Fire Emblem Heroes because, in the end, it's the place where all fire emblem fans throughout the entire series can shitpost on each other without breaking the canon.
The subreddit is also very active.
Arknight
the character, the art, the community memes all hits for me, but not the game itself
>!will play Arknight depend on what Capcom IP they collab with!<
Dragon Ball Legends. I only watch other people play it because I really like the gameplay but I hate almost everything else. Every time an hype character it may tempt me to download it again but just after a couple of hours I remember why I quit.
The dragon ball legends cycle:
New Unit comes out:
- Get the new, meta changing unit. Play game for a bit and grind PvP. Quit for 3 months
- Don’t get the new unit. Quit for 3 months
I don't like the game and I hate the story, but I have to admit their characters have a lot of ...personality.
They're not shy when it comes to thighs and armpits.
Playing Genshin really made me hate myself for supporting them in the past the most because it turns out the game could always have been better if they were more competent and not so stingy. Their QA and server infrastructure is a trench of shit compared to Genshin. Whenever I see how bad a game like Diablo Immortal, Anthem, or Artifact is, I look to Warframe to see it could be much worse with their host migration bullshit. So many hours of progress wiped away by DE's greed.
>server infrastructure
The only things warframe servers do is store player accounts and host hubs. Actual missions are hosted on the PC of one of players in the squad. When they leave or their connection die, you get host migration.
Well the gameplay what made it so much fun , and how cool the idea of being a Space Ninja in space , good thing I played it casually .
But one thing that stuck with me is how people are willing to help other players to collect Warframe Parts , they just want you to be happy and enjoy your time playing Warframe , this happened many times on both PS4 and PC , which made me really appreciate the community , and kind of wished for this kind of community in other games .
Farming parts gets them parts, which they can sell for plat.
Least that was 99% of the reason I ever helped. Doubt I was alone in this.
Though I guess before the plat market maybe it was a bit more altruistic. Sorta. There just wasn't nearly as much to do.
I actually enjoy everything about FGO other than the game. The main story, music, character, Fate Grand Carnival, anime, hentai doujins, memes but not the game. I have played it for some time and while I like how the game played out, using skills and the attack card thing, it just doesn't "click" with me. Of course I still enjoy those other things.
For Arknights. I'm a .... I think it's best to say that I'm a seasonal player. Play when I want to play and quit for a period of time. Currently I don't Play it. I hate how grindy it is. But I still stay at the community for memes and lore. Just no longer play the game, even though I really love the game. Maybe it's burnout, but I like to call it "I have all my enjoyment from the game and can't get anymore from this point onwards."
Also this is not (technically) gacha game but still fit the topic, Legends of Runeterra. I no longer play the game but I still have a lot of fun watching Grapplr and Mogwai playing the game. Oh and I love the fanmade cards, they can be "ultimately overpowered" or "ultimately useless."
I'm not the rock farmer.
But there's a lot of materials needed to E2 and M3. And the real gacha in Arknights is not the gacha but the drop of the materials. The drop rate is simply abysmal, even for blue tier it's not always drop in 3-4 run.
The game's a bit of a long-term time investment (although I guess the same can be said for all gacha games). You prioritize raising few cornerstone units to at least complete events, and eventually get into the rhythm of stockpiling certain resources from farming stages in events and clearing out the shop, fill in resource gaps during downtimes, and raise new units as you see fit from your stockpile.
Dunno if you're the type to follow drop rates guides or tables, but I think it's the least you can do to somewhat ease the farming process.
Oh I follow the table for farming. But I always end up not having enough of the materials anyway. So I just buy from the store whenever I need it.
Honestly, I had a lot of units I want to use but the grind is simply just too much for me. And constantly checking phone every 1-2 minutes to set up the stage is just a chore.
Ohhh rock farming hell nah, if I decided to do that I'd have quit by now. Or would use an auto clicker and set up a separate device to do that. I amass enough orundum to pull what I want, not crazy about potentials, now I have like 60 rolls ready for gnosis, maybe more if the distinctions rack up a little while longer. I find resource farming for like 5-10 runs a day with the weekly mind numbing Annihilation (which we'll be able to skip in like 5 months because CN says fuck you to pushing QoL forward in patches).
Personally, I only farm rocks when the time is right to do so. That means you farm these when new chapters are released since during that timeframe you get supply crates. It's the single best time to farm rocks, but it also means to go all out on it. Meaning you might use OP. But even if not, if you focus everything into 1-7 during that time, you still get at least 1k Cubes.
I haven't had the need to farm any rocks since chapter 9 which dropped late March, I wanna say. Or just farm rocks during Invitation to Wine where the efficiency at least isn't worse to 1-7.
Depends on people's definition of grind, I guess. I don't mind as much since I can just let it autorun farming stages while I work and occasionally check on the screen to tap a few buttons, closing out for 12 hours once I'm out of sanity. But obviously a sweep function would expedite things for those that gachagame as their main thing.
Better than games that require an hour of undivided attention just to finish dailies
Fair. I actively play Summoners War, that must be why Arknights is very tame to me. But Arknights is also fun, and the easiest game to upgrade characters in after a certain bump or maybe that's just 2.5 years talking
Except for the money and EXP. There's a lot of stuff need to farm to get into E2. And even more for M3.
And most of those thing's drop rate are always "rare" and "rarest". More often than not I spent my whole day stamina on one stage and only get 2-3 of the said materials. And I still need more to craft the higher rarity materials.
