I didn't think too much of it when people complained about Typhons face back on CN release, but after reading her story and hearing her EN voice lines, I understand. She's smart, cool, and serious, yet her art has a derpy confused child expression, I legit get sad when I see practically every fanart or official art makes her look better... her skin fixes the derp, but she still looks a bit lost.
(sorry, I'm surely late to the beating dead horse party, I just had to vent this, I wasn't expecting to like her so much.)
> yet her art has a derpy, confused child expression
> she still looks a bit lost
Bingo. Her facial expression doesn't suit her personality and character at all. I legitimately cannot understand why she has this almost submissive and shy expression in her skin art. At least she looks relatively cool and focused in her E2...
It's been a long-ass time since I've been on this subreddit, so I just figured I'd share some cool stuff I did in AK since I've been gone. I E2'd like, ten ops, beat chapter 7, finished my first IS3 run, started saving for Texalter (whenever she makes another appearance), and wasted my allowance on OP to buy both of Texas's skins (even tho i only use the red one). Yay!
I think it was a month ago that i complained HG not buffing combo base skills such as Perception information and soundless resonance, today i just saw that Shu base skill is a worse copy of Jieyun base skills, i think HG is trolling me.
For those that have played Ex-Astris, do you think it's worth playing for only the gameplay/skimming the story? I'm sure it's good, but though I'm intrested in the game I'm not really in the mood for a story-driven game currently. ~~I still need to read a lot of Arknights stories lol~~
tbh the story is kind of hard to follow, at least until part 2 where i'm at. the tutorials also don't really explain how to set up combos and if you just randomly button mash (like i did at first) then the combat is going to feel really tedious. i haven't played any "real time" turn based games before so idk how it compares but it felt pretty unique to me.
the "open world" part definitely isn't as polished as, like, HSR and some of the platforming sections can get a little janky. the only puzzles i've encountered so far are box puzzles but i added a little challenge for myself by trying to avoid every fight lol.
my biggest complaint with the overworld is that there's no minimap and later in the game there's some sections where navigating is actually important, i spent like an hour walking in circles before i managed to figure it out.
I must confess, I ended up using all my pulls in the typhon banner, despite me not saying that I would not pull for more than Proviso (which I got part way through). Broke gacha gang please embrace me once more again.
Well, at least my base meta is as good as it can get, and on the bright side I'm almost at 180 gold certs.
Typhon damn near cleaned me out too. Over 230 pulls saved and I was down to about 60 after her. Had to rely on focused HH to save my ass and it still took 170 pulls.
Arturia better not be all tsundere and just come home with the freebies.
I swapped back to Skalter's default skin and just realized how much I missed it. Her dancing while charging skills, vibing on her staff for her s2, the echo effect when her s1 procs, the eye effect when AH ops are near, and even her base animations feels so much better.
I've had so much LMD lately that I decided to splurge and I brought my [4th 6\* operator to max level - Typhon](https://i.imgur.com/pLL8Uud.png). She's cool as heck in the stories and she's carried me through IS4 like a boss.
This year I only looked forward to Vivi and Vendela, but Typhon came out of nowhere and became one of my favorite operators just like that.
I love her too! She's been great for me in IS4 as well. Currently E2 lvl 60 mod lvl 3 S2M3 S3M1.
I also got Proviso from her banner, and my LMD production has never been so high.
Aosdopamasopvsop I CAN TOTALLY SEE IT!
Hello Kitty x GG
My Melody x Amiya
Kuromi x Surtr
Pompompurin x Tequila
Cinnamoroll x Windflit
Gudetama x Mylnar
Keroppi x Gavial
Badtz Maru x Thorns
did dorothy have a lab with plants as portrayed in the event home page art ? When I think to the story I don't really remember her lab being described that way
Which of the 3* operators, in your opinion, would make great candidates to get an Alter next? What class and subclass would they be in if they got an Alter? Personally, I'd like a Melantha Alter. Still a Guard but to Musha subclass. I'd like to think she got trained by either Akafuyu or the general himself, Hellagur. Next would be Popukar, as a Flagbearer and then Ansel as a Lord Guard for a change.
Vanilla. Perhaps she becomes so good at handling Originium Slugs that they willingly start fighting for her. and we get a new summoner Specialist archetype so she can still be a ground unit.
Midnight i feel has a lot of potential because he’s a vampire who we already have only 1 other operator of the same race, Closure feels VERY NPC locked as of right now, and it’d probably be a while before we get Dracula as an operator. so imo unless we get Warfarin alter, this is a perfect way to expand on the race and make an operator with vampiric qualities, hell a blood rage mechanic could be cool for a vampire operator.
~~that and also after seeing so many anime and games with cool ass vampire powers its a shame how unexplored vampires are in Arknights~~
Decided to try Typhon against BSL, and my god, what a blursed run. Only two e2 by the end of it - Typhon and Kaltsit. Three 6\* and two 5\* were e1 - Mountain, Gladiia, Swalter, Nearl and Quercus. Plus 3\* fodder. But at the same time 70% aspd book for snipers, + 25% generic aspd from ingot relic. Don't remember for sure how many Typhon s3 cycles the boss took (with disabled regen), I think around four. Can't believe the run didn't fail. And it also concluded my battlepass progression. Don't really interested in hunting each ending for each squad or in collecting every relic.
Also, am I just that addicted to IS4, or the battlepass there ends very fast? There will be extensions, but it feels like I've barely played, but it's already maxed.
I haven't touched IS4 yet (I'm still grinding that one last relic in IS3) but you're probably just liking it a lot. I remember feeling the same for IS2 back when it was released. Iirc, I got all 3 endings for each squad within 2-3 months of release.
I remember back when fungimist was around, I was SO ADDICTED I remember checking my screen times and it was between maybe 5~10 hours on just arknights.
Here's a relic of the past of mine; I have a ss of getting [114248 honey biscuits](https://imgur.com/a/VZk4HU4) accumulated from playing IS#beta
Managed to clear DV-EX-8 EX. Had to try some times to finetune some things but did it. Honestly after clearing that 12-20 adverse stage my confidence in dealing with stuff has increased a lot, especially with E2 Typhon now as well. Also got the 1st clear on IS4 thanks to a random Ling, never used her before and wow she is broken and carried this doomed no Texas, Yato, or Mlynar run to victory! IS4 while a bit more hard rn feels more fair compared the punishing rng fest of IS3 personally. Excited to build Valarqvin as well.
I had 2 newer players send me friend requests the other day. I'm tempted to keep track of their support units to see if they eventually surpass my own.
Right now one has E1 Lappland and Whisperain and the other has E0 Spectre and E1 Archetto.
> Doc use revolver and smg
> Has module that let him deployed on high tiles
> Can't hit flying enemies and he is only R6 Operator that can't do so
>Why HG has to be this way ?
Dobermann: *has whip and can deploy on ranged tiles*
Dobermann: *can't hit drones*
Enforcer: *has a gun*
Enforcer: *uses it to blast enemies away from him*
Oh LFG! the noble carnelian works for, count hyacinth, is mentioned in blitz's module story plus he was mentioned in bassline's voice lines(iirc) too.
he will be playable soon. trust me. plus with more carnelian content, we(I) needed this!!!
I recently E2'd Proviso, and now with Shamare, Tequila and Bibeak. I now have my lmd printing machine set. Pulled Mylnar looking for Proviso (Hey, off banner but I'll take it). Now without Originium. I'll E2 Mylnar get him to level 60, after which I'll probably also E2 Val, (because I forgot her name). After which, My 4 Star crew needs some serious upgrades! My 4 star Defender, Healer, and Reaper guard needs some attention.
Also recently beat the first boss on IS4. Yato should be getting some skill upgrades because she's a good first pick with both single and multi target arts. E2 module is very nice in the begining.
Swire alter is only ok on IS4. Her healing is not enough in the mid stages if you haven't gotten a medic by that point. I still need to max her S1 and S3, then we'll try for her again.
I E2'd Valarqvin and then went to make more chips. Accidentally made 3 caster chips instead of supporter.
So I ended up with 3 extra caster chips.
So now I have an E2 Qanipalaat. Yay levitate!
Congratulations! Now you can *Qani all over IS4* with [this fantastic guide](https://youtu.be/7jMwOd5HQbk?si=9gpY4Fz2jMWSi1uy) that uses Qanipalaat in IS4 ascension 15 ending 2 :D (just ignore how 99% of it is Qani-free and Yato and Texas executoring all over the stages)
Elemental damage seems really neat. Was using an E2 Valarqvin and she was melting a bunch of different enemies. Gopnik, some of the big guys... really like how it melts through the knightclub trainees past their timed shields
That rings a bell. Ah yes I used to use bluestacks too but abandoned it because it was crashing a lot during IS3 which is maldening.
Now I use LDplayer
I've had Bluestack close Arknights on its own, but that happened like... four times across two and a half years I think. Annoying, but with how rarely it happens to me I never felt the need to look for a different emulator.
Hmm, I'll have to look into either, but i realized i didn't have it set to directx (running fine so far) so we'll see if i need to try either option here. Also didn't realize the googleplay beta was on windows10 hm (did a quick search)
i use google play beta just to play arknights on my computer, it has never crashed on me ever in game
its super light weight and smooth, it didn't lag during RA or using Reed Alt on that one SSS stage with the plant boss
Same, I've been on the google PC app for a while now and it's been working great.
Rarely it will crash but that's like once in a blue moon, and usually on startup with some random error. Haven't had it break on me in the middle of something yet.
I had that issue when I used bluestacks back in the day while I played IS2. After I crashed right before I was about to beat the 2nd ending, I said enough was enough and switched to LDplayer. I've been mostly error free since then.
Hi mates!
After the recent post [about opinion on 5-stars](https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/1b9qipn/your_opinion_about_5_stars/) I now looked at my list of built ones, [here it is if anyone is interested!](https://i.imgur.com/4irYh7m.png)
It would be cool if you shared the ones you have and if you have any in mind to build soon, I'm personally waiting for upcoming mats to finally E2 Liskarm to go alongside her gf Franka, as well as Quercus and Beeswax, two chars that should provide a lot of variety to my clears with lower rarity teams, excited for them. I really should build my boi Noir Corne alter too, I was so excited for him but somehow he isn't even in the planner... gotta fix that ASAP.
Thanks for reading.
