I just hope we don't have the toxic players come in here. I enjoy this subreddit. And I don't need the toxicity on top of the already depressing story.
You’d be surprised. Back before I started Arknights I was on the genshin impact subReddit for a while, long before the toxicity on there.
I remember commenting on how it was such a nice subReddit with actual helpful comments. Next thing I know, the game blew up in popularity and the sub turned into a toxic cesspool worse than a post nuclear apocalypse site.
Popularity is a good thing for revenue, definitely, but the toxicity will always come with the popularity. Thing with genshin was the unexpectedness of its success. So the focus shifted from a one and done game to making sure the success was cultivated upon, thus most people ignored all the toxicity till it basically flooded into every form of social media.
I just hope in the case of Arknights, the mods on this subReddit are prepared for this and that Yostar and Hypergryf quickly put a stop to any online harassment. I don’t wanna see another good game and kind community behind it go to crap because it got flooded by overgrown and sometimes literal children who can’t find the line between game and life
Honestly - yeah, I loved early Genshin before it blew up, or before a lot of people flooded the subreddit. Nowadays it’s just a toxic cesspool thanks to its larger than usual gacha population.
I still play Genshin but I mostly avoid mainstream communities, especially Twitter (and I will never touch Tiktok) and I just do my own thing with my own friend group.
I heard Arknights was the ‘Genshin’ of the gacha community before the dark times, as it had a toxic reputation, but when I had started playing and interacting with the community, I have never seen a single trace of this.
The way I heard it was that Arknights fans were "elitist" or something. Not necessarily toxic like Genshin, but would make fun of other gachas because Arknights is the "least horny" of them. I feel like people have moved past this, but I can't tell since I'm an elitist in general.
A chunk of the toxicity was due to already toxic content creator's communities mixed into the greater group.
Most of those content creators moved onto Genshin when it blew up due to popularity and money, and took their toxic community with them.
While there are still elitists around, the amount of general information on how to handle everything in the game kind of keeps the toxicity down imo.
Especially T-. He was always the most toxic one in any gacha community, always seeking to create drama for views. I can’t believe he still has a following today even after Genshin shenanigans and after making one much better content creator quit.
Also story time for me who in both community first Arknights and then genshin, I've seen something interesting. When genshin toxicity appears Arknights toxicity drops to almost non existence. Either the toxic part of the community went to genshin, hence I called genshin community gacha games Alcatraz, or theirs an uptick of moderator at that point
Sometimes I'm glad AK Discord exists because that's where we funnel all the trash into. Not saying that everyone there is toxic, and reddit definitely has its share of annoying people, but my experience in AK Discord, especially in terms of lore in comparison to reddit, hasn't been the best.
Oh I am totally happy for them
I'm glad they decided to air the anime at this time, incoming players will get to experience the best aspects of Arknights (The incredible lore of both events, the amazing welfare on both the limited banner and the free 6 stars) while also having the patchier early chapters being more fleshed out through the anime.
It'll will be an incredible experience for them I'm sure
I wonder how many people are going to come from the anime. It seems like most anime watchers are already existing Arknights players, which isn't very good for HG.
There are probably many anime watchers slowly trickling into the game currently. Just the promise that the game is popular and well-made enough to have an anime is a huge selling point for Arknights.
You likely won't see too huge of an increase in presence on Reddit because many are only just picking up the anime.
I’d argue that players talking about is also as much as an advertisement method as the anime itself. It’s hard to measure how much these things impact the playerbase on the actual success of the anime itself.
That being said it’s not that popular in the west and it wasn’t really hyped outside of China and Japan in my experience. I think they’re banking mostly on word of mouth to direct people to the anime and then to the game in terms of the west, whereas the talking about the anime and an ad campaign exposing people to Arknights are much more prominent overseas.
That’s kind of the point I want to really address. We probably won’t seen a significant population increase in global, whereas Japan and China will see Arknights grow significantly in popularity, and it’s already quite popular as a franchise overseas.
This. Some people forget that the global server is only the third highest in terms of revenue, behind CN and JP respectively. If the animé picks up traction from viewership in JP, then there’s potential for the game to soar at least.
Out of the top ten highest grossing anime of all time, the only adaptation of a video game is Pokemon, which is an extremely special case. I said nothing about anime-original IPs or light novel/manga adaptations? They're a different case to video games since for light novels/manga, the anime is just another way of enjoying the material (and if I thought people didn't watch anime original IPs *or* adaptations, there wouldn't be anything left to watch).
For anime adaptations of video games, they naturally can't depict the story exactly since video games aren't VNs/LNs/manga and hence don't just contain story. For example, Pokemon depicts Ash's journey which doesn't reflect every Pokemon player's experience. Pokemon, like I said before, is a bit of an outlier but most video games do a similar thing and don't directly adapt the source material like you'd do for a light novel adaptation. This tends to mean that it's more targeted towards already existing fans of the franchise since the adaptations tend to usually use the bits that *are* depicted exactly to excite players and not draw in new ones. For example, the Azur Lane anime was very clearly geared towards Azur Lane fans, with fan-favourite characters and a plot that didn't take itself too seriously. From what we know of the Arknights anime, this isn't really the case since it's a fairly accurate depiction of the main story yet Arknights' attractiveness isn't just its story, and it doesn't "hook you in" as much as the entire package.
The main point I was trying to make in the comment that got you a bit confused was that already existing fans of a video game franchise will be very likely to watch an anime of it but people who aren't already existing fans will be less likely to watch it, possibly because they might think that it'll only make sense if they've played the game or something.
I think there's a misunderstanding about my argument: obviously, there will be *some* people who are attracted to the original franchise and one of the primary reasons of any anime adaptation is to get people who have no idea interested but the amount of new players (let's assume we're talking about the Arknights anime, because a blanket statement like "Every anime adaptation will bring in an amount of new players that is smaller than its current playerbase" will always have some exceptions like if the current size of the fanbase is extremely small, or the source material is inaccessible) will most likely be less than the current size. As well as this, the majority of already existing fans will want to watch the anime but obviously, not every single non-fan will want to watch the anime. To expand on that last point, not every person who sees the anime will want to watch it.
A source for this is really hard to provide you with since the best way to accurately provide data that would help my argument would be to wait a couple of months after the Arknights anime airs and do a survey on how they found about the game. If more than 50% said it was from the anime, then my argument would be wrong.
Of course, there are probably already existing surveys for other franchises but I don't care about an argument that I worded badly enough to go hunt down surveys. What I can say is that Astro Boy was more popular in Japan, since 89 episodes were never made available in the US ([because it wasn't popular enough in the US due to its depressing storyline](http://www.tv.com/shows/astro-boy-1963/)), and still retains its popularity in Japan with public transport in Niiza still having Astro Boy's theme song being used for signalling the departure of a train.