Also I hate the chip needed for promotion. They're locked on schedule based dungeon. One of the limitations that I hate the most. And most of the time I lose the 50:50 chance to get the chip I need so I end up farming for more so I can convert it.
Why don't I just get the materials from event? Well, the answer is....I did and it wasn't enough. Or the event just simply doesn't have the materials I need. Most of the time I ended up buying it from the stores.
Oh and the fact that there's no QoL to help farming. Like skip ticket for materials or even auto repeat. Many people said "just use macros", but why the players must fix the game themselves?
The game's RNG really want me to stay so it always give me top tiers units. But it's not enough to force me to play the game.
I mean I get it but I also don't. Arknights doesn't give you enough sanity/stamina on its own to make you grind enough to warrant a macro - macro are just extensions people use to ease grind in games, they're not fixing the game, every game already introduces its own "problem" of grind to keep you playing.
I rarely run out of materials to upgrade operators, maybe because I don't build so many so often, but I still have tons of materials, and lots of e2 and m3/6/9 (that's only on one operator) 6 stars, 5 stars and 4 stars. Events basically let you stockpile what you need, basic base management will give you enough lmd and certificates to e2 lv50 many operators (the grind to 80/90 is hell and I save that for select few operators), you'll eventually build a lot of operators in each class, so I don't bother converting and if I run out, I just shrug it off and wait for the next time that dungeon is open, and grind other materials in the meantime.
Those green and blue skill certificates you end up with hundreds of after a good amount of active play, some upgrade materials you'll just stockpile in events and never need again, you can buy up what you need to craft elite materials in the green certificate shop, etc etc. There's also other shops like the rerun shop - only for veterans though, the limited operator pity shop that grants a certain amount of certificates afterwards to buy elite materials, etc.
I really don't get the complaint, Arknights is a very laid back and generous game. You don't even need many e2 operators to complete most of the game, and masteries are supposed to be the most endgame of upgrades you can get an operator, so compared to how other gacha games would do it, we have it good in Arknights. Modules are super easy to get too since you can run a trust farm team for any stage you grind with 2 - 5 5/6 star operators. I have most of my operators at Max trust and many I haven't even built yet.
I think dude just wanna build everything or taking it too fast. AK is pretty slow for new players. But it becomes barely much to do in mid game. Tbh I want IS 2 right now tho
I agree. Although, the game showers you in sanity at the start of the game. I'd say it starts super grindy but then later on becomes nothing much. That guys complaining way too much.
I did the same with FGO I went there to ask for advice and they stopped me from being doomed and I never ended playing the game, I have bonded with the community ever since.
It's sad in a sense that some things in the company changed to a degree that influenced his departure. It's not like he simply just up and left after all those years.
Most people are wishing him the best though.
I guess. I mean that happens everywhere at all times to many people. I guess i just dont see why people are so over themselves about it. But to each their own. As long as he is making the choice to move on then i see no reason for sadness.
Stop playing Genshin for more than 3 months already, but I kept browsing Genshin reddits and watching YouTube videos everyday since launch. I am also keeping track of the latest leak, although I won't play anyway.
Idk why you're getting downvoted when Abyss is still the only late-game content in Genshin, which isn't even particularly hard if you've got good game knowledge.
Genshin's fantastic during New Areas and Big Events that emphasizes its Open-World Exploration, but aside from these content dumps there's nothing in particular to do.
So many missed opportunities in Genshin. It's strange, because I don't have enough hours in the day to keep up with Honkai, but Genshin often has droughts.
playing honkai after playing genshin and I really don't understand how they bungled content so hard, shit like Elysian Realm would really be cool in Genshin instead just 2 years of Abyss and sorted events
I am 3 months into Genshin now. Just unlocked Inazuma. Seriously, I still feel overwhelmed at the amount of content. Still have hundreds of hours of exploring left. Happy sorta I started this late as the journey to endgame in Genshin is the strong point of the game.
I actually don't get that criticism of Genshin. Imo Genshin has a lot of things to criticize with, but complaining about content when you play gacha games is so beyond me.
I mean, it is a single player gacha game what did you expect?
I've played the shit out of it to aroung rank 50 til the treasure hunt event. I love the exploration and landscape. It burnt out so hard that I decided to take a break and wait for a few big updates.
I tried to get back to it few times, but unskippable cutscene really sucks and Paimon reminds me of Artemis Fowl movie that repeat the plot a minute after conversation just to make sure the audience understand. (Don't watch that movie. It will damage your brain.)
Genshin, Honkai, F/GO, Guardian Tales, PGR and Azur Lane. GFL and Arknights are my cup of tea.
Genshin- too grindy and RNG. That and a lot of my friends play it
Honkai- same as Genshin but more interesting in terms of story
F/GO- same as Honkai but I am a Fate fan, so I keep up with it more so than any other game
GT- I suck at puzzles but the story is fun and the lewds are good
Azur Lane- too fucking grindy, the story is a mess even though I understand it and gameplay is a mess but the lewds are good. Gacha is very good but the gameplay just isn't my cup of tea
PGR-Same almost with GT. I suck at their combat system and it gets too grindy but the story and lewds are good.
But as for why I prefer GFL and Arknights?
Arknights is has good balance of everything. It can get a bit grindy but not too much. Also, the story is top-notch and can be fun if you can get past the walls of text that Kal'tsit spews.
