Uta posted... Alright I've marinated in Arknights long enough to start acclimating to the several dozen systems the game throws at you right away.
I think this game does something rather interesting. High rarity characters require rarer, and also more plentiful materials. Farming those materials on a fresh account is extremely difficult, so the game pushes you into investing into the weaker characters first. That said managed to E1 Exusiai and I've been working through the story. Currently on 2-8. Did a bunch of the resource farm stages. Still can't beat MT-4 because KyoStinV uses maxed out units (and even if they're low rarity, that's still a lot of resources to farm).
I want to do at least enough MT to get the welfare unit, so trying to build the teams Kyo recommends has been my main priority.
Edit: Took a bit of quick-thinking (and a borrow) but managed to push through the stage finally.
Yeah that first initial bit can be a bump until can build up your units but often borrowing a 6* can be enough to overpower most early stages