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  • AshtonDragonAshtonDragon AKA The Nix Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    SO I watched some dude on youtube talking about builds and he said most characters aren't worth levelling to 90. Whaddya all think about that?

    If it's true, who are the deffo level 90 folks? He said Hu Tao is one, for example.

    This is true. To be clear, getting the last ascension is worth it for most characters who are doing damage, since you not only boost their stats a bit and get a boost to whatever their ascension stat is, but also unlock their talents to be increased above level 8. But when you actually gain those last 10 levels, you aren't getting very much attack out of it. Your HP and defense get better boosts, which is why characters like Hu Tao and Zhongli, who scale off their HP, may be worth leveling to 90. There's also characters who trigger reactions like Bloom, Quicken, and Swirl a lot, as the base damage of those reactions is based off your level. And many of the characters who trigger Swirl a lot double-up on value of levels, as the strength of the vacuum effects of characters like Sucrose, Venti, and Kazuha is also affected by the difference in your level and the enemy's.

    So, more simply put, the characters I consider to be worth leveling to 90 are characters who scale off HP or Defense, anemo characters with vacuum abilities, and characters who trigger reactions whose damage is based on your level. And your favorite character.

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  • ThePantsAssociationThePantsAssociation A million could-be years on a thousand may-be worldsRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    My min/max strategy is to level up the characters that are the coolest to 90.

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    It's not just minmax but also a cost issue. The last ten levels require just as much EXP if not more than what it would take to get a different unit to Level 80

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  • XantusXantus Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    also aside from abyss floor 12, it's rare that you even encounter monsters that are high enough level to really nerf the dmg of a lvl 80 char vs a lv90

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  • ThePantsAssociationThePantsAssociation A million could-be years on a thousand may-be worldsRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    That's true. I suppose, after playing for a while, I'm used to sitting on an enormous horde of leveling materials. If it's a character I use regularly, I'd rather level them to 90 than use it on a bench warmer.

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  • Corp.ShephardCorp.Shephard Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Friendship EXP unlocks additional voice lines in the character's voice line library. It also unlocks a profile background at level 10 themed on the character. Purely cosmetic, basically.

    There's also an achievement for like... is it 16 level 10 friendships? So you can get a smashing 35 Primogems over time.

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  • The WolfmanThe Wolfman Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    What I did was make a friendship farming team which was just the team I'd use to clear the daily commissions. Sometimes if I beat a world boss or ley line, I'd switch to them before opening the loot. Otherwise you're not missing out on anything.

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  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Yeah I have Yelan and Dehya in my friendship team with Kazuha and Jean just for my daily stuff. They're the only two I don't have at friendship 10 yet, though hopefully I'll be adding Mika to the group next week.

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  • HiT BiTHiT BiT 🍒 Fresh, straight from Pac-man's Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    Infexnax will get a new update next April 5 which will add a new playable character and a 2 player coop mode:
    https://youtu.be/8mvabTnp6nc

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  • The WolfmanThe Wolfman Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    HiT BiT wrote: »
    Infexnax will get a new update next April 5 which will add a new playable character and a 2 player coop mode:
    https://youtu.be/8mvabTnp6nc

    New character has a mechanic that is more in universe, but feels like an inferior version of something another character already has.
    Of course a crossbow isn't going to match up against a frigging machine gun. But it's all I'm thinking about with that reload mechanic.

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  • MNC DoverMNC Dover Full-time Voice Actor Kirkland, WARegistered User regular
    edited April 19
    Oh hell yeah! More Infernax content! Wooo!

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  • XantusXantus Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    the teapot will get them up to lvl 10 eventually too. i think im about halfway to that primo achievement after all this time >.>

    bluefates popped me c2 diluc. sorry dehya *Toy Story rejected Woody meme*

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  • metaghostmetaghost An intriguing odor A delicate touchRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    I hope we get some banners with Inazuma 4-stars. Feels like they don’t get enough shine. And I want Heizou/Kuki/Sayu constellations.

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  • webguy20webguy20 I spend too much time on the Internet Registered User regular
    edited April 18
    I feel like Siobhan doesn't get as much love as she deserves. She's never the most on top of the mechanics and her characters tend towards being understated or quieter but she is always a gem. I am a huge fan of her in Neverafter.

    She was amazing in the most recent episode of Game Changer, also her first appearance on that show!

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  • chromdomchromdom Who? Where?Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I wasn't watching the wildness (heh) of the second period, but boy oh boy, would I have loved to see MAFleury and Binnington fight.

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  • chromdomchromdom Who? Where?Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Something I've been following for a little bit, at this point Minni's got 14 games left, and Fleury needs 10 wins to take the #2 spot in the all time wins list. So he's not going to get it this year, but I'm guessing it's going to help Flower to decide not to retire this off-season.

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  • edited April 18
    New episode of Neverafter (ep 16?)
    Lou rolling nothing higher than like, a six for forty straight minutes, then deciding to torch Alphonse the mule was funny enough, but the escalation from there...maybe one of my favorite runs in the whole of Dimension 20. The sequence of:
    1. "I'm sending Cricket to blow that fucker up with a firework"
    2. "You did enough damage that none of these soldiers will survive, but if Alphonse rolls a 14, he'll survive"
    3. The other players trying to give Alphonse advantage while Lou holds on to his destiny power to make him roll again if he passes
    4. Zac talking Lou into letting him reroll for something positive
    5. Alphonse immediately rolling a nat 20, which you can tell kinda pisses Lou off, but in a fun way
    6. Brennan pulling "you broke the curse on Alphonse, turns out you just needed to have a cricket shoot a rocket at him" directly out of his ass
    7. Alphonse sends along key characters of Pib's backstory as a reward

    was so fucking funny, and I imagine the next Adventuring Party is gonna be unhinged

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  • AshtonDragonAshtonDragon AKA The Nix Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    How do you get constellations for free characters? Wanderer/Lisa/Kaeya/ etc?

