Favorite shipgirl (Kancolle,Azur lane, Arpeggio of blue steel,Haifuri)

[FerrowTheFox]

Vor 40 Minuten, Zemeritt sagte:

And, do I have to know "hololive"?

Hololive are a group of virtual youtubers and Buki is one of the characters that participates in the crossover.

A good choice imo, I like her and have watched some of ther vids before.

 

Here's her profile: https://virtualyoutuber.fandom.com/wiki/Shirakami_Fubuki

and her her youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdn5BQ06XqgXoAxIhbqw5Rg

 

 

On a totally different topic:

I'm currently cooking some curry udon. I've used this particular brand of noodles for ages but have just for the first time seen that they're actually called "Akagi joshu udon". And yes, there's the Kanji for Akagi (赤城).

 

Spoiler

 

"You'll only use MY brand of udon noodles, isn't that right...Shikikan...?"

 

(Of course named after the mountain, but I thought it was funny nevertheless)

 

[Panocek]

Yandere noodles...

 

does it involve mushrooms of... interesting properties?

[FerrowTheFox]

Vor 2 Minuten, Panocek sagte:

does it involve mushrooms of... interesting properties?

Well I do have put some mushrooms into it...

[Wubziz]

5 minutes ago, Panocek said:

Yandere noodles...

 

does it involve mushrooms of... interesting properties?

Well.. You can assure that it has some "special ingredients" to make "yours and Akagi's love even sweeter~!"

*Sigh* (Amagi, if you were here, what would you do...?)

(I still cry till this day and I dont even have amagi :C! I want a rerun of her event!!!)

[El2aZeR]

5 hours ago, Zemeritt said:

And, do I have to know "hololive"?

 

None of us do, so... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Panocek]

 

so.many.skins

[Marblehead_1]

12 minutes ago, Panocek said:

 

so.many.skins

Sirius and Monarch must buy bigger wardrobes in Shikkan rooms... And who will pay for this? Of course poor Shikkan 

[FerrowTheFox]

Vor 1 Stunde, Panocek sagte:

 

so.many.skins

*wallet silently tries to sneak out of the house*

[LOZFFVII]

5 hours ago, Panocek said:

 

so.many.skins

My wallet.

[Zemeritt]

I wonder how many collab ships Hololive will bring. Currently there are 3.

 

I also was lucky on 10-4:

Spoiler

 

Next 11-2 for Agano. Thankfully there is no Event currently so I can focus the ship grind.

[Historynerd]

29 minutes ago, Zemeritt said:

I wonder how many collab ships Hololive will bring. Currently there are 3.

 

I also was lucky on 10-4:

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Next 11-2 for Agano. Thankfully there is no Event currently so I can focus the ship grind.

...And today I noticed that there might still be girls I still haven't met (currently working up on 9-3) on the chapters!

Sometimes I am amazed by my own stupidity! 

 

Oh, well. It's a good surprise to realize you still have something to look for, other than event ships! 

Don't ask me why, but I have a soft spot for Richmond already. May be my other passion for the American Civil War, may be my unexplainable soft spot for the Omaha-class, but I'd like to get her. Luckily, it seems I won't have any difficulty getting her!

Hiyou and Junyou would be nice, too. Choukai I'd love to get, but I know it's going to be hell.

[El2aZeR]

Meanwhile in KC:

https://www.reddit.com/r/kancolle/comments/dxwx64/news_the_event_scale_and_the_new_ship_number_of/

 

That means at least 6 maps and 6 new ships.

RNGesus help us.

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It's also supposed to start at the end of November, aka fairly soon.

There go my plans of trying for Yamato LSC I suppose...

[Sunleader]

35 minutes ago, El2aZeR said:

Meanwhile in KC:

https://www.reddit.com/r/kancolle/comments/dxwx64/news_the_event_scale_and_the_new_ship_number_of/

 

That means at least 6 maps and 6 new ships.

RNGesus help us.

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It's also supposed to start at the end of November, aka fairly soon.

There go my plans of trying for Yamato LSC I suppose...

 

KC is extremely Grindy xD

Thats why I quit it back then.

 

Girls Frontline Event is still going as well.

