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LornMarkus
Nov 8, 2011

Einander posted:

I know that there's a safe tile to attack the center on that map near your base and I could have sworn the two top-center ranged tiles can safely attack the top-left and top-right spawns, and I don't think the Emergency Operation increases their range or makes them move immediately. The bottom-left is the only spawn that requires some Fast Redeploy or a rotation of melee units to take out its Throwers.

Interesting, I had assumed only the one by the objective was safe but I do believe you're right. Have to try that next time I get it.

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theblackw0lf
Apr 15, 2003

"...creating a vision of the sort of society you want to have in miniature"
Was struggling with a couple of the EX stages, (mainly those Silent Cleaners), until I realized I could just borrow Surtr to take care of them.

As strong as TexAlter is Surtr still has some advantages like ranged attack.

Clarste
Apr 15, 2013

Just how many mistakes have you suffered on the way here?

An uncountable number, to be sure.
They're invisible though.

Jinnigan
Feb 12, 2007

We shall pay him a visit. There will be a picnic. Tea shall be served.
i blew through all of the EX levels and CM in one sitting. lemme tell ya: that gladiia/skalter/spalter trio makes an impenetrable core. andreana even made a guest appearance on the level with the Father hiding in the corner. abyssal hunters are so good

Clarste
Apr 15, 2013

Just how many mistakes have you suffered on the way here?

An uncountable number, to be sure.
I've been using the Penguin Logistics squad which isn't too bad with Texas2 but sometimes they get overwhelmed because Sora is their only healing.

Tangents
Aug 23, 2008

Jinnigan posted:

i blew through all of the EX levels and CM in one sitting. lemme tell ya: that gladiia/skalter/spalter trio makes an impenetrable core. andreana even made a guest appearance on the level with the Father hiding in the corner. abyssal hunters are so good

With the removal of the alter/original restriction, I went into these stages with those three plus Skadi classic, who was a perfect fit for the cleaners. back to the good old days of fighting bosses with skadi's big swings...

BisbyWorl
Jan 12, 2019

Knowledge is pain plus observation.


My wish is for base Specter to get some form of Hunter synergy with her module just to make Hunter Gaming even more cracked.

The Moon Monster
Dec 30, 2005

I finished the trimmed badge for IS3. The difficulty increase is gradual but you really do end up having to change up your strategy. Horn becomes a real MVP for the boss 1 stage.

Also shout out to Wrath of the Sui for being an hilariously terrible item for that floor 5 stage with all the seaborn flowers and nearly costing me my difficulty 7 run :argh:

Redmark
Dec 11, 2012

This one's for you, Morph.
-Evo 2013
I'm only at difficulty 5 but I think my mistake has been going for the Last Knight. That fight just sucks and I hate the gimmick and all of those runs would have finished any other boss easily.

The Moon Monster posted:

I finished the trimmed badge for IS3. The difficulty increase is gradual but you really do end up having to change up your strategy. Horn becomes a real MVP for the boss 1 stage.

Also shout out to Wrath of the Sui for being an hilariously terrible item for that floor 5 stage with all the seaborn flowers and nearly costing me my difficulty 7 run :argh:
It's also a terrible item for going into the stage with the flagbearers. Of course you could always turn down the Sarkaz girl, but I forgot what her stage actually was.

The Moon Monster
Dec 30, 2005

Redmark posted:

I'm only at difficulty 5 but I think my mistake has been going for the Last Knight. That fight just sucks and I hate the gimmick and all of those runs would have finished any other boss easily.

It's also a terrible item for going into the stage with the flagbearers. Of course you could always turn down the Sarkaz girl, but I forgot what her stage actually was.

It took me til my third attempt on that stage to not gently caress up and spontaneously annihilate myself. I don't think I've seen it appear since. If you destroy all the chests the reward is 30 ingots, which honestly feels a bit underwhelming.

Jinnigan
Feb 12, 2007

We shall pay him a visit. There will be a picnic. Tea shall be served.