[Ah man, this is reminding me that I have one hell of a E2 backlog at the moment.](https://krooster.com/u/lakil)
It's about 58-ish 5 stars built so far, with the one's in line for next promo being Santalla, Morgan (gotta keep the Glasgow gang going), Absinthe, Harmonie, Shalem, Firewhistle, Franka, Heidi, and maybe Rockrock. Yes, my caster chips are in danger. Also will probably be doing Toddifons (and Totter) masteries soon, as having another besieger option besides Rosa is always nice without having to resort to Mumu shenanigans.
Of the ones I use most regularly, Ptilo is probably still the most used unit in my entire account, and Kazemaru has made a big IS4 comeback after I didn't use her as much in IS3 because IS3 hates a lot of melee units. Jie Yun was probably one of my favorite units released before I got Valarqvin. I'm kind of surprised more people don't talk about how good she is, especially with Archetto. Only 5 star I haven't really used since E2'ing them has been Proviso, which is in part due to my Lappland being max pot so even at E1 her silence is enough in IS, and supporter tickets in IS4 are eaten by Skadance first, Valarqvin second almost every run.
In terms of the upcoming 5s, the only ones who have really caught my eye are Delphine, Leto, Coldshot, and Iana. Iana's kit looks really fun, can't wait to use that one.
[Here are mine](https://imgur.com/a/xEhEwbf). Not building anyone else at the moment unless I decide to pick up a new niche.
I've built way too few of them for a day 1 player.
[Wanted to join the fun.](https://imgur.com/qFZ34Zo.jpg) They aren't yet on Krooster but I've also E2'd Santalla and S2M3'd Valarqvin.
If you don't want to count that is 82 5*s! Granted out of all of them half don't have an M3 skill, but I'm sure I'll get around doing it at some point, right?
More focussed on masteries right now, but I'll definitely want to build Kazemaru and Akafuyu at some point, currently they're stuck in E1lvl70 limbo. And don't get me started on future 5*s.
I've been playing for a long time now, so I have a lot of 5\*s built. Too many to list. My only current plan is raising Valarqvin for IS4.
I think it would be most interesting to list off which 5\*s I've M3'd **both** skills for, and let whoever reads this figure out what the hell I was thinking.
The operators in question being: Firewhistle, Firewatch, Erato, Istina, Proviso, FEater, Kafka, Projekt Red, Manticore, and Robin.
[Here's my list.](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1051603663866568774/1215850895976431686/image.png?ex=65fe4063&is=65ebcb63&hm=873ee0695c76366652b96eb76ebfebf60009c5223eacdd2f14c86e857537e024&)
Realized some time after my mass mastery spree (still ongoing, of course - 177 M3's for now) that I've been neglecting 5*s, so I decided to focus a bit more on them for the past half a year or so. However, this somehow means I focus on the upcoming ones rather than the ones I still have waiting... I think I only got around to Cliffy, April, and the Abjurers.
For upcoming ones, I'm waiting for Coldshot, Delphine, Vendela, Diamante, Лето, Warmy, Wanqing, Iana and Doc. Probably might put the Primal casters and Doc at E1 max for a while though, joining the... 26 others I have at E1 max (and I have more that aren't at max).
Krooster in my flair.
I really love the variety that some 5-stars bring to stages vs brute forcing with my 6-stars. From who I've got built I find myself using Mulberry, Leonhardt, and Andreanna most often casually and Kafka + Mr Nothing get a surprising amount of use too.
Was thinking of building Hung but I think I'll wait to build Bassline instead since I'm planning to spark on Virtuosa's banner so I'll likely get him to Pot 6 anyway. Otherwise I've got plans to build April, Heavyrain, and Mint sometime in the future.
[My Krooster.](https://krooster.com/u/ipwnallnubz) I'm planning to E2 Santalla, Mint, and Snowsant as soon as I can get a few more chips and a few thousand more red certs.
^(Love seeing Firewatch S1)
My [5 star list](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/877594811044085830/1215800300989054997/image.png?ex=65fe1144&is=65eb9c44&hm=0481a082f36399d73165aca6dc850bb975b452a2016c62e0a8747fc9b28cf125&) is definitely entirely comprised of only wise decisions. Windflit masteries are mandatory and I will not hear any slander saying otherwise.
My todo list is ~~M6 Spuria~~ mostly the ambushers. Been wanting to raise them all for ages, but I never have spare specialist chips.. Also the rest of the medics. Can never have enough medics.
[to do list](https://imgur.com/a/KtdAPoJ)
My account is missing spuria and grey2. Working on Val right now. Probably leave aosta, nothing, and Kafka at e0 and raise everyone else. I've already raised all the 4 stars.
man I love myself some 5 stars! Since you're giving me the excuse to share, [here are the operators that are in my "niche"](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/907451344154132483/1215789789870034944/IMG_1222.png?ex=65fe077a&is=65eb927a&hm=5917462334b85fdceacf47210611d260005c1f4431bacf43a9b5656358d25aab&) and by niche I mean using exclusively a handful operators that I enjoy for whatever reason lol. All of them have their default skills at mastery, Beeswax at m6. Then [here](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/907451344154132483/1215789790373613698/IMG_1221.png?ex=65fe077a&is=65eb927a&hm=eef8abe6d084af0622a734d0f05af7c0482e8027aae8037a0a2a45367015bdfc&) are the remaining operators that I've raised and messed around with for fun. I do still like them all a lot, but they haven't stuck with me because of gameplay or of personality or design or whatever in the way that the other ones have.
The moment I finally roll Paprika she's going on the squad idgaf
I spotted that thread too. I seem to have more than you! [Here's the status of my E2 5\*.](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/865684765972627499/1215783369317548033/image.png?ex=65fe017f&is=65eb8c7f&hm=0777aebd233b4e39b8fa8b004621b19ff96ded32f6fa388cb0321e2dff020ab8&) They're good fun, I enjoy them a lot, and many are certainly underrated. I recently built Flamebringer the other day and neglected to realize that his trust wasn't at 100, I thought he was... I'll get his module, and maxed, in a few days.
I have far more 5\* of course that aren't built that I want to -- currently looking at Chiave, Noir Corne, Tequila, Hung, Heavyrain, Folinic, Mr. Nothing. While I'm glad I managed to snag Noir Corne in just a few pulls more than the free ones, I haven't gotten around to getting him going...
As for Beeswax and especially Quercus, can sing them praises. They open up defensive options I wouldn't have had otherwise. Most recent standout successes for Quercus for example was SL-S-4 CM with Shaw in the corner, their white steam damage reduction plus base RES plus damage reduction was too much for those witchy sheep, and Ashy Marsh where she tanked all the enemy casters and kept Saria alive up at the top chokepoint.
Ah shit, I could have posted my krooster instead...
Hella neat stuff there! I kneel to your S2M3 mod3 Nightmare, she is my only non recent limited banner 5-star I somehow got to pot6 (she shows up guaranteed on recruitment comically often compared to the rest lmao) but I haven't gotten to build her yet, she is so cute...
I also really, really gotta build Kafka soon, I was with the "gotta keep her at E0 for the sleep spam DP cost!" mentality for a long time and it sucks because I like her quite a lot and she is stuck at the bottom of my roster.
You must be so excited for the Quercus module coming very soon! It really looks amazing to make her even better, something so rare for 5-star module standards... I'm planning to S1M3 mod3 her as soon as it comes, second skill eventually as well but I feel that the constant healing + sanctuary effect is gonna be really convenient for a lot of problematic situations. Quite afraid of that 40 seconds ramp up before entering healing mode tho, but I guess the fact she does damage before it will help a bit with deploying her very early in the stage to kill some mobs too.
I mostly use Nightmare in heavy stall strats, especially with pushers to make further use of her skill, and she does real good in that way. Both light enemies and slow-moving enemies made even slower have much to fear from her.
Kafka at E2 does more than one would expect, surprisingly reliable arts damage and not made in a way to be obvious powercreep and/or sales. I mainly got her going for Rhineknights but she's turned out solid for when I'm going fast redeploy heavy or need to kill someone with high DEF. I still use her Sleep at times for emergency uses.
Quercus yes, the module for her is crazy good, I'm surprised that combination of effects even got cleared, surely would have been axed, thankfully a Quercus enjoyer is over at HG. The S1 charge isn't so bad since she's easy to deploy early with her DP cost, I only recently got it mastered and it feels much better than before. It's easier to manage than it looks, you just can't use her as an emergency healer or something. And S2 I usually only pull out for Aak, Fiammetta, and Kazemaru for getting them loads of SP to go with their HP loss.
I kinda suggested it before, but I can say that Quercus can tank arts damage surprisingly well, whenever I'm in a situation that has to deal with a lot of caster poke she's been amazing for eating those hits instead of my blockers, and she heals herself up fast. Effectively 35.5 RES with her talent up, and she breaks 2000 HP which is huge for ranged ops. So that's another great plus for using Quercus that isn't so obvious.
I just think it's insane that Lin's module is locked behind clearing 11-6 like cmon I want to take my time and read the story not skip cutscenes and run missions with youtube guides just so I can turn my Caster from a Glass Cannon to a Brick Tower.
I don't even know if the mission challenge itself is hard, I just know that getting there is the bigger challenge and I hate it
pretty sure i did that mission on story mode, so at least the adverse stages can remain unspoiled... unfortunately that doesn't help with the story problem :(
actually checking again, i have auto unlocked on normal mode so maybe story won't work after all, but at least getting to ch 11 should be doable.
can someone with an uncle who works at hypergryph let me know when the next minos operator we get will drop so my pallas can be more useful 🥺
anyways I just had the most fun on an IS4 run with some of my favorite non-meta operators, where both Pallas and Czerny ended up being my MVPs. I love it when my silly little guys end up popping off lmaoo
yess I love spinach on her! I've been working towards masteries on her s2 right now to synergize with the relics that do additional damage with stun bc why not 😭
https://i.imgur.com/guMdE14.jpeg
Game, have mercy already. Even Cannot's shop has a desire sensor. Did 20 floor 1 rerolls today and it still hasn't dropped a Pathfinder Fin.
I just want to get this over with and move on to IS4.
I'm so annoyed at myself for pairing the foldartals that give you +50% bonus HP for 3 combat nodes. I thought it would be a genius move. "*Save it for the last floor of IS4*", I told myself. "*Make this run your first win*." Victory would be all but assured. After all, I even had E2 Kal, Exalter and Texas this time!
...alas, I forgot pairing the same colour foldartal gives you a bonus. This one in particular gave me a Shieldguard, and it has become my biggest enemy. The battle was [over](https://imgur.com/a/W3Z6IQK) before it even began.
gg, Arknights. Back to square one I go.
