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

[WWDragon]

4 hours ago, Zemeritt said:

Maybe? It's a short event atm anyways.

Well people are assuming it will start on the 25th since its when this short event ends, the UR construction whatever it might be is going to be at the tail end of the year as I dont think they want to overload with back to back events so there will be some breathing room were it will start at earliest on the 23th.

 

[LOZFFVII]

On 11/4/2021 at 2:59 PM, LOZFFVII said:

If I had to guess, I'd say that the events are structured like this:

Rerun (2weeks) -> Mini Event (1week) -> New Event/UR Event (2weeks, or 2.5weeks like Shimakaze's event) -> Break (1week/1.5weeks if UR event is 2.5weeks) -> Rerun (Northern Overture, 2weeks)

In total that's 8/9 weeks (well, 7/8 weeks, given that Oratorio is half over), so that would take us up to the new year.

Was Gridman confirmed for this year? If it was, I'd guess that it would come after the mini event and before UR event, as that would match it up roughly with when Vacation Lane (DOA collab) happened last year. However, I would also expect to see the "break" moved from after UR Event to before it, in that case (to give players chance to recoup their cubes if they spent on Gridman). This would push Northern Overture rerun to January.

The only thing I've got wrong so far is that the mini event is 2 weeks rather than one.

 

Up to 6k points so far on mini event, btw. My only limiting factor is Gangut and Tashkent need to rest every-so-often. Oil is literally a non-issue.

(I could set up a second 1-1 fleet, but I can't be bothered to disband one of my other existing fleets to do so)

[WWDragon]

I already completed it since I only missing Littorio and used the Vanguard for the bonus that was about 400 per run with high efficiency plans?

Also its already set to use the new oil limits so there is no reason to not use a fuel hungry fleet, I just dont have a reason to grind the map unless I wanted Littorio gun.

[Zemeritt]

1 hour ago, WWDragon said:

I already completed it since I only missing Littorio and used the Vanguard for the bonus that was about 400 per run with high efficiency plans?

Also its already set to use the new oil limits so there is no reason to not use a fuel hungry fleet, I just dont have a reason to grind the map unless I wanted Littorio gun.

 

You know that you only needed one of the mentioned ships to get the bonus? Multiple event focussed ships don't increase the amount of daggers received even more.

 

 

Amusing how people complained about NJs landslide victory last group, but FdR wins even harder and noone cares

[WWDragon]

Nope, thought it was a multiplier but its fine, the DDs were already in the lv80's and I wanted to level Algerie anyway ... plus helped me with leveling Amagi as I do want to use her.

[Pururut]

I was doing the Foch grind last night in hopes of burning a huge stockpile of fuel and to level up several of my ships. The event was right on time as I had created my first Northern Parliament fleet with historically accurate ships, weaponry and etc. The vanguard was led by the newly retrofitted Pamiat Mekuria, one of my favourite ships. I put her into secretary spot in order to farm affection when she said one of her new teasing lines which ended with the phrase; doko miteru no? to which I automatically responded with kocchi dayo! 

 

For the mental wellbeing of the playerbase, I urge a reload nerf to our idol carriers skill. Even now I can hear the text...

[Panocek]

 

Something regarding Blue Archive and double maintenance this day

[LOZFFVII]

@Panocek, I wonder if that joke will ever get old?

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Probably when maintenance ends.

 

[Panocek]

9 hours ago, LOZFFVII said:

@Panocek, I wonder if that joke will ever get old?

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Probably when maintenance ends.

 

Question is, after which maintenance? 

 

 

Tbh, as I dig into BA story, I find it increasingly hilarious, absurd and light hearted, but the fun way.