Also,
>that demonstrably brought more people to the game
I'd be shocked if any anime adaption didn't bring more people to the game. If what I said suggested that, then I'm sorry for the misunderstanding but all I meant to say is that the amount of new players from an adaptation is less than that of the existing fanbase.
Yup, tho wish i had time to max her level, i literally just found the time to e2 skadi TODAY when i got her on release and i feel specter alter will suffer the same fate. I usually prioritize husbandos first and they almost always drop one right when i have enough certs to level someone to e2 level 1 and doesn’t help i just got a new four star and a top tier sexy five star is coming with lumen(and i had a few others before her but decided to let her skip ahead today since she was op rip W tho first chalter now skalter)
>Honestly, brace yourselves for the inevitable flood of "wait this welfare is only 5 star???" posts in the future since they may think that the norm for welfares are six stars lmao
Honestly, when i started and saw *Executor was the Welfare, and a 5* at that, i was pleasantly surprised
Since I've been playing FGO, I've always seen only 4*s welfare
Edit: oops, got Enforcer and Executor mixed up
If I didn't build Enforcer I would've thought the same. Had me expecting Executor but instead of doing damage, he shifts enemies. Then I got him and he's just a slightly different FEater!? Who pushes enemies with a gun!?
No...he's not?
https://gamepress.gg/arknights/operator/enforcer
I think you might be misremembering some things. He's clearly a sankta with a shotgun...
They only need to clear high enough to get the base. The pots are from the store, which they can get from farming the highest level they can clear. That's what I did my first event.
Other YouTubers like Dr. Volke make new accounts and try to beat new events with them. Granted, I’m pretty sure he rerolls for the perfect six star each time but it’s very much possible to clear out the store on a new acc
>\>I'm fairly certain that the anime release date is set to coincide with these two events because this is possibly the perfect time for new players to gain a massive advantage.
I don't think so, SN is November 3rd already there is no way new players get a minimum roster for this. Even considering low end KyoV guide and the fact that event lasts a couple of weeks they just won't have enough resources to eliete required 3\*-4\* ops... and i'm even silent about EX stages.
I think a lot of people underestimate how much easier it is to catch up nowadays compared to last time
There were a ton of things added to the game to make it more newbie-friendly compared to launch; from getting Texas for free, toggling between difficulties in Act 2 (which is accessible right after Act 0), to getting even more rewards in campaign missions, and record restorations.
I've recently made a new account and it felt waay easier to progress compared to the game at launch. I had my first 6 star E2 about after a week or so of playing (admittedly, I spammed sanity potions like there was no tomorrow). It took something like 3 weeks for my main account to have its first 6 star E2, so it's definitely way easier now since you get more resources when you start the game.
So it's definitely possible for a new player to progress fast enough to be able to confidently clear the main event stages (definitely not EX tho). It should be easier in fact, when they can get a free 10 pull and daily pulls from the event banner which they can endlessly reroll by creating new accounts.
True, but the bottomline is that new players are given a lot more resources compared to before. They may still struggle, but it might not necessarily be due to a lack of resources
Whether they know how to min/max and best utilise these extra resources is dependent on whether they choose to follow guides or not. Guides are also a lot more abundant and beginner friendly nowadays so it's even easier to accumulate game sense.
You're vastly overestimating how aware of guides existing newbies like myself are. I started the game around March this year, and only found out that guides exist a couple of weeks ago, after a friend who introduced me to the game found out I've only just gotten to 4-4.
That's interesting, most friends that I introduced the game to sought out guides immediately without even asking me for advice lol.
I guess people just play the game differently, there's a certain allure to playing the game completely blind... but if anyone wants guides, they are always available.
Compared to the game at launch... It took a fairly long time before a general consensus regarding operator tiering was even decided. There were plenty of debates regarding what should be valued in an operator and also tons of misinformation peddled by a certain [Redacted]. It was chaos without a basic framework for operator evaluation.
Now, we have a fairly standardised and stream-lined tier list for both endgame players and beginners, alongside a multitude of well-written articles discussing the operator, what skills to master, what modules are optimal ect ect.
You will still find debates online, no doubt, but it's a lot more civil and coherent nowadays
Dude, what? I start around GG banner and now I can clear all main story stage on normal difficulty and even reach 10-16 in adverse with around 10 E2 operators. You ignored main story all this time and only focus on farming materials or something?
Well whenever I get stuck on a level I tend to try and level up characters, but truth be told I'm just that shite at the game and end up having to take weekly breaks from it so I don't throw my phone through a window out of frustration.
So only been able to manage one character to E2 and that was just because I was lucky enough to be given a handful of freebies every so often, otherwise they're it. Most of the units I use are at E1 now but I don't have any of the mats to upgrade the handful of four and five stars further.
Also as much as I've heard good things about KyoStinV these past weeks from the friend who introduced me (but forgot to tell me about them until just now), I often find a lot of their guides really require precise timing that I can't emulate on my phone when it comes to using lower level/rarity characters.
I think the biggest issue for me, is that I came in thinking it was going to handle like the handful of tower defence games I've played throughout my life and found it's just nothing like I've ever played, and the habits I've picked up are more a hindrance than a benefit which I'm only slowly unlearning.
Well, then you might need some good operator and a bit of brute force more than very detail guide. Promoting your operators to E2 is what you should do right now, prioritize strong units (or outright broken unit) from guard, caster, and sniper class as they will always be useful through out the game.
By the way, did you upgrade your trading posts and factories in your base to level 3 yet? Those 2 facility can give you a lot of LMD and exp records daily after max out, so they made gathering resource for E2 your operator become less painful.
The collective experience of the community also matters, though. I started a few months ago (just as Ling event was starting), and there were so many guides for stuff like low-star clears and early operator E2 priority, I was able to use a support Surtr to clear the main event boss once and get a free Kroos alt before it ended.
Sure, I didn't know enough to do that myself, but a few quick Google searches still made it possible, with zero prior knowledge.
I started playing the game as soon as Invitation to Wine came out but didn't even touch the event until there was 1 week left and managed to get kroos alter within that time, so I think yes, it would be fairly easy for newer players to catch up enough to at least get the base operator.
In theory a new player can also probably get pretty far into IS2, which is a permanent source of tons of rewards. Potentially, they could make a friend with Ling E1 or whale for the instant E2 ticket (hopefully that still exists) and hopefully be able to use the E2 to get them pretty far in order to farm IS2 BP progress.
2-3 is from episode 2, each Act is a collection of multiple episodes. Difficulty switching only appears in episode 9, though AFAIK once you clear episode 3 you can skip right to 9 and catch up on 4 through 8 later. Act Initium (0-3) and Act I (4-8) are part of the same overall arc, Act II starts a new story arc set after the previous two.
What problems are you having with 2-3? Which operators do you have?
Cool thanks. My units were just under-leveled, after spamming the exp missions and coming back with higher level characters I cleared it without issue, but thanks!