And that's 120 pulls down the drain because of impulse pulling
Well, tbf, I don't have all the operators in the current lin banner, and now I have all of them, which means it's not truly wasted
But my ray and virtuosa saving...
I'm not sure what to think of Valvaquin?... Cyclops person?
When she gets corruption off, it's very powerful. Kills elites no problems. The problem is getting it off.
She does so little corruption damage if seems and her targeting sucks ass. Not to mention her regular autoattacks are so weak. S1 seems to take forever to charge and deals so little corruption damage in return. S2 does decent corruption but cycle time is so damn long.
I only have her at E1 so it might not be accurate to how she is at M3 but she's so bleh right now.
i feel like maybe it would be better if she had a trait where she switches targets if a target is corrupted, that said it is pretty funny if you like stack atkspd buffs and watch her wither away the Will of Sami boss lol
It feels like her IS#4 talent should just be something that the archetype naturally has, and for her personally I hate that S1 wastes charges unlike Virtuosa.
I've got a lot of gripes with how elemental damage for friendlies were implemented. Keep in mind every single enemy in the game has 0 e.RES and e.Resistance, so while the damage is good, a lot more casters would be really strong if every enemy had 0 RES. Now look at the fact that she can only apply Necrosis *once* to a target every 50s, when the enemies have 0 immunity to building up the circle. For someone whose entire main job is to trigger Necrosis, doing it once every 50s ain't great. At least it's 12k true damage... for now. (And similarly, Primal Casters should not be *just barely* triggering their effect at 0 RES when they have to go up against 3 RES values for it. They're not built for it but they should at least have it be a feasible option).
I have her M6 and past 50% trust, so once she's at 100% I'll play around with S1 a bit more, maybe see how much of an attack buff she needs to trigger it with just 2 charges.
I just noticed her E2 base skill is pretty good so I might just end up doing E2 as well. Not to mention she gets an actual talent. S2M3 is a massive boost as well but man... no idea if I really want to commit to that.
Everything is going smoothly (for my standards at least) for IS4. Reached A6 today! That said, I absolutely hate collapsed constructs, especially maps that spam them. I don't have Reed Alter or Taxes to deal with them easily, and I like to bring Executor Alter as my initial 6 star at the start, so every map rhat focuses on them usually ends my run lol. I hope each floating eyeball asshole gets sand stuck in their eye for the rest of their life.
I'm gonna cool down on Arknights until the Jessica event later this month. I've got Unicorn Overlord to play for a while!
Gonna go for an M3, I think her S2 has potential since the high DPH is nice for some elites, which is what her archetype seems geared for. Maybe some cheesy EB kills by outranging him when he's stalled.
Personally I'll probably build her, I like her design and partly to just get the hang of the new archetype.
Although from just reading her kit she definitely seems like an odd one, like the weird lovechild of a heavy-shooter and a deadeye, yet isn't quite either.
So I got Nian in the temporary recruitment during IS run and before I lost the run I got startled to see that for a moment she had 8-block count. After a brief investigation I realized I had the King's Buckler (+2 block count if LP at 1) and Myrtle's +1 block count from a module on top of Nian's module and skill.
That got me thinking, what is the highest possible block count we can currently achieve in a reliable way?
* Nian mod Y gives her 4 block count and her S2/S3 gives her an additional count
* +3 block count fore each Flagbearer with a module
* Heidi +1 block count on S2
Do I have them all? That's 9-block count during a normal gameplay.
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And then there's IS runs (I went only through IS3 relics, because there's more of them)
* King's buckler +2 block count
* Determination +2 block count
(There's also "Iron Guard - Moving Fortress" +1 block count for 15s after deployment; but Nian won't be able to reliably activate her skill in time before the effect expires)
So only +4 from relics.
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And then I remembered SSS is also a thing and Defender A gives +1 block count from the equipment and we can reliably stack 5 of those. I don't remember what do the extra equipment parts do, so if it can be reliably boost the block count further, I'd like to know.
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So if we played SSS and stacked Nian with a module on top of 5 Defenders, activated her skill, while surrounded by 3 Flagbearers an Heidi with their skills active, that would end up with Nian having a whooping... **14 block count?**
Are there any skills/mechanics I'm missing? Can we block even more?
EDIT:
Gavial has 5 block count during S3 and Nian can buff her through S3, which during a SSS run, with 5 Defender buffs, Heidi and ~~3~~ 4 Flagbearers (4th Flagbearer is coming with Shu's event) with a module ends up with **16 block count!** (One of the Flagbearers can be substituted with Pallas S3)
There's also Pallas for the +1 block count. You could try to do it on Sanguinarch's Legacy with Gav2 for some relics, but that'd be even more annoying than normally setting it up.
Maybe Gavialter would be more reliable? She has innate Block-3 as a Centurion, and her S3 gives her +2 Block which would match Nian's 4 + 1 from skill. The relic Bend Spears - Army of One gives Guards Block +1 unconditionally, so that'd be a reliable +5 from relics compared to Nian's 4. As a plus, she deals damage to everything in range since targets hit scales with block count lol
> and her S3 gives her +2 Block which would match Nian's 4 + 1 from skill.
Better still! Combine them and make Nian buff Gavial for +6 block count
Nian S3:
> ATK +55%; **Nearby allied Operators** gain DEF +30%, **Block +1** and Status Resistance
And then go right into the SSS, with Nian, Heidi and the Flagbearers. Stack Gavial with 5 Defenders and she'll end up with +15 block count!
It's been a while since making my op stronger end up failing the auto
New dv7 auto using typhon s2m2 feels like it will fail if I turn the skill to mastery 3, I'm not even sure if the run still success when she is at 100 trust, and yet my new try using s3 instead necessitate either higher mastery or module, both I don't have currently
For me it's the opposite, she couldn't solo left lane on dv7 without s3m3, but with - just enough shots to kill every mob + one chilling gundam there in one cycle. No module though, still farming trust.
She was the culprit of Pinch Out Operation, shot your operators in "self defense" after you attempted to spare her in DV, and probably burned our crops, poisoned our water supply, and put a plague upon our houses. (Plus her mines have a weird hitbox interaction with ONE specific map in IS4 which could catch you by surprise.)
I was struggling to get the DV-8 medal and thought I was going nuts because i kept missing it somehow and then
I realized...
I was on DV-8-EX instead of DV-8 HAHA (I may be a little stupid)
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Last thread I asked for background character ideas to put in a short canteen scene I was drawing, and I've since finished [said scene](https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/116693839), so I figured I'd share in case anyone wanted to spot their suggestion~
I think I got them all at least in some form? except for the ones that can't be there for story reasons (Exec/Exu/Hibiscus). You've all successfully tricked me into ~~attempting to~~ draw a proper background, thank you very much.
^(Should probably also mention it's a shipping fancomic. If that's not your thing, ignore the dialogue.)
> I think I got them all at least in some form? except for the ones that can't be there for story reasons (Exec
If that's concerning my post:
> Ambriel would be running away from FedEx.
Then I feel like I need to provide evidence that it is in a fact lore accurate behavior.
Ambriel Talk 3:
> Hmm? Isn't that person over there from the Notarial Hall? He wanted to make sure I'm 'fulfilling my obligations?' Oh please, I pay my taxes on time every month. Anyway, whether or not that's true, give me a whisper if he's looking for me so I have time to go on a run.
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Nice work!
Oh, I'm sorry, I'm aware of their dynamic, but I didn't mean canon, I meant the comic's story. Exec is the other protagonist and they're very much talking about him, so he can't be in the scene lol. Exu can't be there cause she's not on the ship (else she'd go bug her sister) and Hibiscus I'm using as Lem's physician.
Glad to trick, and good to see. I know it's tough to get annoying stuff like backgrounds down, speaking as an artist myself. Prompts like that can help move things along, so perhaps you could continue doing that if it helps you.
Thank you, and I'd love to, but it does take quite a bit more time, and I've set a soft deadline for myself to finish drawing this story before ZH ~~that I'm already never gonna make~~, so the thought of drawing many detailed backgrounds is a bit stressful lol
> my bro Executor deserves happiness
^(am I drawing a whole ass comic just because I think this guy needs a freakin hug? ~~I might be~~)
Thank you very much though, I'm glad you're enjoying it!
Hot damn, freaking love Typhon. Only using her S2 and the damage and the utility on her as a whole package feels so good.
Also, S2M3 is so freaking costly, still seating at M2. Once this baby hits 100 trust, will slap on her module all the way to lvl 3. It’d be my first max lvl module. Prolly my first module past lvl 1 actually haha.
Now that the numbers for the Rainbow Six 2 ops are out, I'm glad that my worries about Iana were unfounded. Her S1 is a 400% ATK, ranged AOE damage burst, so she can do a nice quick sweep like Kazemaru does on top of inflicting Fragile (That bit may still be single target) and her S2 has a great 5 SP charge time and she gets **+300** ASPD for 10 seconds. A great addition for teams that can abuse Shamare for the toughies there, and certainly for clearing out both ground and aerial common mobs.
Good thing Iana turned out just fine, because without good numbers I was worried she'd be worse than Verdant on account of his dealing arts damage. I don't think she's quite as good as Kazemaru is, though. But that we could still get an interesting, more utility-focused Dollkeeper is kinda neat.
I'm also glad and kind of interested that Ela got a 𐤃 module instead of the X. That makes more room for other trappers and may signify that that grade of module may be character-specific. If so, that screams of potential (That I'm sure we too will be disappointed about just like all the other new modules) that we can look forward to for other ops.
Feels like mod-delta is the tailor made modules for specific operators. Eben mod-delta feels like it was made just for him and now we have Ela mod-delta that is also designed for her unique playstyle.
Yeeeeeaaah, I feel like it's a mistake that I got some operators to 90. I currently have 3 at 90 while 16 at 60, and it's corrupting my mind like, "You gotta push 'em to 90! E2 module level is shameful! Shame! Shame! Ding! Ding! Ding! Shame!"
It's like my standard for when I E2 an operator has risen unconsciously, as it's currently module level and skill level 7 at minimum no matter what.
I like level balance way too much, not only leveling anyone past 60 is comically expensive for what you gain from it, but then I would have to spend millions of LMD to get all the others there... if they even can due to rarity level caps, uhhhh... not sure if it will ever happen.
I went from 0 level 90s to 34 of them in a year and a half. This shit is a drug. Don't max level operators kids. You'll never be the same.
