Ok so im a returning player, i quit around the beginning of amphoreus due ro mainly low content and powercreep and pretty much my memory of the game back then is that when i dared post about powercreep on my old acc (deleted now) i genuinely got crucified and insulted and some ppl genuinely attacked my person all cuz i said i dont like the hp inflation and powercreep

So why is it that now that the community doesnt consider critcizing this game a taboo? Why is it normal now? Genuinely what changed?

These are some of the most lazy Devs moments in Honkai Budget rail. Some of the most anticipated characters get NPC-like designs such as kid Phainon or Anaxa sister. Getting a Collab from a huge franchise but giving such a bad story, Reused map and reused boss. They could have given us a limited time boss like hoolay got in the story. We could have gotten a feixao or adventurine like boss for Ishtar but no we got old boss again. Not even a limited time map for the Collab. Even the part 2 fate Collab story was not that great and Phainon was used as bait for the players only to appear in the last 40 sec.

We also need a huge improvement for Animations, sure i understand that storytelling is similar to Virtual Novel. But the only budget they invest in is Character Ultimate and we get crumbs of cutscene in story. We get 20 min of combined cutscene in 4-5 Hrs of story. Character look static and lifeless sometimes when they are talking. The black swan and March 7th blackscreen was even teased by ZZZ Devs in their livestream

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I was under the impression that the community wanted more things to do in the god forsaken game. So I proposed a pretty simple idea of making endgame reset every one week instead of two like how zzz does it.

BUT APPARENTLY many people under that post play the game like once a month or something!?

APPARENTLY having 3 weeks to clear a specific endgame instead of 6 would be TOO much for some people!?

APPARENTLY the no content is actually Hoyo’s generous way of making us babies not feel overwhelmed and feel like we don’t actually have to play the game instead of bitching about it online!?

So please tell me, how frequently do you guys play the game? Am I in the minority for logging on everyday?

Dan heng -> bailu

Jinliu or jing yuan -> Yanqing

Blade -> yunli

Baiheng -> maybe as the the dauther of yukong

Would be nice to see sushang or marth 8 here maybe

When this games concurrent player count drops to less than 100k daily, then I'll believe people are genuinely upset with the game...until that happens please ignore my fellow Americans making a huge deal out of everything and thinking tens of thousands (like it would ever reach millions lol🙄) are joining them.

As a genshin player since release, I've seen these same boycotts over and over, but do you know what I don't see? The game begging players to come back...

Anyway yall stop hyping these people its only more embarrassing when this "majority", they THINK they have, ends up staying to complain another day. Game is fine, story is fine, stop expecting peak game of thrones story writing, or avengers endgame level hype every update...

Before anyone tries to debate the concurrent player base I'd advise looking it up and use statistics from other games player base size to compare and see what's more likely...

NO ONE on my friend list even tried getting a decent record, so I just assume they don't really care and/or enjoy it. If any of you got better scores I would love to learn how you did that (pls teach me I couldn't find better strats)

As the title says, I'm saving up for the collab and won't pull for any characters until December (when the collab arrives).

I have a team of Saber, Gilgamesh, Hou Hou, and Ruan Mei, but when I level up Robin, I'll switch to Ruan Mei.

The other team is Archer, Rin, Dan Heng, and Sparkle—you know, the typical teams.

What should I use for the third team? I'd like to focus on the endgame with three teams, but I don't know what to build. Those are the only 5-star characters I have, and the others that aren't visible are 4-star.

Thanks in advance.

Okay so at first I was thinking Sapphire or Agate but then someone brought up the fact that 99.93% is the carbon percentage in a diamond. So then I thought Agate or Diamond.

But why would Diamond give Aventurine the info of a traitor if it was him himself?

So now I’m thinking. What if there are two traitors? Diamond and Agate. Thinking about it (correct me if I’m wrong I haven’t done any research yet) but Diamond is the one who calls the meeting to decide if someone should stay or not. Aventurine broke his cornerstone and Diamond called a meeting to decide his fate.