Tangents posted:

With the removal of the alter/original restriction, I went into these stages with those three plus Skadi classic, who was a perfect fit for the cleaners. back to the good old days of fighting bosses with skadi's big swings...

drat i thought i was happy with my abyssal team but now ive got a new (old) grail: skadi normal (not alter)

BisbyWorl
Jan 12, 2019

Knowledge is pain plus observation.


Jinnigan posted:

drat i thought i was happy with my abyssal team but now ive got a new (old) grail: skadi normal (not alter)

Plus base Specter, who hits 6%/s regen with 4K HP when combined with the other hunters.

Ibblebibble
Nov 12, 2013

Tangents posted:

With the removal of the alter/original restriction, I went into these stages with those three plus Skadi classic, who was a perfect fit for the cleaners. back to the good old days of fighting bosses with skadi's big swings...

The good old days? I've been using base Skadi over Skalter for ages. Honestly I kinda forget that I have Skalter sometimes...

Redmark
Dec 11, 2012

This one's for you, Morph.
-Evo 2013
Since I haven't seen any mention of this in the thread (or just missed it), in case anyone else is blind like me, there are two new operators in the red cert store.

Einander
Sep 14, 2008

"Yeh've forged a magnificent sword."

"This one's only practice. The real sword I intend to forge will be three times longer."

"Can there really be a sword as monstrous as that in this world?"

"Yes. I can see that sword... Somewhere out there..."
Waves 7 down, IS3 Trimmed Medal obtained! Now to do Waves 0 runs for a bit while I try to get the conditionals on bosses 2 and 3 (and also do some runs with squads other than the absolute best one). Sad that I got Tulip on a winning run and never had a chance to promote them.

Cutter S1 with Concentration Disorder is goofy, because unlike most skills she starts her skill animation and then stops it if you use it with no enemies in range. So if she has Concentration Disorder automatically activating her skill she'll just keep throwing knives into the space in front of her, just waiting for some poor fool to step within four tiles of her.

Einander posted:

I know that there's a safe tile to attack the center on that map near your base and I could have sworn the two top-center ranged tiles can safely attack the top-left and top-right spawns, and I don't think the Emergency Operation increases their range or makes them move immediately. The bottom-left is the only spawn that requires some Fast Redeploy or a rotation of melee units to take out its Throwers.

Unfortunately I was wrong on this: there's two safe spots, top-center and right-middle. The space to the right of top-center is in range of the top-right thrower spawn, but the one in top-center can attack that spawn safely. So there's two ranged safe spots and two Throwers that you've got to figure out something for.

Redmark posted:

Since I haven't seen any mention of this in the thread (or just missed it), in case anyone else is blind like me, there are two new operators in the red cert store.

It's a shame that neither of them seems worth the certs. Quartz's archetype is awkward and doesn't really have a good use case right now, and Qaniplaat is going to be most supplanted by an upcoming six-star with the same anti-air/Levitate design. QP does have more of a support focus with the CC on S2 and Arts damage boost to all aerial enemies in his range, but Ho'olheyak seems to do much more damage.

(I'll get max potential on both eventually, but that's because I've been doing that for all the other red cert operators, not because it's actually a good idea.)

Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

https://twitter.com/oyuki_gms/status/1664166294021873664/photo/3

Ibblebibble
Nov 12, 2013

Looking into my crystal ball for the funniest possible gacha banner...

5*: Lemuen
6*: Lemuen 2: Now She's Standing Up

Mymla
Aug 12, 2010
7*: Kroos 3: Eyes open.

SyntheticPolygon
Dec 20, 2013

Lemuen’s power level should be higher in the wheelchair tbh

Leraika
Jun 14, 2015

Luckily, I *did* save your old avatar. Fucked around and found out indeed.
It took me a shamefully long amount of time to realize that wasn't a crossover character; the halo and wings were really hard to make out so he just looked like A Dude.

The Moon Monster
Dec 30, 2005

He does look weirdly non-Arknightsy, for some reason.