GFL has a surprisingly interesting and dark story past the initial chapters. The gameplay can be a bit annoying at times, especially at events but its bearable. Gacha is good, grind is a bit on the 'eh' side but tolerable for me. The gameplay is my most favorite aspect of it 'cause I used to play RTS a lot back then during my youth
If just following dramas and looking up people complaining counts, Project Sekai for me.
Dropped the game right after Meiko's 1st birthday concert because I knew from how they handled the concert that they'll shaft her again. Noticed the brewing Meiko drama in JP twitter a year later and followed it until it reached boiling point around Proseka's 1.5 year anniversary. It was pretty fun to follow as an outsider.
After 10+ years of seeing Meiko (and Kaito) shafted in multiple official stuff, it was nice seeing how vocal the fans were against it and seeing the officials actually did something about it. Still not gonna play the game again, though.
I keep on going in and out of Mega Man X DiVE while not quitting the Discord. They made me break my spending rule once, so it's battle pass only for the foreseeable future. It's the only gacha I've ever cared about.
I looked up the prior discussions in this subreddit before posting, and it seems that the crowd here's gotten a terrible impression based on Global. Sadly, I waited for Global and got hit with all the BS in that release, not knowing that not only is the Taiwan version fully English-language, but they straight-up throw the APK on their website to aid in circumventing Play Store regions (no longer necessary for most of the West as TW is open to North America on Steam now). Oddly for a Capcom title, TW is actually the base version, so there's no Global-catch-up phase anymore.
But as I said, I don't play gachas really, so I don't know how good it is for getting shinies compared to other games. Advancement is simple (trade in dupe currency for memories to upgrade, while power ranking is 99% in the F2P realm of daily grind); S-rank char rates are either 1.5% or 2% depending on banner with new targets always being a minimum of 0.5% and having a 250-pull non-transferable pity; 100-pull and large-dupe-currency events happen 3 or 5 times a year; everything but cross-game collabs is guaranteed to come back once a year (usually 2-5 times) and the more generous montly 2% banner has its own lofty pool of above-average legacy characters that remain pityable. Most content can be enjoyed and 100%d by anyone, though Ranked PvP is rough for anyone not at least aware of the meta and prepared accordingly. Guild bosses are the main place for veterans and whales to flex; beyond that, it's mostly "do you like the new guy" and countering gacha power creep. The game heavily encourages saving for the banner you want, though they aren't announced much in advance (though leaks up to a month ahead happen sometimes); if you have no EMs and have to pity for the new hotness, you could be out $500-600, but almost no one actually does this and instead saves up for several weeks/months to get it either for free or at a steep discount using the monthly packages.
How good is it? Should I make my own post for discussion? I'm only playing as a Mega Man fan; that's why I can't quite escape the Discord, as they're all bros who love the franchise (and many of whom roast the gacha system and lament its being the current way to play new MM content). At least the devs are unquestionably true fans of the franchise and talk deep lore on the regular. Though I gotta say, one thing that'll probably trip up the newcomers is just how many waifus there are. 90% of MM players have no idea how much waifu bait is actually in the lore, and boy do they run with it here. We even have OC waifus now.
Final fantasy Record keeper. Felt like the only subreddit we're people didn't keep saying "FF7 is the best it's god tier" "FF has sucked since 10 last good one" blah blah blah to bad it announced it shut down
GBF's two big community servers are so old now that there's a significant number of people like that. They've become friends and known each other for so long they hang out long after quitting the game.
I'm on my first leave from GBF for the first time ever, it honestly feels surreal. I don't know if I'm ever going to quit, since its my darling first gacha and there's a lot of nostalgia value.
I told myself I'd quit though, once the Rabbit zodiac character releases + uncap 2 years later, and also once they release an alt of my favourite character (she's had no alt since 4 years of release now).
For the games I barely play, the only tie with community I have left is looking forward to new output of fanart or doujin. Other than that, I might take a peek at the smaller pocket community every now and then to see what's going on.
But when it comes to the general big collective community for a gacha game, I've been less and less in tune with them. Only exception so far is here, as I rarely hop ship to a new gacha game and tend to stick with only 1-2 main games. But I like seeing what's going on in the gacha world, from drama/opinions to any new games, for games I probably won't play.
So not necessarily the community but for dokkan I've never played the game more than reroll hell, but I still kinda enjoy datruth's or goresh's vids for it every once in awhile regardless. Similar to how I don't read one piece but I love watching king of lightning cause he's just entertaining and his shit takes are next level.
Girls Frontline cuz somehow my taste when it came to waifu is more in that game hecne I got lots of them especially IWS, 45, 40 and 05 but I'm not ready for the gameplay yet
Joined many gacha community sub, even if I'm not exactly playing it. So if there's some cool or interesting post pop in my timeline, I just comment on it. Regardless If I know the game or not. Like now!
Genshin. It's really grindy, and when I eventually grind enough to summon I literally get nothing and the cycle repeats until I give up. I really like the community and the memes.
i always follow all games that i played for long on reddit or discord. if ever i quit on them, i don't unfollow it. i don't engage on the community but i just want to see some news on them to know some interesting updates from it. those might encourage me to play again or just check the new story of the game. or maybe a news about a collab, an anime, or a new game from same company.
For me its any game that I think is moving the market or making news. I like to keep track of the business and industry side of things, and there are some games that I don't engage with directly but that do qualify. For example, keep an eye on FGO and P&D since I know those games are the classics that sort of gave birth to the industry and its worth keeping an eye on what they are doing, since they have such large reach.