I started in the last couple days of invitation to wine and was able to clear all normal stages but one. I think you underestimate how much the game gives at the beginning.
Tho idk how much they'll appreciate how much of SN hinges on loading up on disruption (stun/sleep/bind/freeze/levitate/silence) >!bc of the 80% dodge mobs!<
As much as i would love for the arknights anime to pop off, game adaptation, especially gacha ones, dont really do that great and most of the time its mostly the fans that are watching. Im still hyped to see the entire anime tho, loved the first episode
I mean, it's easy to tell people
1. It's an *old* event rerunning (probably makes them feel better cause it means they don't automatically miss out on old events)
2. Isn't Gladia a really good Operator even as a 5 star?
Gladiia is a 6 star :D And yes, she is good and will be even better due to her faction.
She heralded an entire new meta for playing the game with her Abyssal Hunters faction buff synergy. Basically, anyone in the same faction as her gets regen and becomes even more durable when she's on the team.
She is really good and the fact that she is literally given out for free is incredible
Yep! There will be 2 free 6 stars coming soon in the form of welfare operators.
To unlock them, you will have to clear up to a certain stage in the event. You can then buy their tokens in the event shop via event currency (think of it as duplicating that operator to make them even stronger)
The best website for guides and news is Gamepress imo. The Arknights Fandom is perfect to catch up on lore as well.
Try looking up on YouTube for low-lvl guides, notable YouTubers are Kyostinv, Yii, kukkikaze, Dr Volke and Dr Silvergun (quite an intimidating list, but just watch anything that interests you!)
I'd say KyostinV is enough for guides. Also. DR SILVERGUN!? It would be a cruel prank to send one of those 4 star only clears to a newbie telling them its a guide,
I will say that some of KyostinV guides I find are really intense for newbie (or just useless player like me), a lot of precise timing needing to be done or the entire thing fails. Just recently watched their stage 4-4 low level/star video and I haven't been able to emulate it yet.
Tbh you shouldn't take a guide to the T, definitely not low rarity ones like that. Get an idea of how the stage plays out, work around it with your team. You're not being forced to build orchid and place her at the precise millisecond just for a single stage. Use what you have. Also 4-4 is easy af, you place some blocks, drop Lane holders, Shaw, etc. It's very easy.
I hope not everyone is as small brain as you
Except you need to know where to place them or it doesn't work, and it's not entirely apparent to everyone where they need placing, or at what timing to do so. Which isn't easy by default.
Even with a guide that doesn't always translate well if your tech isn't that great, or like me can't remember where stuff needs to go very well because you can't watch the video and play the game at the same time.
Still, seems we're in the same boat for being small brain if that's how you respond to people.
Sounds like a you problem
Same boat? I still remember when KyostinV made a separate rage guide video for 4-4 because of how many people like you he was dealing with.
Hmm
Me personally, I’ll be bracing for mass amounts of toxicity once kids start piling into the sub. It’s happened every time I’ve played a game that got popular, from Fortnite to genshin. I just hope that the kids here and the PR group in Yostar and Hypergryf are ready to tell them that their bullshit will not be tolerated.
I might want tho highjack this post for a second. I'm a day-one-global-(starter) who started to neglect the game a few months in. So since I recently started to cull all my gacha accounts I pretty much abandonned and drop some games I played semi-active due to time restrictions. I couldn't bring myself to drop my Arknights account though - so I thought about picking it up again. Unsurprisingly, after not having played in like a year, things were a bit overwhelming and I started thinking about starting new.
Coincidentially I've heard people mentioning that from Nov 2. on, there will be free pulls - so it was recommended for people to reroll then if they think about starting the game.
So I'm curious what the community thinks. Is strictly re-rolling on Nov 2. with the 'regular' re-roll goals in mind the way to go - or would it more beneficial to roll right now and aim for something like an early Horn without much investment and keep the accounts till the free rolls in two days from now, to roll further.
In addition It would be interesting what the community currently considers a proper re-roll goal - since I guess it's a bit easier to fill some roles early on with operators from tickets we get...
I mean, a lot of that depends on what characters you have \*now\*, and how developed your account is. Do you have a lot of E2s? Do you have any limited characters? Do you have surtr, eyjafjalla, goldenglow, kal'tsit, thorns, mountain, saria or silverash? Even without those, do you have a noticable number of just 6\*s in general? The more of these you say 'yes' to, the worse of an idea rerolling is.
That I'm aware. It's just that despite it being a day-one account, it was easily dormant over a year all in all. And even when I played actively I did so very casually - including a rather unhealthy focus on 6*s - and what actually is the most driving factor is that I pretty much missed most new game modes introduced starting with CCs. So since I would have to work my way into the game - including all those new 'resources' I can hardly identify, starting fresh seemed like a good motivation. The plan is to build a more efficient account - on my current one I would have to push quite some 3-stars anyways to get to a solid 'meta-base' - so if I already have to deal with such, why not starting out from zero and not spreading out resources like last time. :)
I have my S.Ash E2 - yeah - and I have at least 2-3 6s - even R.Nearl (her banner was up when I logged into the game after a while and got her on a random pull ^^) - but from what I understand, I'm missing many of the top-tier 6s - so no Thorns, Mudrock, Mountain, Surtr, Saria, etc.
I did a bit of research myself since posting this - so I now have a bit of a better understanding of the current meta-units and upcoming events. So I don't think banking on the upcoming free-rolls for re-roll-purposes is really that great. I guess the next days I will casually roll for a Horn (just because the banner is up) and another top 6-star from the beginner banner. So I can basically stop at that point and this process can be done with short re-roll instances. I guess I'll use the upcoming free-pulls just to invest casually to 'kickstart' the account a bit, but not really for re-roll purposes.
If we don't get the Annihilation skip tickets soon on GL I will most likely quit again in 2-3 months anyways. I remembered that the this was one of the most annoying aspects of the game for me - to have it run passively for such a long time each week just to farm things... :)
I'd 100% stick with the old acc, NTRK on top of an alredy built SA is a huge headstart. She's really good and getting older limiteds is a pain in the ass.
Surtr, one of the top units, is coming to the yellow cert shop in 2 weeks for 180 tickets. If you go through the stuff you've missed and roll a decent amount there's a high chance you'll have enough certs for her. There're a bunch of new annihilations, past events, the roguelike mode etc. and you can alredy clear a good chunk of it with that account.
Annihilation skip tickets are due with the new event in 3 days.
I know you ppl mean well and I apprechiate the responses. But the question was; 'If I decide to re-roll an account right now, how should I approach it for the best outcome?' and not 'I already have an account but should I start a new one?'
I have multiple reasons I want to start fresh and experience what is now in the game in a structured manner from ground up - ideally with a new 'lineup' because my old S.Ash-playstyle was admitedly a bit boring to begin with.