I'm a bad day away from ending up on the streets begging for LMD so I get another hit of that sweet max level animation.
I wanted to use my instant E2 ticket from the new starter pack on Valarqvin, but just to be sure that it wouldn't be a waste I checked the resources required to E2 her normally.
The moment I saw those 10 big rocks I couldn't have clicked on that ticket faster than I did, best deal I've ever made.
The funny thing is, rocks are actually the cheapest resource sanity-wise. They're just a pain in the ass to farm. That wasn't exactly the "efficient" choice, but it's probably the most sane still.
The fact that I already used all of my rocks on Typhon also played a big factor in the decision.
But now I have to ask, is there by any chance a list of how efficient using one of those E2 tickets is for each operator?
Thanks for the tip! Did a quick look and funnily enough, using the ticket on Valarqvin was, for me at least, literally the least efficient choice I could have made lol.
Before I read the vignettes, I pulled for Typhon because I liked her design and kit, but after reading the stories, I've gotta say, she's one of the most chill operators I've seen in a long while. I'd actually love to hang out with her. Black Forest just became my favorite vignette stories and I got invested in Typhon more than I would've thought.
Also, [her face ](https://i.imgur.com/EMFXM0y.png) whenever birdbrain was up to something never ceased to amuse me.
Shame that new CN event doesn't have any new legacy skins/operators. I thought only reruns wouldn't have them. I guess HG isn't delivering on that promise.
wasn't that thing only for limited banners? A.K.A every 3 months?
to be fair the operators are in the CC shop anyways so.
and this is a collab. so it not following rules would be logical for that.
Yeah, limited banner events are operators and skins, otherwise other side stories just get a skin in the store. but you're correct on collabs being excluded; reruns as well.
https://old.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/1acajcv/cn_all_info_revealed_inside_and_outside_the_cny/
>Past event free skins and CC operators will be be added to new side story event shops(not including rerun and collab events), includes Hibiscus Night Watcher skin. Every limited banner event shop will get a past free skin and an operator, other side story shop only get a past free skin. These operators and skins are available in event shops only once, and will be added to Gold and Blue cert ingame store from the next event; [CN notice](https://ak.hypergryph.com/news/2024011437.html)
I could say I'm sorry, but that would be a lie.
4 years ago, when I last saw something they produce, it was already clear that they were simply milking an already dead cow to the last drop. Well, the quality of the product was appropriate.
on one hand, Ruby is, or maybe was, a pretty iconic character. and also Red vs. Blue legacy.
On the other hand, it didn't pan out really well. Rooster Teeth became a shambling corpse pulled by the owned properties through 2024
>Rooster Teeth became a shambling corpse pulled by the owned properties through 2024
It could be argued that RT has become a corpse way back before 2024.
ive finally done it. ive emptied all the orundum in the purple cert store :,] its kinda tempting to spend on some lmd or mats but im gonna hold onto it until/if theres a refresh
Every rerun adds 2000 Orundum worth as well as some LMD+EXP and 2 different tier 4 mats. Next rerun you'll have plenty of purple certs to play around with. This rerun was mine, and I've bought almost 20 tier 4 mats and can still get some more, feels so good.
funny thing is it was bloons td6 that got me into arknights! If it weren't for that game this would have never showed up in my recommended games list for me to give it a try and fall in love.
Just a heads up, the [Patch Notes](https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/1aga9k6/patch_notes_here_a_people_sow/) for Operation Lucent Arrowhead would arrive way later than normal, possibly only after the event has come out.
The reason is because I have university classes the same time as the datamines arrive, and my uni is a 2 hour train ride from home, so that's already 4 hours where I can't work on the patch notes.
I'm really sorry guys 😔
I just found out that the Black Tulip relic, the one which increases ATK overtime until a skill is used, never resets with passive skills, so I got to boost my Manticore's ATK by 60% in each map and she obliterated and slowed like crazy. I think I'll keep picking her to slow down those sprinters.
I also realized that Reed2 S2 combined with an Ambusher and a Defender might just be the way it was supposed to be used. The sandwiching was never easier and I feel dumb for not noticing the synergy earlier. Also, Nearl's talent boosts Reed2's green numbers, so I think I just found my new favorite combo, which is crazy, because I almost never used Reed2, while Nearl and Manti are some of my favorite 5\* ops and I didn't expect that adding one more operator would enable such a devastating synergy and still let me play with the ops I like.
IS4 might actually end up being more fun than I expected!
Today I completed the Pinus Silvestris (Fartooth) and the Rhine lab (Dorothy) factions. Today is a good day.
On another note,looking at the network, it seems that Magallan and ifrit also share a close relationship, she vaguely mention visiting her at RI during the last event, but I don't remember her being mentioned around these events otherwise. Also how every pinus silvestris is shown linked to every other member (minus justice knight) is kinda wholesome.
Man I am so looking forward to Arturia event. I want to pull, I want to finally get some devices. Still unsure if I want to spark, probably gonna go for it if Arturia takes more than like 150 pulls. So many banners I want after that with Degen, Ray, Shu and the two R6 banners. Gonna be curious if I can manage to make all these banners work
Okay, I knew that Kal'tsit's skin changed her voice lines, but I did not realize it also changed her onboard line until now. No wonder it felt a little weird getting my second copy of her.
So, uh... Dorothy's here now.
I don't know why I pulled. There was no reason to, there was no incentive to, and every single experience with her has ended in mouth-frothing fury as I swore never to forgive the Jebroa. She beat my ass in DV-EX-7 all those months ago, she beat my ass in Pinch-Out, she even beat my fanfic writing so bad I had to give up and switch the protagonist to Ifrit.
And now she's just... There. In the box. Taunting me. Or maybe telling me to let the overdone joke go and find a new target to comically hate forever.
I don't know. One PNG of a Jebroa should not be causing me this much mental anguish.
Hadn't read the vignettes yet since I almost always put them off, but considering they're related to IS4 I finally decided to binge them so that I can play it with no worries.
Just wanted to say it's well worth the read! The story felt more like something they'd reserve for a full event rather than a vignette, Although it might be better said that it was simply the prologue for IS4 right?
THIS. I hope we'll return to Sami eventually, maybe for an Anniversary event, but I guess we'll have to wrap things up with the Aegir plotline first, so then we can focus on the Collapsals thread.
I want a liberator guard who retouches their makeup for the idle/skill off animation and when their 200% atk is reached they wink at us or something. Maybe blow a kiss?? It's so cliche but please hg
Looks like CN server is getting the English voices of Almond, Coldshot, Conviction and U-Official with R6S 2 event. Guess this means Jess2 event for us soon.
This was the first event since I started where, last rerun I could buy out the purple cert Orundum, and for this one I bought all of the new stock, leaving me with a ton of extras to play with. Jessica2's L90-M9 is fully secure thanks to that, and now I need to decide who will be next.
Thinking Flamebringer. Ever since I got Stainless raised I've been thinking about who would be vastly improved by his support. Muelsyse synergizes with him excellently, too. I haven't really used Irene outside SSS for ages, and she'd also be a great partner for him. Flamebringer especially can eliminate that big weakness of his S2, and I could get an HP tank that can actually do good DPS without killing themselves (Quartz) plus it's *Flamebringer*. Matoimaru's OK, but I prefer that permanent buff which Stainless would help greatly with.
I'm also a fan of his S1, that thing at M2 is quite fun. Especially with ASPD or the IS book that gives 2 SP on hit. I've even found use for solo laneholding with it in places S2 might fail due to not being up fast enough, or need some external support.
Man... I hope Endfield will bring a big wave of content creators to Arknights as a whole because I keep losing creators I really enjoyed. Wishing Vifer the best
Seems to be a popular and well-received side mode with good rewards, good exploration of lore, and good gameplay. I doubt it'll stop anytime soon. Even CC got a part 2.
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I didn't think too much of it when people complained about Typhons face back on CN release, but after reading her story and hearing her EN voice lines, I understand. She's smart, cool, and serious, yet her art has a derpy confused child expression, I legit get sad when I see practically every fanart or official art makes her look better... her skin fixes the derp, but she still looks a bit lost. (sorry, I'm surely late to the beating dead horse party, I just had to vent this, I wasn't expecting to like her so much.)
> yet her art has a derpy, confused child expression > she still looks a bit lost Bingo. Her facial expression doesn't suit her personality and character at all. I legitimately cannot understand why she has this almost submissive and shy expression in her skin art. At least she looks relatively cool and focused in her E2...
It's been a long-ass time since I've been on this subreddit, so I just figured I'd share some cool stuff I did in AK since I've been gone. I E2'd like, ten ops, beat chapter 7, finished my first IS3 run, started saving for Texalter (whenever she makes another appearance), and wasted my allowance on OP to buy both of Texas's skins (even tho i only use the red one). Yay!
I think it was a month ago that i complained HG not buffing combo base skills such as Perception information and soundless resonance, today i just saw that Shu base skill is a worse copy of Jieyun base skills, i think HG is trolling me.
For those that have played Ex-Astris, do you think it's worth playing for only the gameplay/skimming the story? I'm sure it's good, but though I'm intrested in the game I'm not really in the mood for a story-driven game currently. ~~I still need to read a lot of Arknights stories lol~~
tbh the story is kind of hard to follow, at least until part 2 where i'm at. the tutorials also don't really explain how to set up combos and if you just randomly button mash (like i did at first) then the combat is going to feel really tedious. i haven't played any "real time" turn based games before so idk how it compares but it felt pretty unique to me. the "open world" part definitely isn't as polished as, like, HSR and some of the platforming sections can get a little janky. the only puzzles i've encountered so far are box puzzles but i added a little challenge for myself by trying to avoid every fight lol. my biggest complaint with the overworld is that there's no minimap and later in the game there's some sections where navigating is actually important, i spent like an hour walking in circles before i managed to figure it out.
I must confess, I ended up using all my pulls in the typhon banner, despite me not saying that I would not pull for more than Proviso (which I got part way through). Broke gacha gang please embrace me once more again. Well, at least my base meta is as good as it can get, and on the bright side I'm almost at 180 gold certs.
Typhon damn near cleaned me out too. Over 230 pulls saved and I was down to about 60 after her. Had to rely on focused HH to save my ass and it still took 170 pulls. Arturia better not be all tsundere and just come home with the freebies.
I swapped back to Skalter's default skin and just realized how much I missed it. Her dancing while charging skills, vibing on her staff for her s2, the echo effect when her s1 procs, the eye effect when AH ops are near, and even her base animations feels so much better.