But Agate has been speculated to be dead. Why wouldn’t Diamond have a meeting to discuss Agates place in everything if they’re so distant and unresponsive? Unless off screen they have and decided that Agate should stay.

I think it’s possible that Agate and Diamond are working together and maybe Diamond is plotting something to either trap Aventurine, or rat out Agate. (Maybe even betray them)

What do yall think? Again I haven’t done any full research so I might not have all the facts but I felt like sharing my thoughts about it.

This 3hrs quest was so intense with the IPC politic games. It reminds you how helpless you are and this was so frustrating irl too. But how am I'm supposed to continue the quest when Aha was standing right in front of me. I want to ask more questions, want more of nihilux.

I really love Aventurine and Robin and would love to do their story quest but how am I supposed to focus when Aha was just standing a sec ago. I'm sorry but the timing was so off for this quest unless (i haven't done it yet) it has some spoilers for main story too. I'm starting to think they changed the release order of character banners.

I want to talk to Nihilux more, i have tons of questions about so much stuff which would probably be "to be continued" like Asat Pramad head and other stuff

We all know Hoyo can do much more if they want, but anyone can tell HSR is not the priority rn.

I wonder what an accelerated endgame would look like for the people who want "more endgame refreshes"?

• If each dev cycle for the next refresh begins on the release of the current endgame refresh:
  • Shortening it likely misses out on 1~2 weeks of QA & testing
  • Lowering the delay between each mode's refresh lessens flexibility when more devs are locked in for the cycle sooner
• Would it be reasonable to expect a quality hit (work intensity) in endgame/elsewhere?
  • If the endgame dev cycle increases in intensity
    • with the same dev resources (until Hoyo invests more in HSR)
  • You can either redirect more manpower from elsewhere (events, future designs & prototypes)
  • or ease/rush the workload, lowering quality; expect:
    • Mobs being too hard/easy/tedious
    • Potential exploits

This assumes they don't have much dev time floating.

I don't know what people want, but I don't feel confident in a 3~4 week dev cycle looking at the current 6-week endgame quality.

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TLDR: More content =/= better content.

When 6 weeks bring us the current endgame quality, what would rushed endgame/event content look like?

Personally, kinda hope they can improve the base combat gameplay so the kit/endgame designers have more design space to work with.

Title, my only investment is E1 Hysilens. Everyone else, E0S0

Stage buff is powerful. My hysilens is got ult SO fast

So I have never played Honkai Star Rail, but I saw this surfer bro on my timeline and now I'm interested! What's Star Rail like? Am I able to get this surfer as a new player? What do I need to know about the game before diving into it?

[Re-upload to better comply with the rules. (Thanks mods for the clarifications)]

Before i get into what might probably be a wall of text (I will do my best on format, but I am on mobile and don't post often) i want to give a few disclaimers:

1. I know new paths are a divided subject right now, but I want to brainstorm these just because of the fun of it. And if you ask me, new path characters shouldn't be restricted to monopath teams and a path should launch with 6+ 4☆ Lightcones.

2. I will mostly not give specific numbers or percentages because this post is more so about the ideas.

3. Any weird english i will blame it on it being my second language.

So, with that out of the way, let us begin:

1- Equilibrium.

Ok I'm gonna be honest here, i do and don't have much of an idea of what to do with this one, but the main inspiration is the duality of HooH.

So, Equilibrium characters would also have a Path they "Mediate" depending on in game actions (differing from kit to kit) a character could switch between Equilibrium and their mediated Path.

(Equilibrium characters would also be able to use both Equilibrium Lightcones and Lightcones of their mediated path, because I'm not here to cause Lightcone shortage)

A character could be of the Equilibrium when using their skill after using their ultimate they'd switch to Abundance, or hunt, or erudition, effectively becoming a unit of that Path. The idea is that the player would have them switch depending on both the situation and team the character is being played in.