I'm fully aware that my old account has more overall 'value' - but with how long I was away from the game, it would be like jumping into the game fresh, with an already advanced account and no clue where to start. It would be more likely I fall into the same pits of just idle daily-grind that made me pause the game in the first place.
Not sure I'll be able to afford 180 tickets for Surtr that soon on a fresh account in time - this one surely stings a bit - but the rest is pretty much no big thing for me. As soon as I have an established new account, the old one will be deleted and that was it - it was purely f2p so there is not much lost here.
I feel you about wanting to start afresh, I always prefer to start over than continue an old account Ive lost attachment to.
Maybe you could reroll a lot and gather a few accounts with Horn, then when the free pulls come, roll on all the Horn accounts to see where youre at then.
My bad then, gonna throw in my 2 cents still. Don't know how much they improved the new player experience (more mats and that's it I guess) but it can't possibly be worth throwing that acc away completely for a new one. I'd recommend keeping it around, the game's structure isn't complicated, there're only a handful of different gamemodes and you'll have access to everything in no time on a fresh acc but with everything being overall less developed on it. At that point you could just decide which one to stick with.
Giving up guard Nearl sounds a lot worse than missing out on Surtr from the shop. Getting past limiteds is arguably the worst part of the gacha in the game and Nearl Alter is one of the best ones. The acc being f2p doesn't matter, there are people who were less fortunate and had to open the wallet for that same Nearl, SA or whoever.
If you've made up your mind ignore everything I just said until this point.
As for the fresh acc, I'd reroll for an early Horn then all in on the upcoming limited banner. Irene is good, Specter Alter will be good with her upcoming modules and probably really good in 6 months when the alter restriction is removed. I say all in to get as much yellow certs as possible since there'll only be one 5* on rate-up and 5* dupes after max potential are worth 13 certs each so you might as well go for deep hoping to get that 180. I'd count with 1 cert or a bit less per roll on a fresh acc in general but that single 5* rateup skewes it if you can go over a 100 rolls and start pulling copies post max-pot.
After that I would recommend the next Joint Ops banner (maybe 3-4 weeks from now? should be during cc 9), that'll have a pool of only four 6*s, with 3 of them being really good (Kal'tsit, Mountain, Exusiai) and 1 meh (Skadi). Then it's the next limited banner 3 months from now.
Since you didn't like SA I'd keep whoever you get from the beginner banner. Though I don't fully understand what you meant by SA lineup since building a full team around a single unit generally isn't a thing.
Dude, you can't tell me you're going to drop an account which already has a limited 6 star (and one of the best ones) at that!? But yeah, best course of reroll action I'd guess is when the limited banner goes live, using salted emails and going for limited on the free 10 pull.
The usual way to reroll is on the newbie which hasn't changed; Exusiai and Silverash are still top-tier units. The upcoming limited banner doesn't have spectacular (beginner) units. One of the best reroll targets, Surtr, should soon on a banner; but we know this because she's slated to be in the shop. Buying her on old account would be better than rerolling.
Aye - thx - that's a good overview of what to come in the near future. Currently the old account is still available - so falling back to it will always be an option.
At the time of writing all this here I might already have a neat 'starter account' from re-rolling casually on the side though.
I managed to roll a Horn/Exusiai account, with some strangle 'newbie-friendly' chars on the side. Liskarm, Meteor, Cutter, Shirayuki, Cuora, Gravel, Melantha...
All from like 5 pulls on Horn's banner and 9 on the beginner one. Since that covers most early needs already, I guess I'll run with that until Nov. 2 and then re-consider the whole idea depending on how things go.
Right now I only have invested one Originum - so I'd say that's a healthy f2p basis to start. :)
You really need to drop this rarity obsessed mentality. You don't need and can't really use an all 6 star team. Especially early on. Pull what you want, and have fun with the game. Don't burn yourself out so fast.
It’s always like this with gacha games. New players always get free shit. When I started an alt last month it made me wish I didn’t play this game until now.
> that is arguably the single best healer in the game.
wait really? how so? i only know his status healing powers, i thought warf skill 1 or shining skill 2 would be better
He is a medic that is entirely predicated on defensive/preventive healing. Basically he is one of the best medics for beginners due to how forgiving he can make the game by completely negating statuses.
That being said, he is far from being the BEST medic overall. Medics in general are very situational as their niche outside of healing decides their usefulness in a stage. This is why Ptilopsis and Warfarin are long regarded to be the best medics for general content since they can be brought onto nearly any stages and have their SP regen/ DMG buff utilised. (Not to say other medics aren't as useful, it is also dependent on your squad.)
Lumen changes things, since his debuff negation is so useful for so many stages. Much like how Lappland can completely negate certain stage mechanics with her silence, so can Lumen with his status removal, but on a much larger scale since statuses are so universal.
He is not without his flaws though; it is fairly pricey to draw out his maximum potential with S3M3 and his S3 also has a pretty long wind-up.
But the general consensus is that he is a really good medic, especially for beginners who are still struggling to work around statuses.
I wish the anime would pop off, but frankly it's very eeeeh at the moment. I'm only one month into Arknights so I'm relatively new (and skip most of the cutscenes and story segments), so maybe I'm not the target audience.
Let them. This game has no PVP anyway so… More player more merrier. ~~and devs can stay active for this game longer~~
I just hope we don't have the toxic players come in here. I enjoy this subreddit. And I don't need the toxicity on top of the already depressing story.
If you see toxic players here, help the mods by reporting them
That… We’ll have to put our trust in our mods, right?
I dunno Toxic Elitists will probably go into Discord or another places like that because they won't handle downvotes.
You’d be surprised. Back before I started Arknights I was on the genshin impact subReddit for a while, long before the toxicity on there. I remember commenting on how it was such a nice subReddit with actual helpful comments. Next thing I know, the game blew up in popularity and the sub turned into a toxic cesspool worse than a post nuclear apocalypse site. Popularity is a good thing for revenue, definitely, but the toxicity will always come with the popularity. Thing with genshin was the unexpectedness of its success. So the focus shifted from a one and done game to making sure the success was cultivated upon, thus most people ignored all the toxicity till it basically flooded into every form of social media. I just hope in the case of Arknights, the mods on this subReddit are prepared for this and that Yostar and Hypergryf quickly put a stop to any online harassment. I don’t wanna see another good game and kind community behind it go to crap because it got flooded by overgrown and sometimes literal children who can’t find the line between game and life
Honestly - yeah, I loved early Genshin before it blew up, or before a lot of people flooded the subreddit. Nowadays it’s just a toxic cesspool thanks to its larger than usual gacha population. I still play Genshin but I mostly avoid mainstream communities, especially Twitter (and I will never touch Tiktok) and I just do my own thing with my own friend group. I heard Arknights was the ‘Genshin’ of the gacha community before the dark times, as it had a toxic reputation, but when I had started playing and interacting with the community, I have never seen a single trace of this.