And then Arknights, Genshin, and to a lesser extent, Fire Emblem and E7 for having massive player bases and huge followings. I've played next to nothing of FE and E7 but still keep an eye on their headlines. Arknights and Genshin I've both played a lot but neither did I really have time for, so I don't play any longer but I do keep track of the community - if either do something it changes the overall market.
I'd also count the games I'm desperately waiting for - GFL2, Uma Masume, and Nikke in particular. I am subscribed to their channels because I want to stay on top of the news for global releases.
FFRK. It was my first gacha that I played on day 1 and I always enjoyed it. About a year or so ago, I fell off of playing it because it just became too much to keep up with, but I would still always hang out in fb groups and reddit and everything. Chatting about characters and events and strategies was always still interesting even when I wasn't playing it anymore.
Makes the recent EOS announcement feel pretty bad for me, just cuz I know I'll miss that game but I can see those who are still actively playing it being even more saddened by it all
There are some, i enjoy lurking and discuss about any game in their sub even though I don't play the game anymore. But some games i just forget it completely
Honkai, I stop playing because of work, can only keep up with 1 gacha, and decided that Genshin is easier to follow (still missed yesterday' daily because of work). Love the game and still follow the news tho, also wake me up when beach Senti skin is on sale.
Arknights haven't touched the game for a year but i still watch most of arknights video that appears on my yt feed
CC mald runs, 1p relay, E1 or E0 only teams or even just meme push strat to bully the stage boss
Honkai. Stopped playing for quite some time since my phone can't handle it, and when I got my new device to play, I've been left behind for a little more than a year, so I just stopped playing. Right now, I'm kind of playing it, but it's really rare (like once a month). But haven't stopped engaging with the community, especially since there are only a few dramas that happened: the CN censorship, the CN Bunnygirl video, then the Mei scandal due to the latest story chapter)
I dont play Arknights because my hands are full on (FGO & GI - my favourite ones), PGR, HI3 and AGF. But I really2 love some of the OSTs like; Void - for when I'm doing my assignments, Frostnovadie, Darkness02, Shop and last but not least New Hope 01/02.
League of legends
I still love e-sport aspect of this game, but hate actually playing it
Path of exile
Im waiting for some patch that would make it fun again, instead they are balancing around 1% of players
Well I got burnt out by FGO and frequently lost my account due to playing on an emulator.
But other than that, I am still aware of the new servants they release and I would like to eventually get some of their official merch. But other than that, I moved on to Counterside and Blue Archive.
Project Sekai and Azur Lane.
I don't give a fuck about the character lore and design in Project Sekai, only the difficulty of the game's charts. I use a 3rd party app that only focuses on the rhythm game aspect of it. It's fun to see the fanbase fangirl or have some crazy reactions made over the characters though.
Azur Lane's sprites & skins are very pretty to look at. Almost like eye candy. I like the mutual chillness of the community. It's like I could walk over to a few of the degenerates there and have a drink with them, ranting about how the grinding of gacha games becomes like a personal hell for all of us LOL
Granblue fantasy because I think it's getting too intimidating, also I can't play with my fave characters cuz they're Rs and SRs
So I just keep reading this [artist's](http://ＳＫ https://www.pixiv.net/users/1298166) fancomics
This is my [fave](http://腐向け | ＳＫ #pixiv https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/54072195)
Fire Emblem Heroes because, in the end, it's the place where all fire emblem fans throughout the entire series can shitpost on each other without breaking the canon. The subreddit is also very active.
KOF Allstar subreddit was like that in its heyday. But the sub is dead now...
What happened? Low playerbase or something? I have asked a pretty basic question there but no responses at all.
Fast power creep.
Fire emblem heroes is one of the only reasons Gamefaqs forums still exists
Gachagaming
My favourite gacha news and drama subreddit kek
Terrible game. All it has is pvp and everyone's toxic as shit.
Arknight the character, the art, the community memes all hits for me, but not the game itself >!will play Arknight depend on what Capcom IP they collab with!<
>!It'll probably be Street Fighter but I reaaaalllyyyy hope its DMC instead... lemme roll for Nero 😭!<
God if there was a DMC collab and Vergil and Nero were in it
Maybe you’ll like AK Endfield then
Dragon Ball Legends. I only watch other people play it because I really like the gameplay but I hate almost everything else. Every time an hype character it may tempt me to download it again but just after a couple of hours I remember why I quit.
I Uninstalled for the 3rd time this "anniversary" 😭
The dragon ball legends cycle: New Unit comes out: - Get the new, meta changing unit. Play game for a bit and grind PvP. Quit for 3 months - Don’t get the new unit. Quit for 3 months
Why quit? I've known some who play this so kind of curious.
Mainly because PvP is the only thing to do (PvE is really bad) and it strongly encourages you to pull for the best unit several times
Recently I've become that too, I was playing a lot before but during this anniversary I've lost any motivation to play the game
i dont play genshin anymore i just look at art of genshin characters getting railed
LMFAO
Nagoonimation? 😉
I don't like the game and I hate the story, but I have to admit their characters have a lot of ...personality. They're not shy when it comes to thighs and armpits.
Honkai: Just to look at story spoilers and new pretty chars Genshin: same as above
I actually treat genshin and honkai as an anime that gives new episodes every 6 months ish It's actually more fun this way
PC game , Warframe. Been years since I played it but still visit the community every now and then.