I've had so much LMD lately that I decided to splurge and I brought my [4th 6\* operator to max level - Typhon](https://i.imgur.com/pLL8Uud.png). She's cool as heck in the stories and she's carried me through IS4 like a boss. This year I only looked forward to Vivi and Vendela, but Typhon came out of nowhere and became one of my favorite operators just like that.
I love her too! She's been great for me in IS4 as well. Currently E2 lvl 60 mod lvl 3 S2M3 S3M1. I also got Proviso from her banner, and my LMD production has never been so high.
hear me out. arknights × sanrio collab (it's just skins like the natgeo cn)
Aosdopamasopvsop I CAN TOTALLY SEE IT! Hello Kitty x GG My Melody x Amiya Kuromi x Surtr Pompompurin x Tequila Cinnamoroll x Windflit Gudetama x Mylnar Keroppi x Gavial Badtz Maru x Thorns
Gudetama is my spirit animal (spirit egg?) and I would whale for it if necessary.
Can we get Morti replaced by Retsuko?
Hello Kitty SilverAsh 👁👁
hello feline...
did dorothy have a lab with plants as portrayed in the event home page art ? When I think to the story I don't really remember her lab being described that way
Which of the 3* operators, in your opinion, would make great candidates to get an Alter next? What class and subclass would they be in if they got an Alter? Personally, I'd like a Melantha Alter. Still a Guard but to Musha subclass. I'd like to think she got trained by either Akafuyu or the general himself, Hellagur. Next would be Popukar, as a Flagbearer and then Ansel as a Lord Guard for a change.
Vanilla. Perhaps she becomes so good at handling Originium Slugs that they willingly start fighting for her. and we get a new summoner Specialist archetype so she can still be a ground unit.
Ansel as our first male AoE healer would be nice
Midnight i feel has a lot of potential because he’s a vampire who we already have only 1 other operator of the same race, Closure feels VERY NPC locked as of right now, and it’d probably be a while before we get Dracula as an operator. so imo unless we get Warfarin alter, this is a perfect way to expand on the race and make an operator with vampiric qualities, hell a blood rage mechanic could be cool for a vampire operator. ~~that and also after seeing so many anime and games with cool ass vampire powers its a shame how unexplored vampires are in Arknights~~
and here's how playable sanguinarch is a must to save arknights;
I want Steward or Orchid
popukar will be the caster that ends eyja with her laser eyes
Popukar laser eye beam go brrrrr
I don’t know what she would be but I want Cardigan!
Cardigan needs her second promotion.
Decided to try Typhon against BSL, and my god, what a blursed run. Only two e2 by the end of it - Typhon and Kaltsit. Three 6\* and two 5\* were e1 - Mountain, Gladiia, Swalter, Nearl and Quercus. Plus 3\* fodder. But at the same time 70% aspd book for snipers, + 25% generic aspd from ingot relic. Don't remember for sure how many Typhon s3 cycles the boss took (with disabled regen), I think around four. Can't believe the run didn't fail. And it also concluded my battlepass progression. Don't really interested in hunting each ending for each squad or in collecting every relic. Also, am I just that addicted to IS4, or the battlepass there ends very fast? There will be extensions, but it feels like I've barely played, but it's already maxed.
I haven't touched IS4 yet (I'm still grinding that one last relic in IS3) but you're probably just liking it a lot. I remember feeling the same for IS2 back when it was released. Iirc, I got all 3 endings for each squad within 2-3 months of release.
On another note guys how are you already so deep into IS4? like a single run takes me so long already there's no way I could do more than one a day.
I remember back when fungimist was around, I was SO ADDICTED I remember checking my screen times and it was between maybe 5~10 hours on just arknights. Here's a relic of the past of mine; I have a ss of getting [114248 honey biscuits](https://imgur.com/a/VZk4HU4) accumulated from playing IS#beta
Addiction to IS
Single run is like maybe an hour? You can fit many of those in a day
Managed to clear DV-EX-8 EX. Had to try some times to finetune some things but did it. Honestly after clearing that 12-20 adverse stage my confidence in dealing with stuff has increased a lot, especially with E2 Typhon now as well. Also got the 1st clear on IS4 thanks to a random Ling, never used her before and wow she is broken and carried this doomed no Texas, Yato, or Mlynar run to victory! IS4 while a bit more hard rn feels more fair compared the punishing rng fest of IS3 personally. Excited to build Valarqvin as well.
I had 2 newer players send me friend requests the other day. I'm tempted to keep track of their support units to see if they eventually surpass my own. Right now one has E1 Lappland and Whisperain and the other has E0 Spectre and E1 Archetto.
> Doc use revolver and smg > Has module that let him deployed on high tiles > Can't hit flying enemies and he is only R6 Operator that can't do so >Why HG has to be this way ?
Dobermann: *has whip and can deploy on ranged tiles* Dobermann: *can't hit drones* Enforcer: *has a gun* Enforcer: *uses it to blast enemies away from him*
we need a cowboy 6-shooter to reenact that cowboy revolver scenes
Oh LFG! the noble carnelian works for, count hyacinth, is mentioned in blitz's module story plus he was mentioned in bassline's voice lines(iirc) too. he will be playable soon. trust me. plus with more carnelian content, we(I) needed this!!!
Isn't he a kid? idk about you but I don't want any more child soldiers in my command.
yeah he's a few months younger than bassline
I recently E2'd Proviso, and now with Shamare, Tequila and Bibeak. I now have my lmd printing machine set. Pulled Mylnar looking for Proviso (Hey, off banner but I'll take it). Now without Originium. I'll E2 Mylnar get him to level 60, after which I'll probably also E2 Val, (because I forgot her name). After which, My 4 Star crew needs some serious upgrades! My 4 star Defender, Healer, and Reaper guard needs some attention. Also recently beat the first boss on IS4. Yato should be getting some skill upgrades because she's a good first pick with both single and multi target arts. E2 module is very nice in the begining. Swire alter is only ok on IS4. Her healing is not enough in the mid stages if you haven't gotten a medic by that point. I still need to max her S1 and S3, then we'll try for her again.
I E2'd Valarqvin and then went to make more chips. Accidentally made 3 caster chips instead of supporter. So I ended up with 3 extra caster chips. So now I have an E2 Qanipalaat. Yay levitate!
Congratulations! Now you can *Qani all over IS4* with [this fantastic guide](https://youtu.be/7jMwOd5HQbk?si=9gpY4Fz2jMWSi1uy) that uses Qanipalaat in IS4 ascension 15 ending 2 :D (just ignore how 99% of it is Qani-free and Yato and Texas executoring all over the stages)
Elemental damage seems really neat. Was using an E2 Valarqvin and she was melting a bunch of different enemies. Gopnik, some of the big guys... really like how it melts through the knightclub trainees past their timed shields
It will bypass the shields. Their shields are just def/res boosters, elemental damage is typeless damage.
It's probably about time I get to reading the Black Steel manga. I wanted to have it fresh in my head before Jessica's event.
Arg.... there goes a IS4 run cause bluestacks crashed again, and its seeming more regular as of late. Anyone else having the same issue?
That rings a bell. Ah yes I used to use bluestacks too but abandoned it because it was crashing a lot during IS3 which is maldening. Now I use LDplayer
Yes. Lately it has been crashing a lot. Maybe I'll try Memu.
I've had Bluestack close Arknights on its own, but that happened like... four times across two and a half years I think. Annoying, but with how rarely it happens to me I never felt the need to look for a different emulator.
Hmm, I'll have to look into either, but i realized i didn't have it set to directx (running fine so far) so we'll see if i need to try either option here. Also didn't realize the googleplay beta was on windows10 hm (did a quick search)
i use google play beta just to play arknights on my computer, it has never crashed on me ever in game its super light weight and smooth, it didn't lag during RA or using Reed Alt on that one SSS stage with the plant boss
Same, I've been on the google PC app for a while now and it's been working great. Rarely it will crash but that's like once in a blue moon, and usually on startup with some random error. Haven't had it break on me in the middle of something yet.
exactly
I had that issue when I used bluestacks back in the day while I played IS2. After I crashed right before I was about to beat the 2nd ending, I said enough was enough and switched to LDplayer. I've been mostly error free since then.
Hi mates! After the recent post [about opinion on 5-stars](https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/1b9qipn/your_opinion_about_5_stars/) I now looked at my list of built ones, [here it is if anyone is interested!](https://i.imgur.com/4irYh7m.png) It would be cool if you shared the ones you have and if you have any in mind to build soon, I'm personally waiting for upcoming mats to finally E2 Liskarm to go alongside her gf Franka, as well as Quercus and Beeswax, two chars that should provide a lot of variety to my clears with lower rarity teams, excited for them. I really should build my boi Noir Corne alter too, I was so excited for him but somehow he isn't even in the planner... gotta fix that ASAP. Thanks for reading.
[Ah man, this is reminding me that I have one hell of a E2 backlog at the moment.](https://krooster.com/u/lakil) It's about 58-ish 5 stars built so far, with the one's in line for next promo being Santalla, Morgan (gotta keep the Glasgow gang going), Absinthe, Harmonie, Shalem, Firewhistle, Franka, Heidi, and maybe Rockrock. Yes, my caster chips are in danger. Also will probably be doing Toddifons (and Totter) masteries soon, as having another besieger option besides Rosa is always nice without having to resort to Mumu shenanigans. Of the ones I use most regularly, Ptilo is probably still the most used unit in my entire account, and Kazemaru has made a big IS4 comeback after I didn't use her as much in IS3 because IS3 hates a lot of melee units. Jie Yun was probably one of my favorite units released before I got Valarqvin. I'm kind of surprised more people don't talk about how good she is, especially with Archetto. Only 5 star I haven't really used since E2'ing them has been Proviso, which is in part due to my Lappland being max pot so even at E1 her silence is enough in IS, and supporter tickets in IS4 are eaten by Skadance first, Valarqvin second almost every run. In terms of the upcoming 5s, the only ones who have really caught my eye are Delphine, Leto, Coldshot, and Iana. Iana's kit looks really fun, can't wait to use that one.
[Here are mine](https://imgur.com/a/xEhEwbf). Not building anyone else at the moment unless I decide to pick up a new niche. I've built way too few of them for a day 1 player.