 

some examples, contain spoilers tho

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-girls being virtually bulletproof, it takes FlaK 88mm (yes, anti air/anti tank gun) round to the chest to knock wind out of one

-Kivotos city size is seemingly MASSIVE. For example, certain gang area is "merely 30km away"

-at the same time, Abydos academy part of the city is more than half buried under the sand, reclamation efforts also accrued somewhat astronomical 900m yen debt on Abydos account. Debt that is currently placed on whole 5 remaining students in that academy, as rest left the city or transferred to other academies

 

Gameplay wise, it is okay - bring correct damage type to counter enemy, correct timing of skill usage. Sadly positions your team takes is random as well character skills available are appearing randomly, so skreee can happen when fragile backliner decides to get in front of the tank or RNGesus keeps refusing to give you medic skill

My biggest issue, rerolling to get "desirable" characters is in order, as power difference between same rarity characters is MASSIVE. At least game allows you to do so easily, with "account reset" option being easily available and then throwing 10+40 pulls at you as "welcome gift".

[LOZFFVII]

Looks like Genshin Impact is adding a second character wish banner for rerun banners.

It shares the same pity as the main character wish (as in, literally shared - if you go 89wishes without a 5* on banner1 your first wish on banner2 will be 5*, if you went 90wishes on banner1 and lost the 50/50 the next 5* you get on banner2 will be garanteed).

https://www.hoyolab.com/article/1387602

 

Still not playing the game at the moment, though. I only found this out because I did my daily check-in just now.

[Zemeritt]

Some leaks form a CN test server show two possible new META ships

 

Yamashiro:

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And Arizona

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Source.

 

While Yamashiro might be the next cruise mission ship (And properly as useless as Fusou META), Arizona looks more like a Siren modified ship

 

But could they stop with the backline META spam?

[Marblehead_1]

One question. Did Frontier Medal works in PvE? I wonder about using 3 good CV's in Boss Fleet of 14-2 and such buff for my fleet with debuff of Yamashiro could be nice.

 

Yamashiro META has this crazyness in eyes. When I had mixed feelings about Yamashiro in other game using shipgirl motif then AL Yamashiro also didn't hit my tastes. I hope Yamashiro META as same as Helena will be much more dark than her normal variant.

 

Maybe it's coincidence but so far all META ships had rather poor end:

Soryu - fireball at Midway,

Ark Royal - torpedoed,

Helena - torpedoed,

Fuso - sunk with really horrible circumstances with majority of crew literally burned,

Hiryu - fireball at Midway,

 

Yamashiro - sunk after bearing unbelivable damage with majority of crew,

Arizona - sunk in Pearl Harbor after bomb detonated magazine

[LOZFFVII]

3 hours ago, Marblehead_1 said:

One question. Did Frontier Medal works in PvE?

I'm assuming it doesn't, because if it did, we'd see some recommended builds for Shinano with it.

3 hours ago, Marblehead_1 said:

Maybe it's coincidence but so far all META ships had rather poor end:

I think this is their "theme".

The "Ashen" ships on the other hand are all ships that survived the war (Enterprise/Code G and Takao/Ember).

[Panocek]

22 hours ago, Marblehead_1 said:

Maybe it's coincidence but so far all META ships had rather poor end:

Taiho META whenthough not entirely sure what personality of hers would be. Timid and shy?

 

In meantime I've did an attempt on "Raid" thingy in Blue Archive... and well, this doesn't quite fit "cute girls doing cute...ish things" theme, does it?

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so maybe there will be more to the story than initially meets the eye?

 

 

Also:

[Zemeritt]

21 hours ago, LOZFFVII said:

I think this is their "theme".

The "Ashen" ships on the other hand are all ships that survived the war (Enterprise/Code G and Takao/Ember).

 

Also Ashen are native SSRs ingame while all METAs are lower rarities.

 

Seems like next big thing will be a new chapter in OpSi.

[LOZFFVII]

11 hours ago, Panocek said:

In meantime I've did an attempt on "Raid" thingy in Blue Archive... and well, this doesn't quite fit "cute girls doing cute...ish things" theme, does it?

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so maybe there will be more to the story than initially meets the eye?

I think it must just be the fact that I'm currently playing Shin Megami Tensei V, but the notion of "facing a god" doesn't sound all that intimidating.

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Just in case it needed to be pointed out:

In SMT games, typically you have to fight and kill God.

As in capital-G God.

As in the Abrahamic God.

As in YHVH.

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Also, SMT games are hard as balls. I've died to the first boss three times already, and he was only 2 levels higher than me.

