Board 8 > Honkai Star Rail Topic 14 - Prepare for Tribbie, and Make It Double

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Shop exchange pulls on Standard got me E5 Pela, but I doubt Ill ever use her

Anaxa has been a nice upgrade over Jade on my Therta team. The weakness implant is so good.

As I say that I run into a counterattack trotter with I have the auto-battle curio and wipe on a DU run. RIP.

TheManaSword posted...

I have the auto-battle curio

Classic blunder

I've yet to be burned by the auto-battle relic. Most of my Simulated/Divergent Universe runs are in auto battle anyway so it's just free damage.

Yeah, me too usually. I guess doing it at Torment level (or whatever it's called now) 6 was maybe pushing it though.

Took a while, but managed to get there:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/6/6c34c069.jpg
it was within a few AV on both sides. Hyacine is going to be a big help because Gallagher is just not cutting it, but more than that, i feel like i'm starving for a second Tribbie. And for more DDD's.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/4/444631cd.jpg

Yeah I don't think we gotta speculate anymore about what Hysilen's deal is gonna be.

Please just let her work as both a main dps and sub-dps, don't do her like Cipher I beg. Hopefully the early leak about her being a second detonator is true.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/4/4f3baa30.jpg

started too late for ratio but yay welfare 5-star

https://youtube.com/shorts/zYwM9RNiA9E?si=AH51GERs7yI0IQfB

no path drip? I sleep

July is sooner than I thought, but wooo

Oh they did actually put path drip

https://x.com/honkaistarrail/status/1918660570972037239

Wind Destruction? RIP to Blade even before his buffs.

https://x.com/StarRailVerse1/status/1918657851687399919

Wait nevermind they just exiled him to Pokemon Sword and Shield

edit: and Archer is Quantum Hunt RIP Seele

Isis that Honkai Pokemon?

Oh, looks like they might be separating out the FSN banner from the normal pity system so you can't save a guarantee, etc. for it.

https://old.reddit.com/r/HonkaiStarRail/comments/1kdtg8f/separate_pity_system/

Sounds like the FSN banner will have its own pity counter completely independent of everything else.

Not too surprising even if it sucks. Hmm might have to wait for Cipher on a rerun

The free Archer lasts until 3.6 which is longer than I was expecting. Maybe the banner also lasts for 3 patches...?

Hmm dare I go for E6S1 Saber? Only have 261 tickets at the moment so thats a long ways off

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/80b06d87.jpg

Sparkle is rumored to be getting a costume at this same time too.

I guess this is how they buff her lol.

The only thing Im not excited about for the Fate celebration is returning to Penacony, but maybe now it wont suck so theres that

You're not going to trick me into pulling Sparkle by giving out a free 5*

Honestly just put her on the standard pool at this point

UshiromiyaEva posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/80b06d87.jpg

Sparkle is rumored to be getting a costume at this same time too.

I guess this is how they buff her lol.

Less than a week ago I'd noticed that for some reason there'd been a spike in negative talk in the community about Sparkle (even though it's nothing new that she lacks a niche compared to other 5* Harmony units) and then said on Discord, "It sure would be nice if Archer turned out to be that fully synergistic 5* carry that Sparkle's been deprived of all this time"...

Said in jest, but still, less than a week ago!

Can we get a Topaz skin? That might tempt me at least. I forgot I even had Sparkle

Back to The Shackling Prison to refarm for Sparkle

How apt

I would buy Seal Slammers for 5 bucks as a standalone game

I know you can waive the requirements but I am trying to clear 3.2 before getting to it.

just got to styxia

Apocalyptic Shadow is kicking my butt this time. I cant 3 star stage 3

Hoolay is rough. If you have Xueyi with decent eidolons, try her.

I did, but I didnt know who all to run with her. I think I used Topaz/Fugue/Lingsha/Xueyi, but the first half with the dumb bug gives me issues and takes up time too.

Wait why is E6 Topaz not just annihilating Hoolay? She destroys him in the 1v1. I'm not really sure what team comp she wants as a hypercarry (ok yes I do, it's Sunday/Robin/Aventurine but I don't think that helps you) but maybe Hunt March and whatever 5* Harmony you have laying around?

I dont really have trouble with Hoolay so much as the bug because my second sustain is still Lynx and I dont have many AoE units of the types its weak against. I was using Yunli/Lynx/March Hunt and Ruan Mei against it, but thats a team lacking in enough damage to finish higher than 2 stars by the time I waste Hoolay I think

Oh yeah the bug is a complete nightmare without the right units. I don't really have any advice for that!

https://youtube.com/shorts/noSjJWK3KNY?si=iMOzC9XcbANWZThe

drip two weeks early means he's gonna be broken, right

is it early? the 3.3 livestream is one Friday, this is the normal drop cadence

Sure wish I could use there triple relics to prefarm for Hyacine

....I don't know if I trust the recommended relics and Planars they've put for Cipher's goals here.....maybe?

I GUESS the relics are right, just feels weird to farm for more of this series NOW.

I dont think my game even listed relics for Cipher

They just added it this morning I assume.

Ugh with Hyacine and Aglaea on separate halves I need to decide if I'm going for the pegasus or E1 Aggy

I have to assume Sunday is rerunning with the three new DPS units we're getting in 3.4 so gotta save enough for him too

I hear the Fate banners are lasting 3 patches?

I don't think it's literally confirmed but it'd be a surprise if it's not given that Archer is free from 3.4 to the end of 3.6 and the announcement for the Fate banners said they would be up "for a long time." So I think everyone has reasonably assumed they'll be up that same length of time Archer is available.

If so that means I can pull for catgirl after all since shes probably the last character Im interested in pre-Fate anyway

With Cipher we will at least have the livestream during her banner so we will know for sure

Im just now starting the story update

Finally finished the 3.2 main story.

Solid patch overall. I ended up liking Anaxa and his story a lot even though I didn't care much for the stuff with Council of Elders. Castorice is a great character, but the lore surrounding her wasn't always handled well I think. The teaser at the end is also quite interesting even if it is disappointing that we may just be looking at Destruction doing Destruction things again. Really want Herta to take a more active role in the story though as well as the Garden of Recollection. Lygus is also quite promising as a character.

I also just binged the whole story yesterday lol

I also thought it was solid! Not as good as 3.1 ofc but still liked it well enough. The Council of Elders stuff doesn't really go anywhere big but I enjoy political squabbling and Anaxa arguing with Aglaea and Cerses is a fun dynamic. I do feel that this one is a bit more drawn out relative to the amount of stuff that happens in it, but that's pretty typical. If there's something that hurts the storytelling it's that the big "revelations" are stuff that was pretty easy to see coming, like the Chrysos Heirs becoming Titans was was immediately obvious from day 1...I don't really want to be stuck waiting around until 3.4 for the plot to get going, hopefully 3.3 and the Sky Titan bring something interesting to the table. HOPEFULLY the Express/March/Herta storylines can integrate into Amphoreus soon.

Now I gotta do this seal stuff huh

HeroDelTiempo17 posted...

If there's something that hurts the storytelling it's that the big "revelations" are stuff that was pretty easy to see coming, like the Chrysos Heirs becoming Titans was was immediately obvious from day 1

I agree with this, but I will say I really liked that in-universe it was Anaxa who figured it out and not any of the people from outside who you'd think would have more insight to this. I've been assuming nothing like this would be known to the characters until the rest of Team Astral Express got an inside look at Amphoreus.

HeroDelTiempo17 posted...

HOPEFULLY the Express/March/Herta storylines can integrate into Amphoreus soon.

Yeah this is what I'm really waiting for at this point...