[Props to u/Olyncat for the idea that they could change when certain conditions are met, like an Equilibrium dps changing to Abundance when the team falls low on health]

Do note that in their Equilibrium form, a character would not count as part of their mediated path, so for example an Equilibrium/Elation character wouldn't participate in an Aha instant while they're on their Equilibrium form.

I still however don't know yet what other unique mechanics could the characters have while in their Equilibrium forms,

(To make their kits not a nightmare to level up, their BA, skill, talent and ultimate would switch from form 1 to form 2).

2- The Enigmata.

The idea here is based on the Enigmata and its followers blurring information and truth.

Sticking more to the original "this is a dps path & this one a support path" characters following the path of Enigmata would be support characters but they would be unique on their support method.

Rather than applying buffs/debuffs they'd be controllers of this statuses (this is actually an idea i had long ago in another post around when remembrance got annouced).

While probably kinda useless on their own, they would become stronger against the right enemies or alongside the right allies.

- So maybe you could have a character that extends ally buffs while reducing the time of enemy buffs (maybe adding a timer to normally untimed enemy buffs)

- Maybe another could amplify/reduce the effectiveness of buffs/debuffs by tweaking the numbers (so 60% atk becomes 90%)

- They could also steal buffs from enemies, or transfer debuffs from allies to the enemies.

- Maybe just move enemy buffs around, so that superpowered enhanced state? Yeah, that's on that trash mob now, not on the boss.

[For the purpose of not trivializing endgame, certain buffs/debuffs like the stygian ones would be able to be affected, thanks again u/Olyncat for the notice]

3- The Propagation

Following Tyzzaronth (i really hope I'm spelling that right...) insect nature, i think it could be fun to play with waiting (though I know the swarm isn't known for its patience).

Some skill of a Propagation character would have an "incubation" and an "Emergence" (i can't for the life of me recall what the insect equivalent of 'flourish' is)

The idea is that the first time the character uses this ability its in its incubation form and the second one its in emergence, for most characters, the big effects would be on emergence. (Though a character could have the most important part of their kit be during incubation).

Some actions taken during incubation could then strengthen the following emergence (like how gil-saber's follow up strengthens sabers next ult).

So the idea would be that most Propagation characters have massive effects, but they have to go through the incubation first.

TLDR:

Equilibrium would be able to switch between Equilibrium and a second path.

Enigmata would be a controller of buffs/debuffs

Propagation would be about biding time for massive effects.

I don't really now how to end a post. But i will say that while i get the discourse and mixed feelings around the new paths, i do think they can be something really good for the game if handled properly, and i will admit that i have been enjoying elation.

But anyways, thanks for reading my ramblings [again]. And may your journey lead you starward.

I mean ZZZ has a reset every week and they ACTUALLY GIVE THEIR PLAYERS MULTIPLE EVENTS PER PATCH.

Hoyo could make every 2nd week give no rewards and I would still be happy, JUST GIVE ME SOMETHING TO DO IN THIS GAME!!

Like there is NO REASON that I should have to wait 6 whole weeks to play a different pure fiction. They are not even high quality endgame modes. APOC kind of is but still not that crazy.

This current system makes weeks like this feel like the biggest drag ever

Not hating on his design or anything but i think the bird would be better. And i really liked him and the eng VA for owlbert is better than a lot of playable characters.

I wanna know does anyone else feel like (after watching web series or to English speakers) that some of the characters talk very slow to the point it sounds weird. The one I'm talking about in particular was March 7th. She sometimes talks very slow and it sounded weird.

Not a complaint post just to be sure

Alright so I’m currently on a mission to E6 every Amphoreus character, but I want to see who you’d go for next. I’m currently an E6S5 Mydei main (the rest are S1, Mydei was just special), and already have E6 Evernight. Here’s a list of my others:

E2 Hyacine
E2 Cyrene
E1 Dan Heng Perm
E1 Anaxa
E1 Tribbie
E1 Cerydra
E0 Hysilens
E0 Aglaea
E0 Castorice
E0 Phainon

No Cipher sadly

I also have every character that each chrysos heir would need as their best team with them having some eidolons too. Who would you guys E6 next? (Yes, biases are allowed so no need for just “oh because X is meta).