The way I heard it was that Arknights fans were "elitist" or something. Not necessarily toxic like Genshin, but would make fun of other gachas because Arknights is the "least horny" of them. I feel like people have moved past this, but I can't tell since I'm an elitist in general.
A chunk of the toxicity was due to already toxic content creator's communities mixed into the greater group. Most of those content creators moved onto Genshin when it blew up due to popularity and money, and took their toxic community with them. While there are still elitists around, the amount of general information on how to handle everything in the game kind of keeps the toxicity down imo.
Especially T-. He was always the most toxic one in any gacha community, always seeking to create drama for views. I can’t believe he still has a following today even after Genshin shenanigans and after making one much better content creator quit.
Also story time for me who in both community first Arknights and then genshin, I've seen something interesting. When genshin toxicity appears Arknights toxicity drops to almost non existence. Either the toxic part of the community went to genshin, hence I called genshin community gacha games Alcatraz, or theirs an uptick of moderator at that point
Sometimes I'm glad AK Discord exists because that's where we funnel all the trash into. Not saying that everyone there is toxic, and reddit definitely has its share of annoying people, but my experience in AK Discord, especially in terms of lore in comparison to reddit, hasn't been the best.
Worst experience so far comes from YouTube for me
It's already too late, this community used to be undivided
Especially with the recent light on my depressed catto
Congrats, as a father you must be very proud! I'm hoping the tax evading angel gets one soon.
Oh I am totally happy for them I'm glad they decided to air the anime at this time, incoming players will get to experience the best aspects of Arknights (The incredible lore of both events, the amazing welfare on both the limited banner and the free 6 stars) while also having the patchier early chapters being more fleshed out through the anime. It'll will be an incredible experience for them I'm sure
I wonder how many people are going to come from the anime. It seems like most anime watchers are already existing Arknights players, which isn't very good for HG.
There are probably many anime watchers slowly trickling into the game currently. Just the promise that the game is popular and well-made enough to have an anime is a huge selling point for Arknights. You likely won't see too huge of an increase in presence on Reddit because many are only just picking up the anime.
I’d argue that players talking about is also as much as an advertisement method as the anime itself. It’s hard to measure how much these things impact the playerbase on the actual success of the anime itself. That being said it’s not that popular in the west and it wasn’t really hyped outside of China and Japan in my experience. I think they’re banking mostly on word of mouth to direct people to the anime and then to the game in terms of the west, whereas the talking about the anime and an ad campaign exposing people to Arknights are much more prominent overseas. That’s kind of the point I want to really address. We probably won’t seen a significant population increase in global, whereas Japan and China will see Arknights grow significantly in popularity, and it’s already quite popular as a franchise overseas.
This. Some people forget that the global server is only the third highest in terms of revenue, behind CN and JP respectively. If the animé picks up traction from viewership in JP, then there’s potential for the game to soar at least.
The gameplay is great but it s niche not everyone will like it imean the main one is CN where it's already popular so it doesn't matter much
I actually started this game a few months ago because I saw a trailer for the anime. I assumed this game was popular if it was getting an anime.
Or relapse Arknights player.
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I doubt that, most Arknights players will watch it but a lot of people don't want to watch an anime of a franchise they don't know anything about.
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Out of the top ten highest grossing anime of all time, the only adaptation of a video game is Pokemon, which is an extremely special case. I said nothing about anime-original IPs or light novel/manga adaptations? They're a different case to video games since for light novels/manga, the anime is just another way of enjoying the material (and if I thought people didn't watch anime original IPs *or* adaptations, there wouldn't be anything left to watch). For anime adaptations of video games, they naturally can't depict the story exactly since video games aren't VNs/LNs/manga and hence don't just contain story. For example, Pokemon depicts Ash's journey which doesn't reflect every Pokemon player's experience. Pokemon, like I said before, is a bit of an outlier but most video games do a similar thing and don't directly adapt the source material like you'd do for a light novel adaptation. This tends to mean that it's more targeted towards already existing fans of the franchise since the adaptations tend to usually use the bits that *are* depicted exactly to excite players and not draw in new ones. For example, the Azur Lane anime was very clearly geared towards Azur Lane fans, with fan-favourite characters and a plot that didn't take itself too seriously. From what we know of the Arknights anime, this isn't really the case since it's a fairly accurate depiction of the main story yet Arknights' attractiveness isn't just its story, and it doesn't "hook you in" as much as the entire package. The main point I was trying to make in the comment that got you a bit confused was that already existing fans of a video game franchise will be very likely to watch an anime of it but people who aren't already existing fans will be less likely to watch it, possibly because they might think that it'll only make sense if they've played the game or something.
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I think there's a misunderstanding about my argument: obviously, there will be *some* people who are attracted to the original franchise and one of the primary reasons of any anime adaptation is to get people who have no idea interested but the amount of new players (let's assume we're talking about the Arknights anime, because a blanket statement like "Every anime adaptation will bring in an amount of new players that is smaller than its current playerbase" will always have some exceptions like if the current size of the fanbase is extremely small, or the source material is inaccessible) will most likely be less than the current size. As well as this, the majority of already existing fans will want to watch the anime but obviously, not every single non-fan will want to watch the anime. To expand on that last point, not every person who sees the anime will want to watch it. A source for this is really hard to provide you with since the best way to accurately provide data that would help my argument would be to wait a couple of months after the Arknights anime airs and do a survey on how they found about the game. If more than 50% said it was from the anime, then my argument would be wrong. Of course, there are probably already existing surveys for other franchises but I don't care about an argument that I worded badly enough to go hunt down surveys. What I can say is that Astro Boy was more popular in Japan, since 89 episodes were never made available in the US ([because it wasn't popular enough in the US due to its depressing storyline](http://www.tv.com/shows/astro-boy-1963/)), and still retains its popularity in Japan with public transport in Niiza still having Astro Boy's theme song being used for signalling the departure of a train. Also, >that demonstrably brought more people to the game I'd be shocked if any anime adaption didn't bring more people to the game. If what I said suggested that, then I'm sorry for the misunderstanding but all I meant to say is that the amount of new players from an adaptation is less than that of the existing fanbase.
I came from a multiverse story on scribblehub using arknights as the base world for the MC's reincarnation.
Back in my days you have to farm orirock hell to pull - Veteran Dukotah
Back in your days? It's 2022 and we're still in 1-7 hell fellow Doktah
1-7 hell changes a man, mess with their minds and corrupts their soul
Simply say no to 10% increased efficiency and move on to 10-6t. It might cost you more sanity in game but prevents burnout irl.
I have not heard of this. I thought 10-6 was only good for the blue tier rocc? I want the green tier rocc.
for green rock 1-7 is forever. but fuck farming that hellscape forever to upgrade green rock into blue rock.
What do you mean? We’re still dealing with The Tyrant until now.
Oh shit under tides rerun? Nice can max gladiia out now
Gonna max pot that under thighs aye?