Preparing Contracts for the Weekend to get AK and AN. ^^

[El2aZeR]

20 minutes ago, Sunleader said:

KC is extremely Grindy xD

Thats why I quit it back then.

 

Eh, so are all other similar games to be fair.

It has its own charm imo. Having it open in the background and playing while doing something else makes for a fairly relaxed playing experience.

(Until salt production begins at least.)

 

A shame it never got a western release. Not sure how it would fare against AL nowadays tho.

 

20 minutes ago, Sunleader said:

Girls Frontline Event is still going as well.

Preparing Contracts for the Weekend to get AK and AN. ^^

 

I already tried my luck.

Got nothing. T_T

Spoiler

 

[LOZFFVII]

3 hours ago, Zemeritt said:

I wonder how many collab ships Hololive will bring. Currently there are 3.

 

I also was lucky on 10-4:

 

Next 11-2 for Agano. Thankfully there is no Event currently so I can focus the ship grind.

I would assume we'd be getting at least the more popular ones. I think there are eight Hololive characters in total (? Don't quote me on that), and we've already had eight CPUs (in both Goddess and Human forms).

 

Congrats!

 

Amusingly, I kinda forgot I have Agano - I literally got her as the drop from 11-2 boss node just as I got 100% and 3stars for the missions. I was like "Huh. Didn't know about you. Okay, bye. Gotta farm 11-3 now."

2 hours ago, Historynerd said:

...And today I noticed that there might still be girls I still haven't met (currently working up on 9-3) on the chapters!

If you can stomach the grind, the map drop from 9-3 (USS Nicholas) is supposed to be quite good. I have her, but I mainly only got her so I could complete my Retrofit collection. 9-3 is a pain in the to grind.

She is cute though. Even sleepier than sleepy bunny laffey. Also, heterochromia.

19 minutes ago, El2aZeR said:

A shame it never got a western release. Not sure how it would fare against AL nowadays tho.

It wouldn't fare well. How many games with permadeath sell well in the west? *feels Zemeritt glaring from the corner*

[Sunleader]

2 hours ago, El2aZeR said:

 

Eh, so are all other similar games to be fair.

It has its own charm imo. Having it open in the background and playing while doing something else makes for a fairly relaxed playing experience.

(Until salt production begins at least.)

 

A shame it never got a western release. Not sure how it would fare against AL nowadays tho.

 

 

I already tried my luck.

Got nothing. T_T

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Well. The Issue with KC is that the Grind is not Forcibly Rewarding.

I still Remember the First Time Graf Zeppelin came about. It took me over a hundred Runs to get her Finally Dropped. And that was 1 Day before the Event was Over. At that Point I was well Scratching the Barrel on Ressources.

That was the Day when I promised myself that I am never bothering with this Crab again.

 

Girls Frontline is a tad Different. They bring out Limited Stuff later on as Permanently Available. So with the Exception of Collabs which they cant make available for more than the Contract. You usually dont need to worry too much. You can just Skip a Month and come back and at worst you missed having something a Year Earlier than the others.

And well. There is also the thing that I Generally dont like it that KC did not make a Western Release. I can play GF or AL from my Smartphone without any Effort.

For Stuff like FGO or KC its always a Pain to get Updates and keep them in usable Shape. (FGO is not Availabe here. So even the English Version is not something I can get simply from the Playstore unfortunately)

 

 

 

As for Trying your Luck. I Suggest to only do Normal Daily Production for now.

On the Weekend the Drop Rates for them from Standard Production will be Doubled. (Dont ask me why they didnt do this at the Start of the Event and wait for the Weekend first. But thats how it is...)

Thats why so far I am only doing the normal Daily production as I get most of the Contracts back anyways. At the Weekend I am then running a Full Production running through all of my Quick Production Contracts xD

Spoiler

 

 

[Marblehead_1]

4 hours ago, Sunleader said:

 

Well. The Issue with KC is that the Grind is not Forcibly Rewarding.

I still Remember the First Time Graf Zeppelin came about. It took me over a hundred Runs to get her Finally Dropped. And that was 1 Day before the Event was Over. At that Point I was well Scratching the Barrel on Ressources.

