@MilkBonesStrong@Play2XKO Or they could create their own soul fighters skins like they have been doing with other skin lines and all their other games do?
"Aha Instant" | Himeko • Nova
"not matter how tangled our pasts or how distant the future, our bond remains unchanged. I am Himeko, Navigator of the Astral Express — and your family, always looking out at the same horizon as you."
Some fight by your side, while others watch over you, the Trailblaze is never a solitary voyage.
She paints a trailblazing miracle. The silver rail stretches on, and the Nameless set sail once more, illuminating the galaxy's eternal night. At the end of the line, she looks back once again. The dream of setting forth has never run aground.
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Aha! Special celebration for obtaining Himeko • Nova:
✧ "Astral Express Coffee Master" 1st Place ✧
✧ "But My Robot Is Better Than Yours" 1st Place ✧
@Mr_Noob002@honkaistarrail I mean Acheron was barley involved in her patch she had the a couple moments and that’s it I like that they don’t force the story to revolve around the patch units plus we arnt done still plenty of time to show them off
Novaflare | Firefly, Huohuo, Seele, and Welt are getting buffed!
After the Version 4.2 update, the limited 5-star characters Firefly (Destruction: Fire), Huohuo (Abundance: Wind), Seele (The Hunt: Quantum), and regular 5-star character Welt (Nihility: Imaginary) will receive Character Enhancements!
#HonkaiStarRail
@UnChainedKuro@honkaistarrail Not bad but not good either. At least his ult is good. Anaxa is solid but underwhelming compared to Castorice that has 8 unique animations. Both characters are released at the same anniversary patch
"Aha Instant" | Evanescia
One season of Phantasmoon waxing full, one season of mortal ephemerality: the mysterious lady has appeared in Planarcadia once more!
Fallen petals scatter with ease, and her stay was but a fleeting instant. Everything about this new era enthralls her, and she will not allow anyone to bring it to ruin...
A cutter adjudicates right and wrong, but who can say how much good or evil lies within oneself?
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Aha! A special shout-out to Evanescia for winning:
✧ "Innate 2D Fan Constitution" 1st Place ✧
✧ "Eternal High School Girl" 1st Place ✧
✧ "It Takes Ten Years to Grow a Tree, But a Hundred to Nurture People" 1st Place ✧
@UnChainedKuro@honkaistarrail Hmmm tbf HSR never fumbled animations. I expect her animations to be at least on par with previous main push characters (Acheron, Feixiao, Castorice, and Phainon). I just hope she didn’t get the Anaxa treatment.
@PlayRuneterra Hoping nunu does something with story cards they are a fun card design that never got much attention since that’s when traditional expansions ended
@UnChainedKuro@PlayRuneterra Yeah no wonders this game is dying when you can dissasociate for several months, check how it's doing and 0 new content has been released. And don't count turning a PvP champion card into a costellation with reused mechanics and cards for the PvE mode as "new content".
@PlayRuneterra Games already running on fumes if new stuff delays the basics updates I rather get new stuff later than strait up Lose a patch
Hopefully they learned from their mistakes from their last “big update” 🪷😬
See y’all in a month
Hey everyone! Happy new year 🥳
Heads up, we’re gearing up for a larger update in March, so our next patch will be 7.2, shipping on February 11.
Patch 7.2 will bring the return of the Rogues of Runeterra Event, as well as a new champion constellation.
In March with Patch 7.3, we’ll be unveiling a brand new PvE-exclusive Champion along with new ways to enjoy the Path of Champions.
Stay tuned for more info!
@mrpokke Also the 4 star situation feels like people talking in circles to me
People say they want more 4 stars but then when we look at how the lingsha va Gallegar conversation goes the act like she is a waste even tho she is better than him in 90% of scenarios
Some thoughts on HSR:
I feel flagships are good for the people who don't want to dig into HSR because it appeals to the highest number of casuals, allowing them to make easier pulling decisions as compared to V1- early V2 where you really had to hope the team you invested in wouldn't fall out of place since flagships weren't a thing.
At the same time, alternate teams aside from the flagship have been doing well to keep within a 2 cycle gap away from the flagship of V3, ranging from all DPS comps in V3, FF Acheron Feixiao from V2, and alternate comps like DOT which is also getting stronger by V4 (below's chart is only e0, no eidolons, so those who vertically invest would clear even more comfortably)
I think a lot of us, myself included, will feel the pressure of pulling for a flagship, when cost for cost they are going to clear endgame content that bit faster compared to others, but the pressure is purely arbitrary and designed to bait your FOMO. It doesn't matter if your invested non flagship clears slower than a flagship, and I think it's healthy that players can still use alternate comps and explore their possibilities especially when the endgame meta can rotate the old teams back in (see break and DOT). If anything, I feel its kinda boring to press the fun button and let flagship do everything for me minus the anomaly arbitration 3 star grinds.
This is also why I'm committed to take my F2P to the next level in 2026 by not pulling for flagships and only investing for a single alternate comp and see where that goes (for eg instead of 8 cost remflag, I'd have went 8 cost phainon).
That said, I am still a firm believer that as a F2P, you can't afford to pull every other DPS and leave them at low costs while hoping for futureproof, taking their shilled performance as the benchmark for future performance, which is why I don't understand why F2Ps can't pull for eidolons and s1s. If I wanted to clear endgame content with the highest performance I could, then I'd give the cost while also trying to improve my relics, traces, and how the team actually plays.
I do think HSR's lack of 4 star is concerning, and they might be afraid to cook new 4 stars because of what happened to gallagher for break and moze for FUA (both sometimes can match or outperform their 5 stars). I'd love to have a 4 star version of hyacine or cerydra, or a 4 star version of a unit that can come out in V4. On my F2P account, I won't always need to commit the best support at the moment and could potentially stall for a rerun. On my main account, I'd love to experiment and test with different options which is what makes majority of my HSR content on youtube. They don't have to be T0s, but a good enough T1 would more than suffice in HSR's endgame.
On that note, free 5 stars are nice, but if I do not want to commit into those 5 stars like archer or the free gold tokens, then it doesnt really change much for me since I would still commit for selected teams in my F2P account, though this is fantastic for players who wanna explore more teams.
Overall, I'm happy with HSR's balance in V3, looking forward to what's coming in V4, and hoping for 4 stars going forward.