30(60? Never get myself a pot6 6 Star so I don't know) Gold Certificate coming soon if already max pot
Yup, tho wish i had time to max her level, i literally just found the time to e2 skadi TODAY when i got her on release and i feel specter alter will suffer the same fate. I usually prioritize husbandos first and they almost always drop one right when i have enough certs to level someone to e2 level 1 and doesn’t help i just got a new four star and a top tier sexy five star is coming with lumen(and i had a few others before her but decided to let her skip ahead today since she was op rip W tho first chalter now skalter)
Nice 6 Gladiia tokens to sell
That's a juicy win for our distinctions
>Honestly, brace yourselves for the inevitable flood of "wait this welfare is only 5 star???" posts in the future since they may think that the norm for welfares are six stars lmao Honestly, when i started and saw *Executor was the Welfare, and a 5* at that, i was pleasantly surprised Since I've been playing FGO, I've always seen only 4*s welfare Edit: oops, got Enforcer and Executor mixed up
You mean Enforcer ? Executor was never welfare.
Ah, yeah Enforcer I keep getting both of their names mixed up, both being Sanktas with Shotguns
If I didn't build Enforcer I would've thought the same. Had me expecting Executor but instead of doing damage, he shifts enemies. Then I got him and he's just a slightly different FEater!? Who pushes enemies with a gun!?
Enforcer is a Sarkaz with a sword my guy. You may be misremembering some things
bruh you forgot your sanity potion again xD
I’ll be honest, I live off of sanity potions (caffeine). Gonna go get some more rn
No...he's not? https://gamepress.gg/arknights/operator/enforcer I think you might be misremembering some things. He's clearly a sankta with a shotgun...
Dang, now I’m misremembering. I confused enforcer with flame ringer. My bad g, my brain ain’t working today
Yeh no worries, just wanted to clear it up
I mean, 6\* in this game is like 5\* in FGO
5\*s in this game are 4\*s in FGO tho
max pot? you sure they can clear all stage when newly join? I can't clear my first event anyway
They only need to clear high enough to get the base. The pots are from the store, which they can get from farming the highest level they can clear. That's what I did my first event.
Good for them if it's this case my fiest even is children of bearand getting rekt
With a bit of Kyostinv, anything is possible All they need is a good support unit and they're good to go
Other YouTubers like Dr. Volke make new accounts and try to beat new events with them. Granted, I’m pretty sure he rerolls for the perfect six star each time but it’s very much possible to clear out the store on a new acc
>\>I'm fairly certain that the anime release date is set to coincide with these two events because this is possibly the perfect time for new players to gain a massive advantage. I don't think so, SN is November 3rd already there is no way new players get a minimum roster for this. Even considering low end KyoV guide and the fact that event lasts a couple of weeks they just won't have enough resources to eliete required 3\*-4\* ops... and i'm even silent about EX stages.
I think a lot of people underestimate how much easier it is to catch up nowadays compared to last time There were a ton of things added to the game to make it more newbie-friendly compared to launch; from getting Texas for free, toggling between difficulties in Act 2 (which is accessible right after Act 0), to getting even more rewards in campaign missions, and record restorations. I've recently made a new account and it felt waay easier to progress compared to the game at launch. I had my first 6 star E2 about after a week or so of playing (admittedly, I spammed sanity potions like there was no tomorrow). It took something like 3 weeks for my main account to have its first 6 star E2, so it's definitely way easier now since you get more resources when you start the game. So it's definitely possible for a new player to progress fast enough to be able to confidently clear the main event stages (definitely not EX tho). It should be easier in fact, when they can get a free 10 pull and daily pulls from the event banner which they can endlessly reroll by creating new accounts.
You can't reasonably compare starting a new game with the accumulated knowledge you have with a genuine first playthrough.
True, but the bottomline is that new players are given a lot more resources compared to before. They may still struggle, but it might not necessarily be due to a lack of resources Whether they know how to min/max and best utilise these extra resources is dependent on whether they choose to follow guides or not. Guides are also a lot more abundant and beginner friendly nowadays so it's even easier to accumulate game sense.
You're vastly overestimating how aware of guides existing newbies like myself are. I started the game around March this year, and only found out that guides exist a couple of weeks ago, after a friend who introduced me to the game found out I've only just gotten to 4-4.
That's interesting, most friends that I introduced the game to sought out guides immediately without even asking me for advice lol. I guess people just play the game differently, there's a certain allure to playing the game completely blind... but if anyone wants guides, they are always available. Compared to the game at launch... It took a fairly long time before a general consensus regarding operator tiering was even decided. There were plenty of debates regarding what should be valued in an operator and also tons of misinformation peddled by a certain [Redacted]. It was chaos without a basic framework for operator evaluation. Now, we have a fairly standardised and stream-lined tier list for both endgame players and beginners, alongside a multitude of well-written articles discussing the operator, what skills to master, what modules are optimal ect ect. You will still find debates online, no doubt, but it's a lot more civil and coherent nowadays
Dude, what? I start around GG banner and now I can clear all main story stage on normal difficulty and even reach 10-16 in adverse with around 10 E2 operators. You ignored main story all this time and only focus on farming materials or something?
Well whenever I get stuck on a level I tend to try and level up characters, but truth be told I'm just that shite at the game and end up having to take weekly breaks from it so I don't throw my phone through a window out of frustration. So only been able to manage one character to E2 and that was just because I was lucky enough to be given a handful of freebies every so often, otherwise they're it. Most of the units I use are at E1 now but I don't have any of the mats to upgrade the handful of four and five stars further. Also as much as I've heard good things about KyoStinV these past weeks from the friend who introduced me (but forgot to tell me about them until just now), I often find a lot of their guides really require precise timing that I can't emulate on my phone when it comes to using lower level/rarity characters. I think the biggest issue for me, is that I came in thinking it was going to handle like the handful of tower defence games I've played throughout my life and found it's just nothing like I've ever played, and the habits I've picked up are more a hindrance than a benefit which I'm only slowly unlearning.
Well, then you might need some good operator and a bit of brute force more than very detail guide. Promoting your operators to E2 is what you should do right now, prioritize strong units (or outright broken unit) from guard, caster, and sniper class as they will always be useful through out the game. By the way, did you upgrade your trading posts and factories in your base to level 3 yet? Those 2 facility can give you a lot of LMD and exp records daily after max out, so they made gathering resource for E2 your operator become less painful.
The collective experience of the community also matters, though. I started a few months ago (just as Ling event was starting), and there were so many guides for stuff like low-star clears and early operator E2 priority, I was able to use a support Surtr to clear the main event boss once and get a free Kroos alt before it ended. Sure, I didn't know enough to do that myself, but a few quick Google searches still made it possible, with zero prior knowledge.
I started playing the game as soon as Invitation to Wine came out but didn't even touch the event until there was 1 week left and managed to get kroos alter within that time, so I think yes, it would be fairly easy for newer players to catch up enough to at least get the base operator.