    The traveler gets constellations from things like quests, adventure rank rewards, souvenir shops, and statue of the seven rewards, depending on element/region. Everyone can get them to C6 eventually for free. For Amber/Lisa/Kaeya, you can't get them from character or weapon banners, but you can roll them on the standard banner (the one that uses the blue fates). Beyond that, the only thing you can do is buy copies of them from Paimon's Bargains for starglitter; a copy of Amber will be purchasable next month, followed by Lisa in May, and Kaeya in June.

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  • XantusXantus Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    im kind of impressed that after all this time, i'm still c0 Lisa. what have i done to forsake lord rngesus? c4 kaeya at least ;D

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  • BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User Mod Emeritus
    edited April 18
    I have reached Operation Slippery Puppet on my watch of Starstruck Odyssey.

    Outstanding work all round, especially after Brennan had just shut down one of their other clever plans.

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  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Also this dumb thing.

    https://youtu.be/7J7G1oc1vME

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  • spool32spool32 Contrary Library Registered User, Transition Team regular
    edited April 18
    I gotta say Emily bugged me to death in the beginning of Fantasy High s1. Was not a fan of her playstyle, but I figured they're all still learning how D&D works, as opposed to a more freeform improv. Haven't done s2 yet!

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  • GlaziusGlazius Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    i'm sure you've all seen this but damn if it ain't worth watching again

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83gLgmynvLM

    "Approximately 45% of Liyue's power is founded on rock, so a god of Liyue killing with a rock is hardly unusual. A further 45% is founded on money, Do I have those proportions about right, Lady Ningguang?"

    "SORRY, WHAT WAS THAT? I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER THE SOUND OF ME KILLING A GOD WITH A ROCK THAT COST A LOT OF MONEY!"

    "And there you have it."

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  • Dark_SideDark_Side Registered User regular
    edited April 18
    Talka wrote: »
    Weird. I can’t imagine Emily hate.

    That said, her Crown of Candy
    Saccharina
    character is one of my least favorite characters of any player from any season. Largely by design, the character felt unearned emotionally and mechanically, in ways where Emily’s strengths actively worked against her.

    Outside of that one counter-example, Emily’s characters are normally the highlight of any given season, either D20 or NADDPOD, and I genuinely cannot fathom anyone not loving her as a player. I’m honestly shocked that’s a sentiment that exists, and I just don’t get it.

    I'm surprised as well that she would gather a lot of online hate, but then I remember there's a subset of players out there who are nothing but crochety, rules lawyering grognards who can't stand when a player or DM pushes the boundaries of a role playing game, especially when its a woman, and has fun.

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  • spool32spool32 Contrary Library Registered User, Transition Team regular
    edited April 18
    Dark_Side wrote: »
    Talka wrote: »
    Weird. I can’t imagine Emily hate.

    That said, her Crown of Candy
    Saccharina
    character is one of my least favorite characters of any player from any season. Largely by design, the character felt unearned emotionally and mechanically, in ways where Emily’s strengths actively worked against her.

    Outside of that one counter-example, Emily’s characters are normally the highlight of any given season, either D20 or NADDPOD, and I genuinely cannot fathom anyone not loving her as a player. I’m honestly shocked that’s a sentiment that exists, and I just don’t get it.

    I'm surprised as well that she would gather a lot of online hate, but then I remember there's a subset of players out there who are nothing but crochety, rules lawyering grognards who can't stand when a player or DM pushes the boundaries of a role playing game, especially when its a woman, and has fun.

    This is an unnecessarily antagonistic take imo. D&D is not players vs DM and I think at times, at least in the sessions I've watched, Emily crosses the line between creative boundary pushing and "my character can do anything because this is all make believe right?"
    I have a very rules-light GMing style with a lot of 'rule of cool' but players who want to win D&D are not well suited for my table. I would struggle with Emily and probably end up checking her in the same way Brennan has done a couple of times, by asking her to ground her requests in a character's personality and abilities rather than in pure imagination. Guardrails and rules are what make D&D what it is, and when you disregard them too much you end up not playing a TTRPG and instead playing that improv game where the host rings a bell to force a new line in your scene.

    Mechanical boundaries are good, actually.

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  • Dizzy DDizzy D NetherlandsRegistered User regular
    edited April 18
    I don't think Emily was in Exandria Unlimited (unless there was a new one I missed? I'm behind on Critical Role)

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  • spool32spool32 Contrary Library Registered User, Transition Team regular
    edited April 18
    Dizzy D wrote: »
    I don't think Emily was in Exandria Unlimited (unless there was a new one I missed? I'm behind on Critical Role)

    God, yes I'm getting her and Aimee Carrero confused. Edited!

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  • ZomroZomro Registered User regular
    edited April 18
    Case of mistaken identity, it seems. Emily Axford was not in any of the EXU stuff. Her first time playing with Aabria Iyengar was in D20: A Court of Fey and Flowers.

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  • ElkiElki get busy Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited April 14
    Recently started playing this on PS5. Is it possible there’s a way to get text to scroll smoothly in archives/books? The game looks fine when I’m out in the world, but when I’m perusing the archives it’s strangely choppy.

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  • Darth_MogsDarth_Mogs Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Xantus wrote: »
    im kind of impressed that after all this time, i'm still c0 Lisa. what have i done to forsake lord rngesus? c4 kaeya at least ;D

    I've been playing since...Ganyu's first banner, I think? Maybe the tail end of Albedo's first banner, it was January of 2021. I have...C2 Amber. Never in all that time have I gotten a Lisa or Kaeya and I use my Starglitter for Wishes, so

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