Arknights

Im so close on getting 400 on the second annihilation.

Mind mentioning the crew you are using? I can give you some tips.

Edited by raziel365 on Jun 20th 2020 at 9:32:03 AM

Its nothing big. The latest run i took Cliffhart out too soon and let one samurai through. And one of those giant units went through. I could got it if i popped one of the skill.

Ah, timing issues, those are certainly a headache.

So i haven't played the game that long, but i think Arknight is the darkest Gecha game i ever played.

Values Dissonance is in full effect here, while Rhodes Island is not a Villain Protagonist it's certainly not that heroic given the stuff that they allow the infected to suffer, not to mention that Reunion is incredibly sympathetic all things said and that the "good" city of Lungmen is ridden with bigotry and hatred against the infected.

Honestly, Chen is the one character that I cannot like even if she's useful in-game, I was certainly not cheering for her when Mephisto and Faust almost finished her off.

On another note, I managed to get the Contract 3 done, which allowed me to clear all the Polyester packs, from the shop, now I only need some 600 points to get the RMA's and I would have finished with the limited shop.

Edited by raziel365 on Jun 21st 2020 at 5:51:05 AM

I don't think it's values dissonance, I think it's just the writers deliberately creating a morally gray narrative. Lungmen absolutely hasn't been portrayed as "good" it's been portrayed as corrupt at almost every level. And Rhodes Island hasn't been portrayed as a perfect force for justice either, they're mostly just mercenaries.

If anything I find it weird that you seem to be interpreting it as a black-and-white story told badly.

Edit: Heck, Chen is portrayed as mostly antagonistic?

Edited by Clarste on Jun 21st 2020 at 5:56:59 AM

Spoilers for China stuff.

Reunion is responsible for the Ursa students to go Lord of the Flies.

'Operational Intelligence' pointed out that the initial conflict between Rhodes and Reunion happened mostly because the two ran into each other in a war zone, not because either side was objecting to what the other was doing. Some in Reunion clearly know who the Doctor is or was, and Amiya is clearly frustrated and saddened by what happened to Chernobog, but stopping the invasion was never Rhodes' objective there.

Maybe I expressed myself badly. I do not mind if this story runs on Gray-and-Grey Morality, not by a long shot, if anything the setting and story would be rather poor without it.

What I do mind is that we really don't do much in the Pharmaceutical department despite the mission of Rhodes Island revolving around medicine and giving medical solutions.

As for Values Dissonance, maybe I'm reading too much into some things so I could be wrong about that.

Today's daily seems kind of easy imo. Only two risks that buffs enemies and not by much.

Yay, risk 18 beat! Need to use peacecow's guide though (the one with E1 strat)...hope next time I need to rely less on guides.

PV for chapter 6. Set for June 30. Damn so soon already

Does this mean the Christmas costumes are getting released in Summer

Blaze is one of those Operators where it'd be nice to pull her but I'm not going to be really that disappointed.

Also I want Aak super badly so gotta to save up for him

Does this pace mean they're trying to catch up and transition into simultaneous releases? I hope not. The translation is sloppy enough as it is.

Apparently Yostar did the same with Azur Lane, so I'd have to assume yes

With this pace, I'm expecting Nian/Aak banner at the end of July.

Would that mean W would come sooner then the 1st anniversary for global?

Some more Risk 26 runs

EN server Risk 26 run (I think this might be the first Risk 26 run clear on EN?)

KR server Risk 26 run, this one uses Manticore as a key part of the strat to experiment with her viability

If they keeps this up with an event banner every 2 weeks? Around end of September or some time in October.

There are only 7 banners until then. Reed/Broca, Blaze, Nian/Aak, Ceobe, Bagpipe, Phantom, and then the CN anniversary banner. Likely Reed/Broca and Blaze have been swapped. Maybe we'll get breaks in between or the order of events will be swapped again.

Edited by MarquisDev on Jun 22nd 2020 at 9:40:59 AM

Damn, Chapter 6 is coming so soon? I guess I'll better catch up with the main story (or better yet rewatch the whole thing to refresh my mind) away from this CC event.

Finally, I managed to reach 400 kills on Annihilation Lungmen, I had to borrow an E2 SilverAsh for this but it was completely worth it.

And with that, I got myself a Blue Poison before her time was out.

Edited by raziel365 on Jun 22nd 2020 at 3:40:35 AM

The translation has actually been getting better with each new chapter/event, so I'm not too worried.

After multiple tries today, i finally beat Lungman Annihilation.

I suppose so, but the analysis post I saw on Code of Brawl's translation was something like 50/50 "subjective translation choice" versus "oh, that's an actual significant mistake", which is not great in a game where a single vaguely-worded sentence constitutes a plot thread, and there's no story archive.