That was the Day when I promised myself that I am never bothering with this Crab again.

 

Although I'm still playing KC, I'm more reluctant to this game. Maybe I'm a little different from rest because I mainly due to WoWs heard about KC and AL. KC with all this new gimmicks is just frustrating, while selection of new characters is just poor ( Summer 19 was big disappointment ) and I'm really wait for more info about new characters, if really they add some of allied cruisers from Java Sea ( probably most awaited warships/characters both in WoWs and in KC/AL ) I will for sure give KC second chance, if not at least I will be more calm in gaming.

 

Also KC is not rewarding in most cases. Last event E-3 cost me more resources ( with easier difficulty than E-2 and E-1 ) than both first maps for single ASW destroyer which I have many ( worth to mention that during farming I lost twice times more resources only to recive middle finger ) so KC is very frustrating.

[LastButterfly]

5 hours ago, Marblehead_1 said:

if really they add some of allied cruisers from Java Sea ( probably most awaited warships/characters both in WoWs and in KC/AL )

 

What, like, Dutch vessels ?

I wonder on what basis.
I mean, yeah, they can, after all Gotland's in the game, but there's no reason for them more than others.

 

Besides people also forget that KC isn't about gameplay or efficiency. The goal of the game is collect cards. Because yea they are cards. You're supposed to be happy about every new vessel not because it's gonna be useful but because it'll complete your collection.

At least that's the theory. Not for everyone. Not for me at least.

[Marblehead_1]

1 hour ago, LastButterfly said:

 

What, like, Dutch vessels ?

I wonder on what basis.
I mean, yeah, they can, after all Gotland's in the game, but there's no reason for them more than others.

 

 

I rather mean all allied bigger warships which participated in Battle of Java Sea. Name of new event is Second Southern Offensive and it will took place in former Dutch East Indies as was announced so speculations are possible. Last ranking rewards were guns for early USN heavy cruiser which may hint USS Houston but still I'm sceptic because beyond Taffy 3 KC avoids warships sunk by IJN.  If they introduce HMAS Perth or De Ruyter I could remove my complaints but more possible for me is another dissapointment.

 

Also it will be at least 6 new characters, from which I bet for one unimplemented Yuugumo-class destroyer which is on 2019 Calendar, one DE because why not and maybe rest could be interesting. But Gotland as reward for Rheinubung, Colorado for Pearl Harbor and Janus for Anzio are probably best examples why I'm not not expecting anything. Gotland as being strangest cruiser in world at least could have some nice gimmicks and Colorado beyond her attractive look isn't comparable in usefullness with Nelson/Nagato even with her Touch Attack.

1 hour ago, LastButterfly said:

Besides people also forget that KC isn't about gameplay or efficiency. The goal of the game is collect cards. Because yea they are cards. You're supposed to be happy about every new vessel not because it's gonna be useful but because it'll complete your collection.

At least that's the theory. Not for everyone. Not for me at least.

Maybe I'm strange but my aim was never 100% of collection but rather obtaining warships with interesting history and interesting characters in which I love to seek for real life references. Of course noname warship didn't mean poor design but beyond maybe few examples nonames are not interesting me but there are still nice exceptions. In example Hayashimo which is my favourite destroyer and one of most favourite characters, which history is rather short but for me it's one of greatest characters in KC because I was shocked how devs were able to depict tragedy and atrocities of war using teenage girl without falling into pathos and moralizing. It's just great.

[LastButterfly]

1 hour ago, Marblehead_1 said:

Gotland as being strangest cruiser in world

 

eeeeer

 

Spoiler

 

 

You can always find weirder xD
At the very least that's debatable.

 

Anyway, I always go back to KC's wiki to check out the new ships' designs and quotes because there's more effort in historical references than one can get at first glance (most of the time). What vessel is added exactly, I don't care, cause they're pretty much all interested since they focus on my area of expertise - 20s to 50s. They used to have solely japanese vessels, that they've been going outside during the last few years is interesting. Are they not daring enough about it, sure, probably, but hey, whatever suits them.
This is why I don't check AL btw. A great amount of effort has been put in their designs aswell but in a totally different direction - make them "likeable" to the public as girls, and not as ships.