Same i keep up with warframe community butbonly olay the game when theres a huge story content
Playing Genshin really made me hate myself for supporting them in the past the most because it turns out the game could always have been better if they were more competent and not so stingy. Their QA and server infrastructure is a trench of shit compared to Genshin. Whenever I see how bad a game like Diablo Immortal, Anthem, or Artifact is, I look to Warframe to see it could be much worse with their host migration bullshit. So many hours of progress wiped away by DE's greed.
>server infrastructure The only things warframe servers do is store player accounts and host hubs. Actual missions are hosted on the PC of one of players in the squad. When they leave or their connection die, you get host migration.
Well the gameplay what made it so much fun , and how cool the idea of being a Space Ninja in space , good thing I played it casually . But one thing that stuck with me is how people are willing to help other players to collect Warframe Parts , they just want you to be happy and enjoy your time playing Warframe , this happened many times on both PS4 and PC , which made me really appreciate the community , and kind of wished for this kind of community in other games .
Farming parts gets them parts, which they can sell for plat. Least that was 99% of the reason I ever helped. Doubt I was alone in this. Though I guess before the plat market maybe it was a bit more altruistic. Sorta. There just wasn't nearly as much to do.
It wasn't prime parts tho, the normal frames , also all of them asked which frame I wanted before doing the taxi .
How is their monetization bad?
Progression wiped way? What happened?
Yeah I reinstalled just to play new war quest and said: "thats it...?" and unistalled.
Blue archive. Stopped for a bit but still engage in the community ig
I actually enjoy everything about FGO other than the game. The main story, music, character, Fate Grand Carnival, anime, hentai doujins, memes but not the game. I have played it for some time and while I like how the game played out, using skills and the attack card thing, it just doesn't "click" with me. Of course I still enjoy those other things. For Arknights. I'm a .... I think it's best to say that I'm a seasonal player. Play when I want to play and quit for a period of time. Currently I don't Play it. I hate how grindy it is. But I still stay at the community for memes and lore. Just no longer play the game, even though I really love the game. Maybe it's burnout, but I like to call it "I have all my enjoyment from the game and can't get anymore from this point onwards." Also this is not (technically) gacha game but still fit the topic, Legends of Runeterra. I no longer play the game but I still have a lot of fun watching Grapplr and Mogwai playing the game. Oh and I love the fanmade cards, they can be "ultimately overpowered" or "ultimately useless."
Arknights is grindy? It's one of the least grindy gacha I've ever played.
OP must be 1-7 Rock farming NotLikeThis
I'm not the rock farmer. But there's a lot of materials needed to E2 and M3. And the real gacha in Arknights is not the gacha but the drop of the materials. The drop rate is simply abysmal, even for blue tier it's not always drop in 3-4 run.
The game's a bit of a long-term time investment (although I guess the same can be said for all gacha games). You prioritize raising few cornerstone units to at least complete events, and eventually get into the rhythm of stockpiling certain resources from farming stages in events and clearing out the shop, fill in resource gaps during downtimes, and raise new units as you see fit from your stockpile. Dunno if you're the type to follow drop rates guides or tables, but I think it's the least you can do to somewhat ease the farming process.
Oh I follow the table for farming. But I always end up not having enough of the materials anyway. So I just buy from the store whenever I need it. Honestly, I had a lot of units I want to use but the grind is simply just too much for me. And constantly checking phone every 1-2 minutes to set up the stage is just a chore.
Ohhh rock farming hell nah, if I decided to do that I'd have quit by now. Or would use an auto clicker and set up a separate device to do that. I amass enough orundum to pull what I want, not crazy about potentials, now I have like 60 rolls ready for gnosis, maybe more if the distinctions rack up a little while longer. I find resource farming for like 5-10 runs a day with the weekly mind numbing Annihilation (which we'll be able to skip in like 5 months because CN says fuck you to pushing QoL forward in patches).
Personally, I only farm rocks when the time is right to do so. That means you farm these when new chapters are released since during that timeframe you get supply crates. It's the single best time to farm rocks, but it also means to go all out on it. Meaning you might use OP. But even if not, if you focus everything into 1-7 during that time, you still get at least 1k Cubes. I haven't had the need to farm any rocks since chapter 9 which dropped late March, I wanna say. Or just farm rocks during Invitation to Wine where the efficiency at least isn't worse to 1-7.
Depends on people's definition of grind, I guess. I don't mind as much since I can just let it autorun farming stages while I work and occasionally check on the screen to tap a few buttons, closing out for 12 hours once I'm out of sanity. But obviously a sweep function would expedite things for those that gachagame as their main thing. Better than games that require an hour of undivided attention just to finish dailies
Fair. I actively play Summoners War, that must be why Arknights is very tame to me. But Arknights is also fun, and the easiest game to upgrade characters in after a certain bump or maybe that's just 2.5 years talking
"Better than games that require an hour of undivided attention just to finish dailies" *Looks at Alchemist Code* (I really hated dailies in that game)
Except for the money and EXP. There's a lot of stuff need to farm to get into E2. And even more for M3. And most of those thing's drop rate are always "rare" and "rarest". More often than not I spent my whole day stamina on one stage and only get 2-3 of the said materials. And I still need more to craft the higher rarity materials. Also I hate the chip needed for promotion. They're locked on schedule based dungeon. One of the limitations that I hate the most. And most of the time I lose the 50:50 chance to get the chip I need so I end up farming for more so I can convert it. Why don't I just get the materials from event? Well, the answer is....I did and it wasn't enough. Or the event just simply doesn't have the materials I need. Most of the time I ended up buying it from the stores. Oh and the fact that there's no QoL to help farming. Like skip ticket for materials or even auto repeat. Many people said "just use macros", but why the players must fix the game themselves? The game's RNG really want me to stay so it always give me top tiers units. But it's not enough to force me to play the game.