 

 

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As expected, AL Black Friday event has brought back basically all past skins, including Drake and Cheshire's swimsuits.

So, my gem pile is now 880 lighter after getting Cheshire's swimsuit.

And, for the first time since the update where we could select five characters to be our secretaries, sadly Ping Hai has been dropped so I could fit Cheshire back in. Ning Hai's still there, though.

Also, unique to this time around, we've got a sort-of "micro event" where you can pick up some useful little goodies by buying skins.

[WWDragon]

I forgot the build defaulted to heavy builds and just pressed the button ...

 

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Also I dont know how it works but despite about 60 runs with many on high efficiency plans in Divergent Chessboard the only ship I had drop there was Hipper and Z1, couldnt get Deutschland to drop but since my IB fleet (for Roon XP grind) was getting high level (GZ managed to go pass lv110, not sure how that happened) I decided to just grind Hard levels and ... I got then all in about 2-5 runs of the same map, except the SR since I already have then and they are a pain in the behind to drop so I just done then to complete then.

[LOZFFVII]

Anybody seen the JP Gridman livestream?

 

Just3c did a watch-along.

Main character Rikka is an SR CL with the ability to equip Aux gear in all five of her slots. The collab event comes with four Gridman-specific aux gears that interact with her skills, supposedly?

Akane is an SR BB and apparently launches Siren planes?

Yume is an SR CA. Supposedly she has some kind of melee ability, or can only attack in melee?

Next, Chise is an SR CV. I don't remember Just3c saying anything specific about her.

Mujina is an ER BB. So she's not going to be anything special (which Just3c laments, as she's the character with the biggest chest in the collab).

Namiko is an ER CA, and apparently she has some kind of combo with one of the gridman aux gears?

Lastly we have Hassu as an ER CL. She has a face mask, and that's the only comment we get.

 

Gear skins look pretty cool, small guns get laser shots, big guns get rockets and torpedoes get drills and swords.

 

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Also, the stream revealed the upcoming cruise pass META and premium skin.

It's Hiyou. Not Yamashirou or Arizona. Hiyou.

Skin is for Colorado. So there's another Fallen Wings ship with a skin before Washington.

[Zemeritt]

Am Ithe only one getting worried/annoyed by the META influx recently?

 

While the concept was interesting initially, they are close to release to many characters twice.

 

1 hour ago, LOZFFVII said:

Main character Rikka is an SR CL with the ability to equip Aux gear in all five of her slots. The collab event comes with four Gridman-specific aux gears that interact with her skills, supposedly?

 

  I wonder how that will work

 

1 hour ago, LOZFFVII said:

Akane is an SR BB and apparently launches Siren planes?

 

Can we have Sirens one day ourselves?

 

1 hour ago, LOZFFVII said:

Yume is an SR CA. Supposedly she has some kind of melee ability, or can only attack in melee?

 

I'd assume a skill like Glowworm, maybe increased damage while ramming/very close range.

 

1 hour ago, LOZFFVII said:

It's Hiyou. Not Yamashirou or Arizona. Hiyou.

 

Many players will get Hiyou META before even going for the Hiyou grind

 

1 hour ago, LOZFFVII said:

Skin is for Colorado

 

Nice To bad the Big Seven besides Nagatos are mostly irrelevant.

[LOZFFVII]

2 hours ago, Zemeritt said:

Am Ithe only one getting worried/annoyed by the META influx recently?

While the concept was interesting initially, they are close to release to many characters twice.

Yeah, I'm basically in agreement with you.

I think the idea of META ships was to try and give low-tier ships a second chance at relevance, but so far they've been pretty hit-or-miss (or just miss-and-miss).

There's still loads of ships that haven't been added yet, and there's always the eternal truth of Waifu>Meta.

 

2 hours ago, Zemeritt said:

  I wonder how that will work

Like a munition ship, but on steroids?

I mean, we already have Ritsuko from the Imas collab who is a munition ship who gets her FP doubled when there are two or less imas ships in a fleet (which gives her FP at the level of a CA, btw).

It'll be interesting to see what she's capable of.

