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tanithryudoNew map: Shackling Prison. New enemy type: Borisin.
At least 3 Xianzhou ships participating: Luofu, Zhuming, Yaoqing. There will be in 3 Arbiter Generals in attendance.
Officially, the purpose of the tournament is for morale, but there's also hints of political and other issues going on the background. There's gonna be (no longer) surprise attacks of course. Also, the Sword Champion title isn't up as the prize.
March is learning swordsmanship under Yunli (representing Zhuming). Jing Yuan seems to be trying to matchmake Yanqing and Yunli, lol. (Yunli's sword looks a lot like Dusk from GW2, heh.)
Jiaoqiu likes spicy food, but Yunli can't seem to handle the spice. Jing Yuan likes coriander, though Jiaoqiu can't stand it.
Chinese version. Note, the CN version seems to be mainly with the VA's as the VAs after the initial trailer, while the Eng version seems to have all the VAs mostly in character for the full clip.
Based on feedback of Jiaoqiu's current kit...yeah, probably not going to pull for him.
I mean, his lore is healer but they make him pure DoT/debuff in gameplay and removed the healing/debuff part of his kit, just...eh. Not sure if I want to pull for Sparkle instead (+ Guinaifen), since it would be nice to have her but maybe not a must-have.
BTW, the likely end boss of the patch, from the trailer, is likely the Borisin former leader Hoolay. (IIRC the Borisins might be based on the Mongols?)
Prisoner: Hoolay
Summary of Crimes: The borisin Warhead, the Denizen of Abundance race. Accountable for numerous acts of invasions and associated war crimes. Accountable for long-term enslavement of Foxians and utilizing their blood for alchemical purposes.
Detention Method: This prisoner must be subjected to the punishment of the Forest of Swords and never be pardoned. They must be transferred to different locations on a regular basis, their shackles must be checked for sturdiness during the transfer, and the air filters in their new cell must be intact and functional. Remarks:
The confinement of this prisoner is the foundation of the alliance between the Xianzhou and the Foxians. Any individuals objecting to this sentence should be punished for "Sowing Discord".
Anyone who contacts or converses with this prisoner must take poison-proof pellets or wear a breathing mask equipped with a filter cartridge to counteract the effects of the Lupitoxin.
The prisoner's place of detention must be changed on a yearly basis, and the new location must remain unknown to individuals below the rank of Cloud Knight Lieutenant or Judge.
Do not mention "Jingliu" when conversing with this prisoner.
EDIT: Recent Xianzhou lore...
https://bbs.mihoyo.com/dby/article/54357487
https://bbs.mihoyo.com/dby/article/54435264
https://honkai-star-rail.fandom.com/wiki/Forge_of_the_Kalpagni_Lantern
https://honkai-star-rail.fandom.com/wiki/Duran,_Dynasty_of_Running_Wolves
At least 3 Xianzhou ships participating: Luofu, Zhuming, Yaoqing. There will be in 3 Arbiter Generals in attendance.
Officially, the purpose of the tournament is for morale, but there's also hints of political and other issues going on the background. There's gonna be (no longer) surprise attacks of course. Also, the Sword Champion title isn't up as the prize.
March is learning swordsmanship under Yunli (representing Zhuming). Jing Yuan seems to be trying to matchmake Yanqing and Yunli, lol. (Yunli's sword looks a lot like Dusk from GW2, heh.)
Jiaoqiu likes spicy food, but Yunli can't seem to handle the spice. Jing Yuan likes coriander, though Jiaoqiu can't stand it.
Chinese version. Note, the CN version seems to be mainly with the VA's as the VAs after the initial trailer, while the Eng version seems to have all the VAs mostly in character for the full clip.
Based on feedback of Jiaoqiu's current kit...yeah, probably not going to pull for him.
I mean, his lore is healer but they make him pure DoT/debuff in gameplay and removed the healing/debuff part of his kit, just...eh. Not sure if I want to pull for Sparkle instead (+ Guinaifen), since it would be nice to have her but maybe not a must-have.
BTW, the likely end boss of the patch, from the trailer, is likely the Borisin former leader Hoolay. (IIRC the Borisins might be based on the Mongols?)