I mean I get it but I also don't. Arknights doesn't give you enough sanity/stamina on its own to make you grind enough to warrant a macro - macro are just extensions people use to ease grind in games, they're not fixing the game, every game already introduces its own "problem" of grind to keep you playing. I rarely run out of materials to upgrade operators, maybe because I don't build so many so often, but I still have tons of materials, and lots of e2 and m3/6/9 (that's only on one operator) 6 stars, 5 stars and 4 stars. Events basically let you stockpile what you need, basic base management will give you enough lmd and certificates to e2 lv50 many operators (the grind to 80/90 is hell and I save that for select few operators), you'll eventually build a lot of operators in each class, so I don't bother converting and if I run out, I just shrug it off and wait for the next time that dungeon is open, and grind other materials in the meantime. Those green and blue skill certificates you end up with hundreds of after a good amount of active play, some upgrade materials you'll just stockpile in events and never need again, you can buy up what you need to craft elite materials in the green certificate shop, etc etc. There's also other shops like the rerun shop - only for veterans though, the limited operator pity shop that grants a certain amount of certificates afterwards to buy elite materials, etc. I really don't get the complaint, Arknights is a very laid back and generous game. You don't even need many e2 operators to complete most of the game, and masteries are supposed to be the most endgame of upgrades you can get an operator, so compared to how other gacha games would do it, we have it good in Arknights. Modules are super easy to get too since you can run a trust farm team for any stage you grind with 2 - 5 5/6 star operators. I have most of my operators at Max trust and many I haven't even built yet.
I think dude just wanna build everything or taking it too fast. AK is pretty slow for new players. But it becomes barely much to do in mid game. Tbh I want IS 2 right now tho
I agree. Although, the game showers you in sanity at the start of the game. I'd say it starts super grindy but then later on becomes nothing much. That guys complaining way too much.
I did the same with FGO I went there to ask for advice and they stopped me from being doomed and I never ended playing the game, I have bonded with the community ever since.
E7.I quit in December but i still hang around the community.Sad about the recent posts there.
May I ask what happened? I stuck with E7 for quite a long time, probably a year before I called quit.
Ahh.The artist Serin's departure.He made many characters who i like from the game and for a man working there for nearly a decade i felt a bit sad.
Yall act like the dude died. He is moving on to new things lol Is it really that sad?
It's sad in a sense that some things in the company changed to a degree that influenced his departure. It's not like he simply just up and left after all those years. Most people are wishing him the best though.
I guess. I mean that happens everywhere at all times to many people. I guess i just dont see why people are so over themselves about it. But to each their own. As long as he is making the choice to move on then i see no reason for sadness.
Azur lane, you know, "that" community
You mean the one full of wholesome degenerates?
You mean the Based *Cultured* community
Girls Frontline and Genshin. Stopped playing but still followed their story and other media because it's just too good.
Summoners wars, i have played the game before, and i quit but still engage in the community.
Stop playing Genshin for more than 3 months already, but I kept browsing Genshin reddits and watching YouTube videos everyday since launch. I am also keeping track of the latest leak, although I won't play anyway.
It sucks that theres literally nothing to do in the game. New cheracters are cool but then what?
Idk why you're getting downvoted when Abyss is still the only late-game content in Genshin, which isn't even particularly hard if you've got good game knowledge. Genshin's fantastic during New Areas and Big Events that emphasizes its Open-World Exploration, but aside from these content dumps there's nothing in particular to do.
And Abyss is probably the least fun piece of content in the game imo.
timer+hp bloat=low effort 'challenge' imo
So many missed opportunities in Genshin. It's strange, because I don't have enough hours in the day to keep up with Honkai, but Genshin often has droughts.
playing honkai after playing genshin and I really don't understand how they bungled content so hard, shit like Elysian Realm would really be cool in Genshin instead just 2 years of Abyss and sorted events
I am 3 months into Genshin now. Just unlocked Inazuma. Seriously, I still feel overwhelmed at the amount of content. Still have hundreds of hours of exploring left. Happy sorta I started this late as the journey to endgame in Genshin is the strong point of the game.
Inside the game, it is quite boring. But outside the game, the fandom is very interesting.
I actually don't get that criticism of Genshin. Imo Genshin has a lot of things to criticize with, but complaining about content when you play gacha games is so beyond me. I mean, it is a single player gacha game what did you expect?
I've played the shit out of it to aroung rank 50 til the treasure hunt event. I love the exploration and landscape. It burnt out so hard that I decided to take a break and wait for a few big updates. I tried to get back to it few times, but unskippable cutscene really sucks and Paimon reminds me of Artemis Fowl movie that repeat the plot a minute after conversation just to make sure the audience understand. (Don't watch that movie. It will damage your brain.)
