Deak -- Слава Україні

21:42

@SPArcheon-onstrike I only noticed the hat leaving a purple streak

H\ave we talked about her mismatched eyes before?

I can barely tell her to dresses apart, to be honest :D

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