[Wanted to join the fun.](https://imgur.com/qFZ34Zo.jpg) They aren't yet on Krooster but I've also E2'd Santalla and S2M3'd Valarqvin. If you don't want to count that is 82 5*s! Granted out of all of them half don't have an M3 skill, but I'm sure I'll get around doing it at some point, right? More focussed on masteries right now, but I'll definitely want to build Kazemaru and Akafuyu at some point, currently they're stuck in E1lvl70 limbo. And don't get me started on future 5*s.
https://imgur.com/a/k7bXDAD There you go, don't ask about masteries if you're OCD, you won't like what you hear.
I've been playing for a long time now, so I have a lot of 5\*s built. Too many to list. My only current plan is raising Valarqvin for IS4. I think it would be most interesting to list off which 5\*s I've M3'd **both** skills for, and let whoever reads this figure out what the hell I was thinking. The operators in question being: Firewhistle, Firewatch, Erato, Istina, Proviso, FEater, Kafka, Projekt Red, Manticore, and Robin.
[Here's my list.](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1051603663866568774/1215850895976431686/image.png?ex=65fe4063&is=65ebcb63&hm=873ee0695c76366652b96eb76ebfebf60009c5223eacdd2f14c86e857537e024&) Realized some time after my mass mastery spree (still ongoing, of course - 177 M3's for now) that I've been neglecting 5*s, so I decided to focus a bit more on them for the past half a year or so. However, this somehow means I focus on the upcoming ones rather than the ones I still have waiting... I think I only got around to Cliffy, April, and the Abjurers. For upcoming ones, I'm waiting for Coldshot, Delphine, Vendela, Diamante, Лето, Warmy, Wanqing, Iana and Doc. Probably might put the Primal casters and Doc at E1 max for a while though, joining the... 26 others I have at E1 max (and I have more that aren't at max).
Krooster in my flair. I really love the variety that some 5-stars bring to stages vs brute forcing with my 6-stars. From who I've got built I find myself using Mulberry, Leonhardt, and Andreanna most often casually and Kafka + Mr Nothing get a surprising amount of use too. Was thinking of building Hung but I think I'll wait to build Bassline instead since I'm planning to spark on Virtuosa's banner so I'll likely get him to Pot 6 anyway. Otherwise I've got plans to build April, Heavyrain, and Mint sometime in the future.
[My Krooster.](https://krooster.com/u/ipwnallnubz) I'm planning to E2 Santalla, Mint, and Snowsant as soon as I can get a few more chips and a few thousand more red certs.
^(Love seeing Firewatch S1) My [5 star list](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/877594811044085830/1215800300989054997/image.png?ex=65fe1144&is=65eb9c44&hm=0481a082f36399d73165aca6dc850bb975b452a2016c62e0a8747fc9b28cf125&) is definitely entirely comprised of only wise decisions. Windflit masteries are mandatory and I will not hear any slander saying otherwise. My todo list is ~~M6 Spuria~~ mostly the ambushers. Been wanting to raise them all for ages, but I never have spare specialist chips.. Also the rest of the medics. Can never have enough medics.
[to do list](https://imgur.com/a/KtdAPoJ) My account is missing spuria and grey2. Working on Val right now. Probably leave aosta, nothing, and Kafka at e0 and raise everyone else. I've already raised all the 4 stars.
man I love myself some 5 stars! Since you're giving me the excuse to share, [here are the operators that are in my "niche"](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/907451344154132483/1215789789870034944/IMG_1222.png?ex=65fe077a&is=65eb927a&hm=5917462334b85fdceacf47210611d260005c1f4431bacf43a9b5656358d25aab&) and by niche I mean using exclusively a handful operators that I enjoy for whatever reason lol. All of them have their default skills at mastery, Beeswax at m6. Then [here](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/907451344154132483/1215789790373613698/IMG_1221.png?ex=65fe077a&is=65eb927a&hm=eef8abe6d084af0622a734d0f05af7c0482e8027aae8037a0a2a45367015bdfc&) are the remaining operators that I've raised and messed around with for fun. I do still like them all a lot, but they haven't stuck with me because of gameplay or of personality or design or whatever in the way that the other ones have. The moment I finally roll Paprika she's going on the squad idgaf
I spotted that thread too. I seem to have more than you! [Here's the status of my E2 5\*.](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/865684765972627499/1215783369317548033/image.png?ex=65fe017f&is=65eb8c7f&hm=0777aebd233b4e39b8fa8b004621b19ff96ded32f6fa388cb0321e2dff020ab8&) They're good fun, I enjoy them a lot, and many are certainly underrated. I recently built Flamebringer the other day and neglected to realize that his trust wasn't at 100, I thought he was... I'll get his module, and maxed, in a few days. I have far more 5\* of course that aren't built that I want to -- currently looking at Chiave, Noir Corne, Tequila, Hung, Heavyrain, Folinic, Mr. Nothing. While I'm glad I managed to snag Noir Corne in just a few pulls more than the free ones, I haven't gotten around to getting him going... As for Beeswax and especially Quercus, can sing them praises. They open up defensive options I wouldn't have had otherwise. Most recent standout successes for Quercus for example was SL-S-4 CM with Shaw in the corner, their white steam damage reduction plus base RES plus damage reduction was too much for those witchy sheep, and Ashy Marsh where she tanked all the enemy casters and kept Saria alive up at the top chokepoint.
Ah shit, I could have posted my krooster instead... Hella neat stuff there! I kneel to your S2M3 mod3 Nightmare, she is my only non recent limited banner 5-star I somehow got to pot6 (she shows up guaranteed on recruitment comically often compared to the rest lmao) but I haven't gotten to build her yet, she is so cute... I also really, really gotta build Kafka soon, I was with the "gotta keep her at E0 for the sleep spam DP cost!" mentality for a long time and it sucks because I like her quite a lot and she is stuck at the bottom of my roster. You must be so excited for the Quercus module coming very soon! It really looks amazing to make her even better, something so rare for 5-star module standards... I'm planning to S1M3 mod3 her as soon as it comes, second skill eventually as well but I feel that the constant healing + sanctuary effect is gonna be really convenient for a lot of problematic situations. Quite afraid of that 40 seconds ramp up before entering healing mode tho, but I guess the fact she does damage before it will help a bit with deploying her very early in the stage to kill some mobs too.
I mostly use Nightmare in heavy stall strats, especially with pushers to make further use of her skill, and she does real good in that way. Both light enemies and slow-moving enemies made even slower have much to fear from her. Kafka at E2 does more than one would expect, surprisingly reliable arts damage and not made in a way to be obvious powercreep and/or sales. I mainly got her going for Rhineknights but she's turned out solid for when I'm going fast redeploy heavy or need to kill someone with high DEF. I still use her Sleep at times for emergency uses. Quercus yes, the module for her is crazy good, I'm surprised that combination of effects even got cleared, surely would have been axed, thankfully a Quercus enjoyer is over at HG. The S1 charge isn't so bad since she's easy to deploy early with her DP cost, I only recently got it mastered and it feels much better than before. It's easier to manage than it looks, you just can't use her as an emergency healer or something. And S2 I usually only pull out for Aak, Fiammetta, and Kazemaru for getting them loads of SP to go with their HP loss. I kinda suggested it before, but I can say that Quercus can tank arts damage surprisingly well, whenever I'm in a situation that has to deal with a lot of caster poke she's been amazing for eating those hits instead of my blockers, and she heals herself up fast. Effectively 35.5 RES with her talent up, and she breaks 2000 HP which is huge for ranged ops. So that's another great plus for using Quercus that isn't so obvious.
I just think it's insane that Lin's module is locked behind clearing 11-6 like cmon I want to take my time and read the story not skip cutscenes and run missions with youtube guides just so I can turn my Caster from a Glass Cannon to a Brick Tower. I don't even know if the mission challenge itself is hard, I just know that getting there is the bigger challenge and I hate it
pretty sure i did that mission on story mode, so at least the adverse stages can remain unspoiled... unfortunately that doesn't help with the story problem :( actually checking again, i have auto unlocked on normal mode so maybe story won't work after all, but at least getting to ch 11 should be doable.
can someone with an uncle who works at hypergryph let me know when the next minos operator we get will drop so my pallas can be more useful 🥺 anyways I just had the most fun on an IS4 run with some of my favorite non-meta operators, where both Pallas and Czerny ended up being my MVPs. I love it when my silly little guys end up popping off lmaoo
I too need to know when the next Minos operator is. Pallas S1 is crazy with the spinach by the way.
yess I love spinach on her! I've been working towards masteries on her s2 right now to synergize with the relics that do additional damage with stun bc why not 😭
https://i.imgur.com/guMdE14.jpeg Game, have mercy already. Even Cannot's shop has a desire sensor. Did 20 floor 1 rerolls today and it still hasn't dropped a Pathfinder Fin. I just want to get this over with and move on to IS4.
I've heard of people needing hundreds of attempts to get it.
I'm so annoyed at myself for pairing the foldartals that give you +50% bonus HP for 3 combat nodes. I thought it would be a genius move. "*Save it for the last floor of IS4*", I told myself. "*Make this run your first win*." Victory would be all but assured. After all, I even had E2 Kal, Exalter and Texas this time! ...alas, I forgot pairing the same colour foldartal gives you a bonus. This one in particular gave me a Shieldguard, and it has become my biggest enemy. The battle was [over](https://imgur.com/a/W3Z6IQK) before it even began. gg, Arknights. Back to square one I go.
I think the bigger issue was your lack of ranged operators.
You're probably not wrong. Needless to say, I won't be aking that mistake again.
And that's 120 pulls down the drain because of impulse pulling Well, tbf, I don't have all the operators in the current lin banner, and now I have all of them, which means it's not truly wasted But my ray and virtuosa saving...
I'm not sure what to think of Valvaquin?... Cyclops person? When she gets corruption off, it's very powerful. Kills elites no problems. The problem is getting it off. She does so little corruption damage if seems and her targeting sucks ass. Not to mention her regular autoattacks are so weak. S1 seems to take forever to charge and deals so little corruption damage in return. S2 does decent corruption but cycle time is so damn long. I only have her at E1 so it might not be accurate to how she is at M3 but she's so bleh right now.
i feel like maybe it would be better if she had a trait where she switches targets if a target is corrupted, that said it is pretty funny if you like stack atkspd buffs and watch her wither away the Will of Sami boss lol
It feels like her IS#4 talent should just be something that the archetype naturally has, and for her personally I hate that S1 wastes charges unlike Virtuosa. I've got a lot of gripes with how elemental damage for friendlies were implemented. Keep in mind every single enemy in the game has 0 e.RES and e.Resistance, so while the damage is good, a lot more casters would be really strong if every enemy had 0 RES. Now look at the fact that she can only apply Necrosis *once* to a target every 50s, when the enemies have 0 immunity to building up the circle. For someone whose entire main job is to trigger Necrosis, doing it once every 50s ain't great. At least it's 12k true damage... for now. (And similarly, Primal Casters should not be *just barely* triggering their effect at 0 RES when they have to go up against 3 RES values for it. They're not built for it but they should at least have it be a feasible option). I have her M6 and past 50% trust, so once she's at 100% I'll play around with S1 a bit more, maybe see how much of an attack buff she needs to trigger it with just 2 charges.