Prisoner: Hoolay
Summary of Crimes: The borisin Warhead, the Denizen of Abundance race. Accountable for numerous acts of invasions and associated war crimes. Accountable for long-term enslavement of Foxians and utilizing their blood for alchemical purposes.
Detention Method: This prisoner must be subjected to the punishment of the Forest of Swords and never be pardoned. They must be transferred to different locations on a regular basis, their shackles must be checked for sturdiness during the transfer, and the air filters in their new cell must be intact and functional. Remarks:
The confinement of this prisoner is the foundation of the alliance between the Xianzhou and the Foxians. Any individuals objecting to this sentence should be punished for "Sowing Discord".
Anyone who contacts or converses with this prisoner must take poison-proof pellets or wear a breathing mask equipped with a filter cartridge to counteract the effects of the Lupitoxin.
The prisoner's place of detention must be changed on a yearly basis, and the new location must remain unknown to individuals below the rank of Cloud Knight Lieutenant or Judge.
Do not mention "Jingliu" when conversing with this prisoner.
EDIT: Recent Xianzhou lore...
https://bbs.mihoyo.com/dby/article/54357487
https://bbs.mihoyo.com/dby/article/54435264
https://honkai-star-rail.fandom.com/wiki/Forge_of_the_Kalpagni_Lantern
https://honkai-star-rail.fandom.com/wiki/Duran,_Dynasty_of_Running_Wolves
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Date: 2024-07-20 10:24 am (UTC)The CN version seems to have the VAs playing themselves playing their characters. Basically it's like the dialogue is obviously scripted, but they're being told to act as if it's "free-form"...while also basically speaking as themselves for their characters...but scripted. I can see why the English version did away with the faux "actually they're appearing as themselves" charade and just went with "these are the characters speaking".
As for the content:
I'm amused at the 成都 inspired character. 椒丘 being a "mountain of peppers" amuses me. I see the association of 成都 and 诸葛亮 is being squeezed as hard as possible.
OK, I am definitely amused at the decision to throw star anise at the enemy for DoT damage. Sounds mechanically meh, but visually hilarious. I guess he's for people who don't care about racking up big numbers and are just there for the pretty.
云璃 has a lot of 哪吒 vibes. The bare feet, anklet, green dress, red ribbon cape...
March 7 new looks is pretty good! Am immensely amused she provides boba to her "teacher". (Yes, I know it's not boba, but it's obviously a boba drink.)
Started zoning out when they began talking about the new game segments and events.
Am still concerned if miHoyo will ever make Jing Yuan useful again or if they're just gonna leave the poor guy floundering in useless land.
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Date: 2024-07-20 03:12 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2024-07-29 03:34 am (UTC)From what I've been reading up on, meta-wise, people are recommending against drawing Jing Yuan since he's only going to keep getting power crept as time goes on. Also, it seems in a lot of end game content, he's not used anymore, while Dan Heng somehow maintained some level of relevance. It seems the main strategy is pull on support units, because they have more staying power compared to damage units and are worth more investment.
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Date: 2024-07-29 06:50 am (UTC)For example, Archeron was the last meta, but have been somewhat powercrept already by the new break meta, because she's not break damage-oriented. Dan Heng at 0 eidolon did get powercrept hard. When they say DHIL didn't get powercrept, it's usually talking about at the 2 eidolon level (which is what I have).
My advice is to pull at least 1 preservation or abundance 5 star sustain first, as soon as possible, because the survivability will make life SO much easier.
Then after that, pull 1 damager of your choice and focus on them, because a 5 star damager properly build can usually brute force most opponents even if they don't match the weakness element. So just 1 should be enough to breeze through all story content and at least half of endgame content.
Then, you can start pulling for a 2nd damager for your second team in the various high end endgame content, and any buffer/debuffers that will best synergize with your focused damagers.
Or, if you don't care about endgame, just pull for what is pretty to you. Still suggest getting a sustain first if only to help get past story content faster tho.
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Date: 2024-07-29 02:32 pm (UTC)I'm still on the fence about playing this game, not the least bc installation sounds like it's gonna be a pain (although with refurbished internet, it should be less of a pain to download). Of course, now my concern is if I should try playing CN server or global server. On the one hand, CN server might have better connection. On the other hand, all my data is gonna get leaked. Bah. For now, I'll take to reading stuff I guess...