 

2 hours ago, Zemeritt said:

Can we have Sirens one day ourselves?

No.

Thank you.

 

2 hours ago, Zemeritt said:

I'd assume a skill like Glowworm, maybe increased damage while ramming/very close range.

Just3c suggested she could be a test bed for the melee gear teased back in the CN anniversary.

You know, like how Shirakami Fubuki, Le Malin µ and Cooper are all test beds for giving vanguard ships planes in preparation for Tone-class (this is more of a theory, but it seems to be accurate).

 

2 hours ago, Zemeritt said:

Many players will get Hiyou META before even going for the Hiyou grind

I hadn't thought of it like that.

 

2 hours ago, Zemeritt said:

Nice To bad the Big Seven besides Nagatos are mostly irrelevant.

You could say the same thing about the Yortown-class besides Enty, but Yorktown still got a skin as part of the last cruise pass.

Also, Waifu>Meta.

[El2aZeR]

 

[Panocek]

1 minute ago, El2aZeR said:

 

I was about to post that.

 

Yunjin is also announced

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And second Shenhe post, her brief description indicates she's disciple to a Cloud Retainer, not her human form

[LOZFFVII]

8 hours ago, Panocek said:

Yunjin is also announced

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Well, .

I might have to log in again sooner than I thought.

She's only 4*, right? I happen to know my last 4* was off-banner, so I'm fairly certain I should get an on-banner 4* next time I do a 10pull.

[Panocek]

1 hour ago, LOZFFVII said:

She's only 4*, right? I happen to know my last 4* was off-banner, so I'm fairly certain I should get an on-banner 4* next time I do a 10pull.

No info about that. Also there is no pity that would guarantee you "on banner" 4* character so pulling for specific 4* can take between 1 and infinite amount of pulls.

 

Still, its 6 weeks away, as in few days drops 2.3 patch, with horny and doggo boys as well Albedo and Eula reruns.

 

4 horsemen of cryothiccalypse

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[Zemeritt]

On 11/22/2021 at 1:13 AM, LOZFFVII said:

Yeah, I'm basically in agreement with you.

I think the idea of META ships was to try and give low-tier ships a second chance at relevance, but so far they've been pretty hit-or-miss (or just miss-and-miss).

There's still loads of ships that haven't been added yet, and there's always the eternal truth of Waifu>Meta. 

 

Some of them didn't need a relevance buff tho.

Ark Royal and Helena are well used.

The CV-Bunnies are of course overshadowed by the foxes and cranes.

And the Fusou sisters suffer from being non BBs without insane barrages.

 

Waifu > Meta is amusing, considering they're called META

 

On 11/22/2021 at 1:13 AM, LOZFFVII said:

Like a munition ship, but on steroids?

I mean, we already have Ritsuko from the Imas collab who is a munition ship who gets her FP doubled when there are two or less imas ships in a fleet (which gives her FP at the level of a CA, btw).

It'll be interesting to see what she's capable of.

 

Or either very tanky or glass cannon. So she can fill multiple roles.

 

On 11/22/2021 at 1:13 AM, LOZFFVII said:

No.

Thank you.

 

Depends on how the story goes honestly. If the Sirens are really the end of all enemy, properly not.

 

On 11/22/2021 at 1:13 AM, LOZFFVII said:

Just3c suggested she could be a test bed for the melee gear teased back in the CN anniversary.

You know, like how Shirakami Fubuki, Le Malin µ and Cooper are all test beds for giving vanguard ships planes in preparation for Tone-class (this is more of a theory, but it seems to be accurate).

 

Oh really? Not looking forward to cqc ships.

 

On 11/22/2021 at 11:09 AM, Panocek said:

And second Shenhe post, her brief description indicates she's disciple to a Cloud Retainer, not her human form

 

*Maybe* she just claims to be, because CR doesn't want to admit taking a human form?

Could be either way, unless they show them both at the same time in the game.

 

I wonder if 2.3 can make me play GI again.

 

 

 

Edith:

 

I just realized that my Tico is my second lvl 125 ship having reached max EXP again. First was Perseus.