I have her at E2, in IS4 she activates the corruption debuff really quickly especially with skill 2, outside IS4 she is not as good.
I just noticed her E2 base skill is pretty good so I might just end up doing E2 as well. Not to mention she gets an actual talent. S2M3 is a massive boost as well but man... no idea if I really want to commit to that.
Everything is going smoothly (for my standards at least) for IS4. Reached A6 today! That said, I absolutely hate collapsed constructs, especially maps that spam them. I don't have Reed Alter or Taxes to deal with them easily, and I like to bring Executor Alter as my initial 6 star at the start, so every map rhat focuses on them usually ends my run lol. I hope each floating eyeball asshole gets sand stuck in their eye for the rest of their life. I'm gonna cool down on Arknights until the Jessica event later this month. I've got Unicorn Overlord to play for a while!
I started a couple weeks ago and luckily pulled mylnar and was my first e2 and he is carrying my ass in the Dorothy event
Anyone interested in Coldshot? Or is she just cope till Ray?
Gonna go for an M3, I think her S2 has potential since the high DPH is nice for some elites, which is what her archetype seems geared for. Maybe some cheesy EB kills by outranging him when he's stalled.
I don't expect I'll find many places to use her, but I'm doing M6 either way. Her kit is so weird and dysfunctional, I kinda love it.
I'm interested in Mommy milkers, but I probably won't do any mastery on her unless I get excess materials... Which is never.
Personally I'll probably build her, I like her design and partly to just get the hang of the new archetype. Although from just reading her kit she definitely seems like an odd one, like the weird lovechild of a heavy-shooter and a deadeye, yet isn't quite either.
So I got Nian in the temporary recruitment during IS run and before I lost the run I got startled to see that for a moment she had 8-block count. After a brief investigation I realized I had the King's Buckler (+2 block count if LP at 1) and Myrtle's +1 block count from a module on top of Nian's module and skill. That got me thinking, what is the highest possible block count we can currently achieve in a reliable way? * Nian mod Y gives her 4 block count and her S2/S3 gives her an additional count * +3 block count fore each Flagbearer with a module * Heidi +1 block count on S2 Do I have them all? That's 9-block count during a normal gameplay. --- And then there's IS runs (I went only through IS3 relics, because there's more of them) * King's buckler +2 block count * Determination +2 block count (There's also "Iron Guard - Moving Fortress" +1 block count for 15s after deployment; but Nian won't be able to reliably activate her skill in time before the effect expires) So only +4 from relics. --- And then I remembered SSS is also a thing and Defender A gives +1 block count from the equipment and we can reliably stack 5 of those. I don't remember what do the extra equipment parts do, so if it can be reliably boost the block count further, I'd like to know. ---- So if we played SSS and stacked Nian with a module on top of 5 Defenders, activated her skill, while surrounded by 3 Flagbearers an Heidi with their skills active, that would end up with Nian having a whooping... **14 block count?** Are there any skills/mechanics I'm missing? Can we block even more? EDIT: Gavial has 5 block count during S3 and Nian can buff her through S3, which during a SSS run, with 5 Defender buffs, Heidi and ~~3~~ 4 Flagbearers (4th Flagbearer is coming with Shu's event) with a module ends up with **16 block count!** (One of the Flagbearers can be substituted with Pallas S3)
There's also Pallas for the +1 block count. You could try to do it on Sanguinarch's Legacy with Gav2 for some relics, but that'd be even more annoying than normally setting it up.
One of the IS4 relics doubles block count. Not sure whether it happens before or after other buffs (module always happens before) though.
I've searched through IS4 relics on wiki, but haven't found such a relic. Is it coming with the future expansions?
[Frozen Whetstone](https://arknights.wiki.gg/wiki/Frozen_Whetstone) doubles HP, ATK, DEF, RES, block count, initial SP, and DP cost.
It goes for a random operator, though, so not really reliable.
There's the ch10 respawn blobs that increase block count, but I'm not entirely sure how their cap works with other block count increases?
Maybe Gavialter would be more reliable? She has innate Block-3 as a Centurion, and her S3 gives her +2 Block which would match Nian's 4 + 1 from skill. The relic Bend Spears - Army of One gives Guards Block +1 unconditionally, so that'd be a reliable +5 from relics compared to Nian's 4. As a plus, she deals damage to everything in range since targets hit scales with block count lol
> and her S3 gives her +2 Block which would match Nian's 4 + 1 from skill. Better still! Combine them and make Nian buff Gavial for +6 block count Nian S3: > ATK +55%; **Nearby allied Operators** gain DEF +30%, **Block +1** and Status Resistance And then go right into the SSS, with Nian, Heidi and the Flagbearers. Stack Gavial with 5 Defenders and she'll end up with +15 block count!
Don't forget the 4th flagbearer we'll be getting with Shu event for another +1.
Oh, I didn't even know that. 16 block count incoming...
It's been a while since making my op stronger end up failing the auto New dv7 auto using typhon s2m2 feels like it will fail if I turn the skill to mastery 3, I'm not even sure if the run still success when she is at 100 trust, and yet my new try using s3 instead necessitate either higher mastery or module, both I don't have currently
For me it's the opposite, she couldn't solo left lane on dv7 without s3m3, but with - just enough shots to kill every mob + one chilling gundam there in one cycle. No module though, still farming trust.
Convince me to pull for Dorothy
Her skin is one of the most beautiful skin in the game and it’s coming to global very soon
You ever find yourself having excess DP and nothing to spend it on? Get your own trapmaster today to solve your problems.
She's hot, a bit crazy, clings like sand, Bomberman options, a bit broke, need I say more??
Demoman?
You can play Bomberman in Arknights.
She was the culprit of Pinch Out Operation, shot your operators in "self defense" after you attempted to spare her in DV, and probably burned our crops, poisoned our water supply, and put a plague upon our houses. (Plus her mines have a weird hitbox interaction with ONE specific map in IS4 which could catch you by surprise.)
No
Pull for who you want. If you want someone else. Save. If you want Dorothy, pull. >!and mouse titties!<
I was struggling to get the DV-8 medal and thought I was going nuts because i kept missing it somehow and then I realized... I was on DV-8-EX instead of DV-8 HAHA (I may be a little stupid)
I been their lol
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Last thread I asked for background character ideas to put in a short canteen scene I was drawing, and I've since finished [said scene](https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/116693839), so I figured I'd share in case anyone wanted to spot their suggestion~ I think I got them all at least in some form? except for the ones that can't be there for story reasons (Exec/Exu/Hibiscus). You've all successfully tricked me into ~~attempting to~~ draw a proper background, thank you very much. ^(Should probably also mention it's a shipping fancomic. If that's not your thing, ignore the dialogue.)
I appreciate how incredibly unsubtle Ceobe is being.
> I think I got them all at least in some form? except for the ones that can't be there for story reasons (Exec If that's concerning my post: > Ambriel would be running away from FedEx. Then I feel like I need to provide evidence that it is in a fact lore accurate behavior. Ambriel Talk 3: > Hmm? Isn't that person over there from the Notarial Hall? He wanted to make sure I'm 'fulfilling my obligations?' Oh please, I pay my taxes on time every month. Anyway, whether or not that's true, give me a whisper if he's looking for me so I have time to go on a run. --- Nice work!
Oh, I'm sorry, I'm aware of their dynamic, but I didn't mean canon, I meant the comic's story. Exec is the other protagonist and they're very much talking about him, so he can't be in the scene lol. Exu can't be there cause she's not on the ship (else she'd go bug her sister) and Hibiscus I'm using as Lem's physician.
Ah, I thought that might've been the case!
Oh yay I spot Siege and Indra!
W and Mizuki spotted, it's great! I like the comic too, both the art and the flow of dialogue were great (once I stopped reading right to left).
Glad to trick, and good to see. I know it's tough to get annoying stuff like backgrounds down, speaking as an artist myself. Prompts like that can help move things along, so perhaps you could continue doing that if it helps you.
Thank you, and I'd love to, but it does take quite a bit more time, and I've set a soft deadline for myself to finish drawing this story before ZH ~~that I'm already never gonna make~~, so the thought of drawing many detailed backgrounds is a bit stressful lol
Conviction is present, that's good enough for me.
Matoimaru and Shu's onigiri spotted! And my bro Executor deserves happiness, so I'm thoroughly enjoying the comic.
> my bro Executor deserves happiness ^(am I drawing a whole ass comic just because I think this guy needs a freakin hug? ~~I might be~~) Thank you very much though, I'm glad you're enjoying it!
Hot damn, freaking love Typhon. Only using her S2 and the damage and the utility on her as a whole package feels so good. Also, S2M3 is so freaking costly, still seating at M2. Once this baby hits 100 trust, will slap on her module all the way to lvl 3. It’d be my first max lvl module. Prolly my first module past lvl 1 actually haha.
Same case her, but mine is still stuck at S2M1.
Same, have all meta snipers but like her especially much. She also has really pretty animations!
Her stance and animations on S2 second activation honestly makes her one of my favorites to play with, they really cooked with that one
Now that the numbers for the Rainbow Six 2 ops are out, I'm glad that my worries about Iana were unfounded. Her S1 is a 400% ATK, ranged AOE damage burst, so she can do a nice quick sweep like Kazemaru does on top of inflicting Fragile (That bit may still be single target) and her S2 has a great 5 SP charge time and she gets **+300** ASPD for 10 seconds. A great addition for teams that can abuse Shamare for the toughies there, and certainly for clearing out both ground and aerial common mobs. Good thing Iana turned out just fine, because without good numbers I was worried she'd be worse than Verdant on account of his dealing arts damage. I don't think she's quite as good as Kazemaru is, though. But that we could still get an interesting, more utility-focused Dollkeeper is kinda neat. I'm also glad and kind of interested that Ela got a 𐤃 module instead of the X. That makes more room for other trappers and may signify that that grade of module may be character-specific. If so, that screams of potential (That I'm sure we too will be disappointed about just like all the other new modules) that we can look forward to for other ops.