 

In terms of gameplay however, KC is the typical passive mobile thing where you basically do not do much if anything, and mostly wait - and repeat the same tasks endlessly until a good result is achieved. Its rentabilization relies on player's impatience to buy their ways to a faster and more reliable gameplay. For somebody a tad AD like me it's a nightmare ^^".
Also, you gotta keep in mind aswell that the game has never been localized outside of asia (as far as I know ?). Their target public is Japan, that the vessels they pick or whatever else appeals less to outside customers ain't their problem I guess.

 

Either way, it's up to you, but if you're here just to look as the girls's design and references, and not to collect and marry them, I'd say you can have just the same experience browsing the wiki~

[Marblehead_1]

I rather mean strange as hybrid of light cruiser, seaplane tender, training ship and minelayer which was perfect example of something made to fullfill many roles in the same time but which was poor at every role in same time.

 

In KC probably only thing which keeps me still in this game will be probably waiting for few warships ( De Ruyter, Perth, Sydney, british CV's mainly ) but I'm also know that in AL I recive them probably much faster. IJN isn't my main interesting in terms of naval history.

 

When it comes to the designs characters I like many KC characters and I like many AL characters, althought in AL I'm not forced to use some characters and I'm not lose anything although in AL I have more characters which I can't stand like roon.

 

About "married" ships in KC. I would rather name it as something similar like buying Permanent Camouflage for Des Moines ( my most played TX ) and Conqueror and it would be best analogy. My "only" married ships are Musashi, Yamato, Iowa, Ise, Nagato and Colorado - let's say honest it's not matter of like and dislike but only stats with fuel and ammo savings. I just like to have "good" content even better.

 

Well, we have different approach. Thats all.

[Zemeritt]

20 hours ago, LOZFFVII said:

I would assume we'd be getting at least the more popular ones. I think there are eight Hololive characters in total (? Don't quote me on that), and we've already had eight CPUs (in both Goddess and Human forms).

 

Atm we're at 5, so 8 isn't that unrealistic.

 

20 hours ago, LOZFFVII said:

*feels Zemeritt glaring from the corner*

 

"CaSuAls aRe NoT rEaL fIrE eMbLeM pLaYeRs"

 

Honestly tho, giving the player the option to remove the PD was the smartest thing they could do for FE.

I know how frustrating it was to reset an entire map because BS RNG screwed you over at the end of the map (famous 1% crits).

That's the major reason why I never bothered to play KC. Getting fisted by FEs RNG is enough for me

[LastButterfly]

38 minutes ago, Zemeritt said:

(famous 1% crits)

Tell you what. The 1% hits chances that the enemy pulls and the 98% hit chances that you do NOT pull are no better.

But I'm straying off topic ^^".

 

On that notion, kancolle has a similar safeguard doesn't it ? I mean, as long as you don't go on with taihad ships they can't sink right ? Or did they change it ? It ain't as hardcore.

[Zemeritt]

58 minutes ago, LastButterfly said:

Tell you what. The 1% hits chances that the enemy pulls and the 98% hit chances that you do NOT pull are no better.

But I'm straying off topic ^^".

 

There was a game in which you could miss with a 100% Don't ask me how, but that could happen.

 

59 minutes ago, LastButterfly said:

On that notion, kancolle has a similar safeguard doesn't it ? I mean, as long as you don't go on with taihad ships they can't sink right ? Or did they change it ? It ain't as hardcore.

 

Don't know, never played it, but I have heard of something like that.

 

---

 

Anyone here seen the new episode of the AL Anime yet?

Spoiler

Did they kill of Kaga and Akagi now just like that? With a possesed Enty?

 

[LastButterfly]

44 minutes ago, Zemeritt said:

There was a game in which you could miss with a 100% Don't ask me how, but that could happen.

 

Well, I'm a fire emblem newbie (I've only ever picked up one - no wait, two - games from the serie). so I don't know which one you're talking about. But maybe it was an approximation problem ? You know, they'll show 100% to the player when it's actually 99.7% used in the calculation or so.