Graças ao último Miríade Celeste Lançado descobrimos que há um Traidor entre os Corações de Pedra , e este seria na verdade o Lord Ravager Arch-Forger , e dentre eles o que considero mais "suspeito" seria o Ágata ... talvez eu esteja sendo paranoico , mas essa sombra atrás dele na ilustração não o torna um tanto quanto suspeito ?

Its an older game, like waaaaaay older.

Sauce to artist profile

https://www.instagram.com/kiyoshue/

Personally this is my list

Existed Billions of Years Ago:

The Cocoon of Finality (HI3)

The Aeon Long (HSR)

The Ancient Races (Genshin)

Civilization on Mars (HI3)

Existed Millions of Years Ago:

Sa and the Venus civilization (HI3)

The Chroniclers and the Abyss (Genshin)

Existed 160,000–517,000+ Years Ago:

The Aeon HooH
The Aeon Ena
The Aeon Oroboros
The Aeon Qlipoth

Existed 58,000–240,000 Years Ago:

The Aeon Aha

The Aeon Akivili

The Aeon Idrila

The Aeon Tayzzyronth

The Aeon Nous

The Aeon Xipe

The Aeon Ix

Around 50,000 Years Ago:

The Flame Chasers (HI3)

8,100+ Years Ago:

The Aeon Yaoshi

The Aeon Lan

2,780+ Years Ago:

The Aeon Nanook

The Aeon Mythus who is at a minimum older than Nanook.

Notes:

• Some of the beings or civilizations listed here have fallen or were destroyed, so I’m mainly listing how long ago they existed.

• Regarding the Aeons, I got most of their ages from their VSBW profiles, so this might not be fully accurate.

I also got some information from the Aeon History page and the HSR Timeline page on the wiki.

• This is mainly based on estimated age ranges.

• I’m not exactly sure if the Chroniclers from Genshin are billions of years old or just millions of years old, but personally, I feel the latter is more accurate.

The Chroniclers aren’t mentioned until after this sentence:

The descendants of the ancients rose in defiance, and over the millions of years that followed, conquered time and space in turn.”

I feel this implies that the Chroniclers are descended from the ancient races rather than being one of them.

This is the first time the Chroniclers are actually mentioned:

The first people who had mastered leptons sent forth Chroniclers toward the limits of baryonic matter in the hope of finding answers at the very last particle of existence.”

• A Scion of Permanence around a billion years ago visited Mars, which means Long already existed back then.

HooH, Oroboros, and Ena are also linked with Long when it comes to being among the oldest Aeons, so some of them might possibly be close to or at the billion year mark.

• This is mainly an estimate, with some of the ages on VSBW being estimates of how old they were.

Hence, I put a “+” in some of the age ranges, since some Aeons, , predate the Amber Era system.

There are also some Aeons whose lore implies that they are older than a certain date which is another reason for the+

• This list mainly contains characters I could think of, so while there are some other important old characters in Genshin, HI3, and HSR, I didn’t add them

People are free to add them in the comment though and calculate how old they are.

Simple,

X - Y = Total Days

Y = Release date of Robin: May 8, 2024, Wednesday
X = Release date of Robin - Summeretto: August 26, 2026, Wednesday
= Total Days in between these two banners: 840 Days

840 + August 26, 2026 = Christmas Robin

= Christmas Robin Release Date: December 13, 2028, Wednesday

Why it could be true?

*The Path of Harmony believes in the joy of unity which calls for harmony in all things. That of which is true for numbers that follow a specific rule of sequence or harmony.
*All mentioned dates occur on Wednesday.

It takes a bit of shuffling team members but it's still a breeze to play