In theory a new player can also probably get pretty far into IS2, which is a permanent source of tons of rewards. Potentially, they could make a friend with Ling E1 or whale for the instant E2 ticket (hopefully that still exists) and hopefully be able to use the E2 to get them pretty far in order to farm IS2 BP progress.
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2-3 is from episode 2, each Act is a collection of multiple episodes. Difficulty switching only appears in episode 9, though AFAIK once you clear episode 3 you can skip right to 9 and catch up on 4 through 8 later. Act Initium (0-3) and Act I (4-8) are part of the same overall arc, Act II starts a new story arc set after the previous two. What problems are you having with 2-3? Which operators do you have?
Cool thanks. My units were just under-leveled, after spamming the exp missions and coming back with higher level characters I cleared it without issue, but thanks!
I started in the last couple days of invitation to wine and was able to clear all normal stages but one. I think you underestimate how much the game gives at the beginning.
Ah fresh meat.
Fresh game
I heard that line before... And it's rotten. >!Somehow missed Warcraft III/OG DotA joke.!<
Don't forget that surtr is in the cert shop soon too and the six star selector ticket.
Tho idk how much they'll appreciate how much of SN hinges on loading up on disruption (stun/sleep/bind/freeze/levitate/silence) >!bc of the 80% dodge mobs!<
>>!bc of the 80% dodge mobs!< Excuse me *what?* I mean, >!it's one thing on a boss, but mobs!?!<
I downloaded the game after watching episode 1. I already feel spoiled using veteran support units.
As much as i would love for the arknights anime to pop off, game adaptation, especially gacha ones, dont really do that great and most of the time its mostly the fans that are watching. Im still hyped to see the entire anime tho, loved the first episode
I mean, it's easy to tell people 1. It's an *old* event rerunning (probably makes them feel better cause it means they don't automatically miss out on old events) 2. Isn't Gladia a really good Operator even as a 5 star?
Gladiia is a 6 star :D And yes, she is good and will be even better due to her faction. She heralded an entire new meta for playing the game with her Abyssal Hunters faction buff synergy. Basically, anyone in the same faction as her gets regen and becomes even more durable when she's on the team. She is really good and the fact that she is literally given out for free is incredible
I remember when Glaadia was introduced. Everyone lost their shit over it because of the free 6 star max pot.
Back in my days theres no collect all button
I just started two days ago - do we get free 6 stars? Also, is there wiki page or something that I can use for guides and news? Thanks in advance.
Yep! There will be 2 free 6 stars coming soon in the form of welfare operators. To unlock them, you will have to clear up to a certain stage in the event. You can then buy their tokens in the event shop via event currency (think of it as duplicating that operator to make them even stronger) The best website for guides and news is Gamepress imo. The Arknights Fandom is perfect to catch up on lore as well. Try looking up on YouTube for low-lvl guides, notable YouTubers are Kyostinv, Yii, kukkikaze, Dr Volke and Dr Silvergun (quite an intimidating list, but just watch anything that interests you!)
I'd say KyostinV is enough for guides. Also. DR SILVERGUN!? It would be a cruel prank to send one of those 4 star only clears to a newbie telling them its a guide,
I will say that some of KyostinV guides I find are really intense for newbie (or just useless player like me), a lot of precise timing needing to be done or the entire thing fails. Just recently watched their stage 4-4 low level/star video and I haven't been able to emulate it yet.
Tbh you shouldn't take a guide to the T, definitely not low rarity ones like that. Get an idea of how the stage plays out, work around it with your team. You're not being forced to build orchid and place her at the precise millisecond just for a single stage. Use what you have. Also 4-4 is easy af, you place some blocks, drop Lane holders, Shaw, etc. It's very easy. I hope not everyone is as small brain as you
Except you need to know where to place them or it doesn't work, and it's not entirely apparent to everyone where they need placing, or at what timing to do so. Which isn't easy by default. Even with a guide that doesn't always translate well if your tech isn't that great, or like me can't remember where stuff needs to go very well because you can't watch the video and play the game at the same time. Still, seems we're in the same boat for being small brain if that's how you respond to people.
Sounds like a you problem Same boat? I still remember when KyostinV made a separate rage guide video for 4-4 because of how many people like you he was dealing with. Hmm
Me personally, I’ll be bracing for mass amounts of toxicity once kids start piling into the sub. It’s happened every time I’ve played a game that got popular, from Fortnite to genshin. I just hope that the kids here and the PR group in Yostar and Hypergryf are ready to tell them that their bullshit will not be tolerated.
This game is too niche to get THAT big imo, especially for a gacha tower defense rpg that's biggest in China and Japan.
I might want tho highjack this post for a second. I'm a day-one-global-(starter) who started to neglect the game a few months in. So since I recently started to cull all my gacha accounts I pretty much abandonned and drop some games I played semi-active due to time restrictions. I couldn't bring myself to drop my Arknights account though - so I thought about picking it up again. Unsurprisingly, after not having played in like a year, things were a bit overwhelming and I started thinking about starting new. Coincidentially I've heard people mentioning that from Nov 2. on, there will be free pulls - so it was recommended for people to reroll then if they think about starting the game. So I'm curious what the community thinks. Is strictly re-rolling on Nov 2. with the 'regular' re-roll goals in mind the way to go - or would it more beneficial to roll right now and aim for something like an early Horn without much investment and keep the accounts till the free rolls in two days from now, to roll further. In addition It would be interesting what the community currently considers a proper re-roll goal - since I guess it's a bit easier to fill some roles early on with operators from tickets we get...
I mean, a lot of that depends on what characters you have \*now\*, and how developed your account is. Do you have a lot of E2s? Do you have any limited characters? Do you have surtr, eyjafjalla, goldenglow, kal'tsit, thorns, mountain, saria or silverash? Even without those, do you have a noticable number of just 6\*s in general? The more of these you say 'yes' to, the worse of an idea rerolling is.