Mymla
Aug 12, 2010
He looks like an isekai/harem anime protagonist.

LornMarkus
Nov 8, 2011

Yup, much as he did appear in Guiding Ahead (he was Executor's coworker who was weirded out by him) he definitely looks just slightly off. Honestly I spent awhile scrolling through the Twitter posts just to find a regular CN update person just to confirm it was real rather than a fake someone mocked up.

Ibblebibble
Nov 12, 2013

SAGA OUTFIT THIS IS NOT A DRILL I REPEAT THIS IS NOT A DRILL

also 6* reaper Executor who could have guessed that

edit: 5* geek the heck, no Lemuen is also surprising

Ibblebibble fucked around with this message at 04:11 on Jun 2, 2023

Mix.
Jan 24, 2021

Huh? What?


executor alter is exactly just for me considering he's one of my favorite characters in AK, fuuuuuuck :argh:

Ibblebibble
Nov 12, 2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtrZb9HLLgQ

SyntheticPolygon
Dec 20, 2013

New Saga art rules.

Ibblebibble
Nov 12, 2013

Honestly all the new costumes are incredibly drippy.

SyntheticPolygon
Dec 20, 2013

Actually best part of trailer was framing it like the new 5* is stunning Ambriel for tax evasion

Einander
Sep 14, 2008

"Yeh've forged a magnificent sword."

"This one's only practice. The real sword I intend to forge will be three times longer."

"Can there really be a sword as monstrous as that in this world?"

"Yes. I can see that sword... Somewhere out there..."
I didn't expect Lemuen to become an Operator here. IIRC, she took up a fairly high position in Laterano at the end of Guide Ahead. That seemed like a cue she was going on fairly long-term NPC status.

Excited for the Saga outfit with all of her dream selves from the scroll. I don't expect the other Sagas to show up in her various skills but that would be amazing. I'm interested to see what they do with the new Reaper; considering Insider's talent I'm expecting him to have ammo, so that should at the very least produce some cool attack animations.

The Moon Monster
Dec 30, 2005

Aak and Fiammetta finally get some company in the geek class, looks like.

Brutal Garcon
Nov 2, 2014



Anyone else getting error 403 when they try to log in today, or does this app just hate me?

Ibblebibble
Nov 12, 2013

There was a 1 hour maint earlier today, were you trying to log on during that or something?

Brutal Garcon
Nov 2, 2014



Nope. Still getting it now.

Must be a problem with my connection - which is weird as the rest of the internet is fine

Malloc Voidstar
May 7, 2007

Fuck the cowboys. Unf. Fuck em hard.

Brutal Garcon posted:

Anyone else getting error 403 when they try to log in today, or does this app just hate me?
403 is "Forbidden" so your IP address might be filthy, are you on a VPN? or try switching to mobile data
also try doing Clear Cache -> Resources Recover on the main screen

Lord Koth
Jan 8, 2012

Something about 6* Executor is mildly bothering me - I think it's the face. Basically I'm looking back at his 5* version, and compared to that his face here looks a bit... younger? more bishified?

Not a huge deal or anything, it's just niggling at me.

Leraika
Jun 14, 2015

Luckily, I *did* save your old avatar. Fucked around and found out indeed.
I guess he could be younger executor like lavalter and krooster are older?

SyntheticPolygon
Dec 20, 2013

He just prettied up for his 6*

Ibblebibble
Nov 12, 2013

6* budget pays for a makeup artist and a more professional photographer in a studio.

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Ibblebibble
Nov 12, 2013



quote:

Spuria
5* Specialist [Geek]
Trait

Continually loses HP

Talent 1

Attacks have a chance to activate one of the following effects:
- Attack deals 2 hits
- Stun the target for a short duration
- Ignore a portion of the target's DEF

Skill 1

After deployment, increase Attack Speed for a certain duration

Skill 2

When skill is active, grant the following effects to self and a Sniper operator ahead:
Increase ATK and Attack Speed, attacks have a chance inflict self-Stun for several seconds

Love her freak-rear end kit lmao

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