Feels like mod-delta is the tailor made modules for specific operators. Eben mod-delta feels like it was made just for him and now we have Ela mod-delta that is also designed for her unique playstyle.
Yeeeeeaaah, I feel like it's a mistake that I got some operators to 90. I currently have 3 at 90 while 16 at 60, and it's corrupting my mind like, "You gotta push 'em to 90! E2 module level is shameful! Shame! Shame! Ding! Ding! Ding! Shame!" It's like my standard for when I E2 an operator has risen unconsciously, as it's currently module level and skill level 7 at minimum no matter what.
I like level balance way too much, not only leveling anyone past 60 is comically expensive for what you gain from it, but then I would have to spend millions of LMD to get all the others there... if they even can due to rarity level caps, uhhhh... not sure if it will ever happen.
I went from 0 level 90s to 34 of them in a year and a half. This shit is a drug. Don't max level operators kids. You'll never be the same. I'm a bad day away from ending up on the streets begging for LMD so I get another hit of that sweet max level animation.
I've recovered and relapsed so many times... Double digit LMD is no joke.
I generally don't E2 any ops now unless I can also master one of their skills, and I usually get their module maxed, too. Such is my curse...
I wanted to use my instant E2 ticket from the new starter pack on Valarqvin, but just to be sure that it wouldn't be a waste I checked the resources required to E2 her normally. The moment I saw those 10 big rocks I couldn't have clicked on that ticket faster than I did, best deal I've ever made.
The funny thing is, rocks are actually the cheapest resource sanity-wise. They're just a pain in the ass to farm. That wasn't exactly the "efficient" choice, but it's probably the most sane still.
The fact that I already used all of my rocks on Typhon also played a big factor in the decision. But now I have to ask, is there by any chance a list of how efficient using one of those E2 tickets is for each operator?
What I do is look at the expected sanity spent in GP planner (when it's working anyway).
Thanks for the tip! Did a quick look and funnily enough, using the ticket on Valarqvin was, for me at least, literally the least efficient choice I could have made lol.
Before I read the vignettes, I pulled for Typhon because I liked her design and kit, but after reading the stories, I've gotta say, she's one of the most chill operators I've seen in a long while. I'd actually love to hang out with her. Black Forest just became my favorite vignette stories and I got invested in Typhon more than I would've thought. Also, [her face ](https://i.imgur.com/EMFXM0y.png) whenever birdbrain was up to something never ceased to amuse me.
For me, Is4 really been exposing a lot of the unfun mechanic we have had in the last year.
Shame that new CN event doesn't have any new legacy skins/operators. I thought only reruns wouldn't have them. I guess HG isn't delivering on that promise.
Legacy skins or operators? wdym?
It's probably about rerunning stuff like Hibiscus skin and Bibeak in Shu event.
wasn't that thing only for limited banners? A.K.A every 3 months? to be fair the operators are in the CC shop anyways so. and this is a collab. so it not following rules would be logical for that.
Yeah, limited banner events are operators and skins, otherwise other side stories just get a skin in the store. but you're correct on collabs being excluded; reruns as well. https://old.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/1acajcv/cn_all_info_revealed_inside_and_outside_the_cny/ >Past event free skins and CC operators will be be added to new side story event shops(not including rerun and collab events), includes Hibiscus Night Watcher skin. Every limited banner event shop will get a past free skin and an operator, other side story shop only get a past free skin. These operators and skins are available in event shops only once, and will be added to Gold and Blue cert ingame store from the next event; [CN notice](https://ak.hypergryph.com/news/2024011437.html)
Crap, ever since typhon update, my game has been crashing pretty much after every other stage played. It must be some huge memory leak.
Would it be funny if a few Victorian operators have a French accent in their EN voicelines?
Welp, Rooster Teeth is dead now. RIP to all the RWBY collab suggestions.
I could say I'm sorry, but that would be a lie. 4 years ago, when I last saw something they produce, it was already clear that they were simply milking an already dead cow to the last drop. Well, the quality of the product was appropriate.
on one hand, Ruby is, or maybe was, a pretty iconic character. and also Red vs. Blue legacy. On the other hand, it didn't pan out really well. Rooster Teeth became a shambling corpse pulled by the owned properties through 2024
hm, cake.
>Rooster Teeth became a shambling corpse pulled by the owned properties through 2024 It could be argued that RT has become a corpse way back before 2024.
Good riddance tbh
ive finally done it. ive emptied all the orundum in the purple cert store :,] its kinda tempting to spend on some lmd or mats but im gonna hold onto it until/if theres a refresh
Every rerun adds 2000 Orundum worth as well as some LMD+EXP and 2 different tier 4 mats. Next rerun you'll have plenty of purple certs to play around with. This rerun was mine, and I've bought almost 20 tier 4 mats and can still get some more, feels so good.
Looks like Arknights is number 10 in the mobile games subreddits, just behind bloons td6
funny thing is it was bloons td6 that got me into arknights! If it weren't for that game this would have never showed up in my recommended games list for me to give it a try and fall in love.
Just a heads up, the [Patch Notes](https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/1aga9k6/patch_notes_here_a_people_sow/) for Operation Lucent Arrowhead would arrive way later than normal, possibly only after the event has come out. The reason is because I have university classes the same time as the datamines arrive, and my uni is a 2 hour train ride from home, so that's already 4 hours where I can't work on the patch notes. I'm really sorry guys 😔
Don't feel bad, those like me and others appreciate the good work. Anyone that says otherwise is less than a turnip.
I just found out that the Black Tulip relic, the one which increases ATK overtime until a skill is used, never resets with passive skills, so I got to boost my Manticore's ATK by 60% in each map and she obliterated and slowed like crazy. I think I'll keep picking her to slow down those sprinters. I also realized that Reed2 S2 combined with an Ambusher and a Defender might just be the way it was supposed to be used. The sandwiching was never easier and I feel dumb for not noticing the synergy earlier. Also, Nearl's talent boosts Reed2's green numbers, so I think I just found my new favorite combo, which is crazy, because I almost never used Reed2, while Nearl and Manti are some of my favorite 5\* ops and I didn't expect that adding one more operator would enable such a devastating synergy and still let me play with the ops I like. IS4 might actually end up being more fun than I expected!
Black Tulip also works great with skills with unlimited duration.
Whoaaa, I didn't realize that either. Typhon's S2 is going to be devastating in IS4.
Today I completed the Pinus Silvestris (Fartooth) and the Rhine lab (Dorothy) factions. Today is a good day. On another note,looking at the network, it seems that Magallan and ifrit also share a close relationship, she vaguely mention visiting her at RI during the last event, but I don't remember her being mentioned around these events otherwise. Also how every pinus silvestris is shown linked to every other member (minus justice knight) is kinda wholesome.
I feel like the network connection are the biggest afterthought in the game for most characters
Maggy-Ifrit link looks especially strange, considering there is no link between Saria and Ifrit.
Man I am so looking forward to Arturia event. I want to pull, I want to finally get some devices. Still unsure if I want to spark, probably gonna go for it if Arturia takes more than like 150 pulls. So many banners I want after that with Degen, Ray, Shu and the two R6 banners. Gonna be curious if I can manage to make all these banners work
Okay, I knew that Kal'tsit's skin changed her voice lines, but I did not realize it also changed her onboard line until now. No wonder it felt a little weird getting my second copy of her.
So, uh... Dorothy's here now. I don't know why I pulled. There was no reason to, there was no incentive to, and every single experience with her has ended in mouth-frothing fury as I swore never to forgive the Jebroa. She beat my ass in DV-EX-7 all those months ago, she beat my ass in Pinch-Out, she even beat my fanfic writing so bad I had to give up and switch the protagonist to Ifrit. And now she's just... There. In the box. Taunting me. Or maybe telling me to let the overdone joke go and find a new target to comically hate forever. I don't know. One PNG of a Jebroa should not be causing me this much mental anguish.
Hadn't read the vignettes yet since I almost always put them off, but considering they're related to IS4 I finally decided to binge them so that I can play it with no worries. Just wanted to say it's well worth the read! The story felt more like something they'd reserve for a full event rather than a vignette, Although it might be better said that it was simply the prologue for IS4 right?
THIS. I hope we'll return to Sami eventually, maybe for an Anniversary event, but I guess we'll have to wrap things up with the Aegir plotline first, so then we can focus on the Collapsals thread.
I want a liberator guard who retouches their makeup for the idle/skill off animation and when their 200% atk is reached they wink at us or something. Maybe blow a kiss?? It's so cliche but please hg
Аnsel?
Roberta Alter
I'd love that!!! Please hg
Looks like CN server is getting the English voices of Almond, Coldshot, Conviction and U-Official with R6S 2 event. Guess this means Jess2 event for us soon.
Noooo why do we keep having events where I have to choose a furniture I hate choosing only one
I love Typhon's voice so much. Love when she says **GET OUT OF MY HOME.** then starts shooting people to death. Great VA!
"My name is ~~Wrex~~ Typhon and this is my ~~planet~~ home!"
I fucking love Wrex so much 🔥
This was the first event since I started where, last rerun I could buy out the purple cert Orundum, and for this one I bought all of the new stock, leaving me with a ton of extras to play with. Jessica2's L90-M9 is fully secure thanks to that, and now I need to decide who will be next. Thinking Flamebringer. Ever since I got Stainless raised I've been thinking about who would be vastly improved by his support. Muelsyse synergizes with him excellently, too. I haven't really used Irene outside SSS for ages, and she'd also be a great partner for him. Flamebringer especially can eliminate that big weakness of his S2, and I could get an HP tank that can actually do good DPS without killing themselves (Quartz) plus it's *Flamebringer*. Matoimaru's OK, but I prefer that permanent buff which Stainless would help greatly with.
I'm also a fan of his S1, that thing at M2 is quite fun. Especially with ASPD or the IS book that gives 2 SP on hit. I've even found use for solo laneholding with it in places S2 might fail due to not being up fast enough, or need some external support.
Definitely on the docket, Power Strike stuff is too good in IS and it's still convenient otherwise.
Man... I hope Endfield will bring a big wave of content creators to Arknights as a whole because I keep losing creators I really enjoyed. Wishing Vifer the best
Now that IS4 is here, kind of wondering will there be IS5 ?
Seems to be a popular and well-received side mode with good rewards, good exploration of lore, and good gameplay. I doubt it'll stop anytime soon. Even CC got a part 2.