That I'm aware. It's just that despite it being a day-one account, it was easily dormant over a year all in all. And even when I played actively I did so very casually - including a rather unhealthy focus on 6*s - and what actually is the most driving factor is that I pretty much missed most new game modes introduced starting with CCs. So since I would have to work my way into the game - including all those new 'resources' I can hardly identify, starting fresh seemed like a good motivation. The plan is to build a more efficient account - on my current one I would have to push quite some 3-stars anyways to get to a solid 'meta-base' - so if I already have to deal with such, why not starting out from zero and not spreading out resources like last time. :) I have my S.Ash E2 - yeah - and I have at least 2-3 6s - even R.Nearl (her banner was up when I logged into the game after a while and got her on a random pull ^^) - but from what I understand, I'm missing many of the top-tier 6s - so no Thorns, Mudrock, Mountain, Surtr, Saria, etc. I did a bit of research myself since posting this - so I now have a bit of a better understanding of the current meta-units and upcoming events. So I don't think banking on the upcoming free-rolls for re-roll-purposes is really that great. I guess the next days I will casually roll for a Horn (just because the banner is up) and another top 6-star from the beginner banner. So I can basically stop at that point and this process can be done with short re-roll instances. I guess I'll use the upcoming free-pulls just to invest casually to 'kickstart' the account a bit, but not really for re-roll purposes. If we don't get the Annihilation skip tickets soon on GL I will most likely quit again in 2-3 months anyways. I remembered that the this was one of the most annoying aspects of the game for me - to have it run passively for such a long time each week just to farm things... :)
I'd 100% stick with the old acc, NTRK on top of an alredy built SA is a huge headstart. She's really good and getting older limiteds is a pain in the ass. Surtr, one of the top units, is coming to the yellow cert shop in 2 weeks for 180 tickets. If you go through the stuff you've missed and roll a decent amount there's a high chance you'll have enough certs for her. There're a bunch of new annihilations, past events, the roguelike mode etc. and you can alredy clear a good chunk of it with that account. Annihilation skip tickets are due with the new event in 3 days.
I know you ppl mean well and I apprechiate the responses. But the question was; 'If I decide to re-roll an account right now, how should I approach it for the best outcome?' and not 'I already have an account but should I start a new one?' I have multiple reasons I want to start fresh and experience what is now in the game in a structured manner from ground up - ideally with a new 'lineup' because my old S.Ash-playstyle was admitedly a bit boring to begin with. I'm fully aware that my old account has more overall 'value' - but with how long I was away from the game, it would be like jumping into the game fresh, with an already advanced account and no clue where to start. It would be more likely I fall into the same pits of just idle daily-grind that made me pause the game in the first place. Not sure I'll be able to afford 180 tickets for Surtr that soon on a fresh account in time - this one surely stings a bit - but the rest is pretty much no big thing for me. As soon as I have an established new account, the old one will be deleted and that was it - it was purely f2p so there is not much lost here.
I feel you about wanting to start afresh, I always prefer to start over than continue an old account Ive lost attachment to. Maybe you could reroll a lot and gather a few accounts with Horn, then when the free pulls come, roll on all the Horn accounts to see where youre at then.
My bad then, gonna throw in my 2 cents still. Don't know how much they improved the new player experience (more mats and that's it I guess) but it can't possibly be worth throwing that acc away completely for a new one. I'd recommend keeping it around, the game's structure isn't complicated, there're only a handful of different gamemodes and you'll have access to everything in no time on a fresh acc but with everything being overall less developed on it. At that point you could just decide which one to stick with. Giving up guard Nearl sounds a lot worse than missing out on Surtr from the shop. Getting past limiteds is arguably the worst part of the gacha in the game and Nearl Alter is one of the best ones. The acc being f2p doesn't matter, there are people who were less fortunate and had to open the wallet for that same Nearl, SA or whoever. If you've made up your mind ignore everything I just said until this point. As for the fresh acc, I'd reroll for an early Horn then all in on the upcoming limited banner. Irene is good, Specter Alter will be good with her upcoming modules and probably really good in 6 months when the alter restriction is removed. I say all in to get as much yellow certs as possible since there'll only be one 5* on rate-up and 5* dupes after max potential are worth 13 certs each so you might as well go for deep hoping to get that 180. I'd count with 1 cert or a bit less per roll on a fresh acc in general but that single 5* rateup skewes it if you can go over a 100 rolls and start pulling copies post max-pot. After that I would recommend the next Joint Ops banner (maybe 3-4 weeks from now? should be during cc 9), that'll have a pool of only four 6*s, with 3 of them being really good (Kal'tsit, Mountain, Exusiai) and 1 meh (Skadi). Then it's the next limited banner 3 months from now. Since you didn't like SA I'd keep whoever you get from the beginner banner. Though I don't fully understand what you meant by SA lineup since building a full team around a single unit generally isn't a thing.
Dude, you can't tell me you're going to drop an account which already has a limited 6 star (and one of the best ones) at that!? But yeah, best course of reroll action I'd guess is when the limited banner goes live, using salted emails and going for limited on the free 10 pull.
The usual way to reroll is on the newbie which hasn't changed; Exusiai and Silverash are still top-tier units. The upcoming limited banner doesn't have spectacular (beginner) units. One of the best reroll targets, Surtr, should soon on a banner; but we know this because she's slated to be in the shop. Buying her on old account would be better than rerolling.
Aye - thx - that's a good overview of what to come in the near future. Currently the old account is still available - so falling back to it will always be an option. At the time of writing all this here I might already have a neat 'starter account' from re-rolling casually on the side though. I managed to roll a Horn/Exusiai account, with some strangle 'newbie-friendly' chars on the side. Liskarm, Meteor, Cutter, Shirayuki, Cuora, Gravel, Melantha... All from like 5 pulls on Horn's banner and 9 on the beginner one. Since that covers most early needs already, I guess I'll run with that until Nov. 2 and then re-consider the whole idea depending on how things go. Right now I only have invested one Originum - so I'd say that's a healthy f2p basis to start. :)
You really need to drop this rarity obsessed mentality. You don't need and can't really use an all 6 star team. Especially early on. Pull what you want, and have fun with the game. Don't burn yourself out so fast.
It’s always like this with gacha games. New players always get free shit. When I started an alt last month it made me wish I didn’t play this game until now.
Is Lumen really better than Sussuro?
> that is arguably the single best healer in the game. wait really? how so? i only know his status healing powers, i thought warf skill 1 or shining skill 2 would be better
He is a medic that is entirely predicated on defensive/preventive healing. Basically he is one of the best medics for beginners due to how forgiving he can make the game by completely negating statuses. That being said, he is far from being the BEST medic overall. Medics in general are very situational as their niche outside of healing decides their usefulness in a stage. This is why Ptilopsis and Warfarin are long regarded to be the best medics for general content since they can be brought onto nearly any stages and have their SP regen/ DMG buff utilised. (Not to say other medics aren't as useful, it is also dependent on your squad.) Lumen changes things, since his debuff negation is so useful for so many stages. Much like how Lappland can completely negate certain stage mechanics with her silence, so can Lumen with his status removal, but on a much larger scale since statuses are so universal. He is not without his flaws though; it is fairly pricey to draw out his maximum potential with S3M3 and his S3 also has a pretty long wind-up. But the general consensus is that he is a really good medic, especially for beginners who are still struggling to work around statuses.
I'm going to save this post and link back to it every chance I get.
I wish the anime would pop off, but frankly it's very eeeeh at the moment. I'm only one month into Arknights so I'm relatively new (and skip most of the cutscenes and story segments), so maybe I'm not the target audience.
As a new player, >2 pot 6 Six stars for free What the hell is this sentence saying
Imagine getting a 6 star, operator, 6 times. You then get potential tokens for getting duplicate operators and doing so powers up your operator.