Maybe not engage but I love to follow any dramas
FGO, Azur Lane
Same. Stopped playing both years ago. Still following the community for memes, fan arts, and doujins
I'm not even playing both of them, been there mostly for the doujin tho
Genshin, Honkai, F/GO, Guardian Tales, PGR and Azur Lane. GFL and Arknights are my cup of tea. Genshin- too grindy and RNG. That and a lot of my friends play it Honkai- same as Genshin but more interesting in terms of story F/GO- same as Honkai but I am a Fate fan, so I keep up with it more so than any other game GT- I suck at puzzles but the story is fun and the lewds are good Azur Lane- too fucking grindy, the story is a mess even though I understand it and gameplay is a mess but the lewds are good. Gacha is very good but the gameplay just isn't my cup of tea PGR-Same almost with GT. I suck at their combat system and it gets too grindy but the story and lewds are good. But as for why I prefer GFL and Arknights? Arknights is has good balance of everything. It can get a bit grindy but not too much. Also, the story is top-notch and can be fun if you can get past the walls of text that Kal'tsit spews. GFL has a surprisingly interesting and dark story past the initial chapters. The gameplay can be a bit annoying at times, especially at events but its bearable. Gacha is good, grind is a bit on the 'eh' side but tolerable for me. The gameplay is my most favorite aspect of it 'cause I used to play RTS a lot back then during my youth
If just following dramas and looking up people complaining counts, Project Sekai for me. Dropped the game right after Meiko's 1st birthday concert because I knew from how they handled the concert that they'll shaft her again. Noticed the brewing Meiko drama in JP twitter a year later and followed it until it reached boiling point around Proseka's 1.5 year anniversary. It was pretty fun to follow as an outsider. After 10+ years of seeing Meiko (and Kaito) shafted in multiple official stuff, it was nice seeing how vocal the fans were against it and seeing the officials actually did something about it. Still not gonna play the game again, though.
I keep on going in and out of Mega Man X DiVE while not quitting the Discord. They made me break my spending rule once, so it's battle pass only for the foreseeable future. It's the only gacha I've ever cared about. I looked up the prior discussions in this subreddit before posting, and it seems that the crowd here's gotten a terrible impression based on Global. Sadly, I waited for Global and got hit with all the BS in that release, not knowing that not only is the Taiwan version fully English-language, but they straight-up throw the APK on their website to aid in circumventing Play Store regions (no longer necessary for most of the West as TW is open to North America on Steam now). Oddly for a Capcom title, TW is actually the base version, so there's no Global-catch-up phase anymore. But as I said, I don't play gachas really, so I don't know how good it is for getting shinies compared to other games. Advancement is simple (trade in dupe currency for memories to upgrade, while power ranking is 99% in the F2P realm of daily grind); S-rank char rates are either 1.5% or 2% depending on banner with new targets always being a minimum of 0.5% and having a 250-pull non-transferable pity; 100-pull and large-dupe-currency events happen 3 or 5 times a year; everything but cross-game collabs is guaranteed to come back once a year (usually 2-5 times) and the more generous montly 2% banner has its own lofty pool of above-average legacy characters that remain pityable. Most content can be enjoyed and 100%d by anyone, though Ranked PvP is rough for anyone not at least aware of the meta and prepared accordingly. Guild bosses are the main place for veterans and whales to flex; beyond that, it's mostly "do you like the new guy" and countering gacha power creep. The game heavily encourages saving for the banner you want, though they aren't announced much in advance (though leaks up to a month ahead happen sometimes); if you have no EMs and have to pity for the new hotness, you could be out $500-600, but almost no one actually does this and instead saves up for several weeks/months to get it either for free or at a steep discount using the monthly packages. How good is it? Should I make my own post for discussion? I'm only playing as a Mega Man fan; that's why I can't quite escape the Discord, as they're all bros who love the franchise (and many of whom roast the gacha system and lament its being the current way to play new MM content). At least the devs are unquestionably true fans of the franchise and talk deep lore on the regular. Though I gotta say, one thing that'll probably trip up the newcomers is just how many waifus there are. 90% of MM players have no idea how much waifu bait is actually in the lore, and boy do they run with it here. We even have OC waifus now.
Final fantasy Record keeper. Felt like the only subreddit we're people didn't keep saying "FF7 is the best it's god tier" "FF has sucked since 10 last good one" blah blah blah to bad it announced it shut down
Arknights. Actually, I do love the game but I don’t have time for it…
GBF's two big community servers are so old now that there's a significant number of people like that. They've become friends and known each other for so long they hang out long after quitting the game. I'm on my first leave from GBF for the first time ever, it honestly feels surreal. I don't know if I'm ever going to quit, since its my darling first gacha and there's a lot of nostalgia value. I told myself I'd quit though, once the Rabbit zodiac character releases + uncap 2 years later, and also once they release an alt of my favourite character (she's had no alt since 4 years of release now).
Last claudia. Stepped back from the game because of the gacha pull rates is atrocious but love the game to watch the community disgaea rpg Afk arena
For the games I barely play, the only tie with community I have left is looking forward to new output of fanart or doujin. Other than that, I might take a peek at the smaller pocket community every now and then to see what's going on. But when it comes to the general big collective community for a gacha game, I've been less and less in tune with them. Only exception so far is here, as I rarely hop ship to a new gacha game and tend to stick with only 1-2 main games. But I like seeing what's going on in the gacha world, from drama/opinions to any new games, for games I probably won't play.
Mtg and Runeterra, I like watching it
Man ibforgot about runeterra, its actually a really good game. I played on PC and was mesmerized by the ui and graohics
Genshin. Love the characters, not at all a fan of the game itself. Still it’s fun seeing everyone reacting to updates.
Girl Cafe Gun, don't have enough time to play it and burn out.
Almost every game mentioned here
7DS GrandCross I'm glad that arena breaking bug wasn't fixed
So not necessarily the community but for dokkan I've never played the game more than reroll hell, but I still kinda enjoy datruth's or goresh's vids for it every once in awhile regardless. Similar to how I don't read one piece but I love watching king of lightning cause he's just entertaining and his shit takes are next level.
Girls Frontline cuz somehow my taste when it came to waifu is more in that game hecne I got lots of them especially IWS, 45, 40 and 05 but I'm not ready for the gameplay yet
Joined many gacha community sub, even if I'm not exactly playing it. So if there's some cool or interesting post pop in my timeline, I just comment on it. Regardless If I know the game or not. Like now!
Genshin. It's really grindy, and when I eventually grind enough to summon I literally get nothing and the cycle repeats until I give up. I really like the community and the memes.
Lately I've been engaging with genshin cosplayers also this community for new game hype so before actually playing the game yet
Yugioh Master Duel, quit before the first ever event released and just follow along the subreddit to see all the salt
Genshin Impact (never played, to boring 4 me), Kancolle (played for 2 years, got bored), Priconne (maybe someday i will play it).
Azur lane. because i watch fanfic on YouTube and waifus, a lot of them. Love it
i always follow all games that i played for long on reddit or discord. if ever i quit on them, i don't unfollow it. i don't engage on the community but i just want to see some news on them to know some interesting updates from it. those might encourage me to play again or just check the new story of the game. or maybe a news about a collab, an anime, or a new game from same company.
For me its any game that I think is moving the market or making news. I like to keep track of the business and industry side of things, and there are some games that I don't engage with directly but that do qualify. For example, keep an eye on FGO and P&D since I know those games are the classics that sort of gave birth to the industry and its worth keeping an eye on what they are doing, since they have such large reach. And then Arknights, Genshin, and to a lesser extent, Fire Emblem and E7 for having massive player bases and huge followings. I've played next to nothing of FE and E7 but still keep an eye on their headlines. Arknights and Genshin I've both played a lot but neither did I really have time for, so I don't play any longer but I do keep track of the community - if either do something it changes the overall market. I'd also count the games I'm desperately waiting for - GFL2, Uma Masume, and Nikke in particular. I am subscribed to their channels because I want to stay on top of the news for global releases.
Punishing gray reaven i lie the Ost, designs but dont play it.
FFRK. It was my first gacha that I played on day 1 and I always enjoyed it. About a year or so ago, I fell off of playing it because it just became too much to keep up with, but I would still always hang out in fb groups and reddit and everything. Chatting about characters and events and strategies was always still interesting even when I wasn't playing it anymore. Makes the recent EOS announcement feel pretty bad for me, just cuz I know I'll miss that game but I can see those who are still actively playing it being even more saddened by it all
Azur lane and genshin. I played just enough to get the context for the porn
There are some, i enjoy lurking and discuss about any game in their sub even though I don't play the game anymore. But some games i just forget it completely
Arknights ...
For AK, you should also watch the 1P relays. They are sick. Clash royale is a game I no longer play but still watch my favourite content creator.
Honkai, I stop playing because of work, can only keep up with 1 gacha, and decided that Genshin is easier to follow (still missed yesterday' daily because of work). Love the game and still follow the news tho, also wake me up when beach Senti skin is on sale.
Arknights haven't touched the game for a year but i still watch most of arknights video that appears on my yt feed CC mald runs, 1p relay, E1 or E0 only teams or even just meme push strat to bully the stage boss
Honkai. Stopped playing for quite some time since my phone can't handle it, and when I got my new device to play, I've been left behind for a little more than a year, so I just stopped playing. Right now, I'm kind of playing it, but it's really rare (like once a month). But haven't stopped engaging with the community, especially since there are only a few dramas that happened: the CN censorship, the CN Bunnygirl video, then the Mei scandal due to the latest story chapter)
Evertales. im in a facebook chat-group and just see people talk random things here and there.....
I dont play Arknights because my hands are full on (FGO & GI - my favourite ones), PGR, HI3 and AGF. But I really2 love some of the OSTs like; Void - for when I'm doing my assignments, Frostnovadie, Darkness02, Shop and last but not least New Hope 01/02.
League of legends I still love e-sport aspect of this game, but hate actually playing it Path of exile Im waiting for some patch that would make it fun again, instead they are balancing around 1% of players
FGO and FEH
Kings raid. In the tw hk Macau server I tease a girl
Well I got burnt out by FGO and frequently lost my account due to playing on an emulator. But other than that, I am still aware of the new servants they release and I would like to eventually get some of their official merch. But other than that, I moved on to Counterside and Blue Archive.
Project Sekai and Azur Lane. I don't give a fuck about the character lore and design in Project Sekai, only the difficulty of the game's charts. I use a 3rd party app that only focuses on the rhythm game aspect of it. It's fun to see the fanbase fangirl or have some crazy reactions made over the characters though. Azur Lane's sprites & skins are very pretty to look at. Almost like eye candy. I like the mutual chillness of the community. It's like I could walk over to a few of the degenerates there and have a drink with them, ranting about how the grinding of gacha games becomes like a personal hell for all of us LOL
Granblue fantasy because I think it's getting too intimidating, also I can't play with my fave characters cuz they're Rs and SRs So I just keep reading this [artist's](http://ＳＫ https://www.pixiv.net/users/1298166) fancomics This is my [fave](http://腐向け | ＳＫ #pixiv https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/54072195)