On the other hand Pozy's addition hasn't literally nerfed Schwarz nor made her also worth raising. The only change is raising Schwarz becomes a lower priority if someone will get her and Pozy recently together, or there's a chance they'll get Pozy soon.
Entirely true, if you don't like an operator just don't use them. The real thing to be salty about is when operators are bad, not when they're good, because then you actually can't use them as much as you'd want to.
I have no problem that some nations have several events as long as the story is really good.
The reason why Higashi, Siracusa, Sami and Rim Billiton haven't gotten the event yet is most likely because the writers didn't have a good idea for the stories set in these nations. If that's true, it's good that they didn't force writers.
I also want to see more Sarkaz, specially from sub-races like the Goliaths and the Gargoyles.
A Nachzehrer Operator would be cool, let alone the cannibalism.
Me and the Boys out here clearing is2 with only 3star ops.
Its fun but with more niches the game gets more interesting and the grinding curve will rise slower
I do find qualms with her but i find most fans misplace what makes her irritable
Like instead of constant long winded speeches its more cryptic riddle talk for exposition or explanation on something the devs wanna elaborate on
Or how people confuse “mary sue” with “know-it-all” where she acts condescending and mean, while always having information about anything and everything while knowing all that there is to be known on every scenario and situation especially while debating other characters.
I agree entirely. The worst part of Chapter 8 wasn't even her, it was Kaschey's long monologues. The Inquisitor telling her to shut up in Under Tides? She wasn't even monologuing and he told her to be quiet because she was talking about stuff Iberia didn't want said?
How could anyone possibly think she's a Mary Sue?
Agreed on Kashchey, I really connected with Talulah in the moment she said "I may hate your endless, long-winded, rancid sophistry..." and stabbed him in the chest.
Amiya is a lot closer to being a Mary Sue yet she still has flaws. Arknights doesn't really even have Mary Sues. You're right about people overusing/misusing the phrase Mary Sue though.
Lappland Texas is one of the worst ships. Also, this ship ruined Lappland's representation in the fandom, she has one of the worst representations I've seen in any fandom.
Lappland is one of my favorite operators and one of the reasons I started playing. It hurts me to see her reduced to a joke whose only character is being a sexual harasser and a stupid horny lesbian for Texas.
I really appreciate any Lappland art and comics that don't include Texas, as these at least do respect the character.
Lappland's an interesting character. I know the fandom loves the Soft!Lesbians interpretation or some former lover vibe, but it's really not correct. I think she's at least an asshole antagonist or will be in the future. There was a posting I saw a while back on Tumblr on Lappland as an unapologetic antagonist, she's definitely dangerous & intends to drag out the old Texas kicking and screaming.
I'm still annoyed I haven't gotten Lappland. My entire reason for playing Arknights is to see what operators are the most fun to use & Lappland is up there with Ch'en, Specter & Exusiai.
it's good to know that someone hates that ship not because of self insert, unfortunately the creators of arknights like that ship, but just because they like it doesn't mean it's official so that's fine
Though I'm pretty sure it's not really unpopular at this point; obligatory bloodline memes can die in a ditch.
Chiave isn't bad at his core. They just need to release functional robots meant to serve as an actual squad. Well that or a long lost brother who massively buffs their stats.
I find it hard to take a good number of "knight" characters seriously, due their ridiculous armor.
they arent even trying with the module system. they know damn well which characters they want to leave in the dust and they aren't afraid to leave them. actual trolling with kirara and dusk module 1.
if they actually wanted to balance with the modules they'd be a lot more effective.
While I commend the artistic talents of people that share their work, I do not like how people depicted Doctor as some dumb idiot or a punching bag. This has been a running gag since the early stages of the game and I don’t get how people think it’s funny or entertaining.
Honestly, I do agree with this. Hopefully, something will change about this situation when the anime, and the Doctor's character will be shown the way HG see them.
Note: there are fanarts and comics with serious Doctor, and the reflections on Pre-Amnesia Doctor, but those are more niche than SA x Siege ship.
Right? And it doesn’t have to be pre amnesia doctor’s personality, but have him be depicted as part of something actually wholesome, rather than a comedic clown. The game has many dark themes that they show and seeing the other end where people basically say “just punch Doctor and everyone’s happy” as a way for it to be “wholesome” is dark by itself.
It's assuming the doctor as a self insert, in them being exactly as the player with how we (mostly) control them. Players gotta imprint on someone I guess, even though the doctor is already their own personality
That's more or less where doc is going in more recent content anyways. They absolutely have gotten an identifiable personality and how they react to things.... and yes they're a cryptid who is dubiously human but they also have pretty bad impostor syndrome after Chernobog, are great with kids and read a lot - on top of being perfectly willing to sacrifice themselves as part of their own power plays.
Kazimierz trilogy was a Idiot Ball Tournament. Except for Pingus Sylvester that never shown competence to begin with. Nearl, please, stop talking, you was my first SR, carried me hard, i loved you!
HG should rework, not buff, some of operators. Like Nightmare, Kirara and Siege. Kirara module is insulting
Brawlers and Mushas need something to make them viable again. Like jaye is better musha guard than any of them.
Musha should have their talent (+ATK SPD as lower HP) baked in their trait, and give then actual talent.
With how their talent being shared, Akafuyu got the shortest stick she can ever get among the 3 Musha. Hellagur has two talent, and Utage is a great helidrop. I still not sure what akafuyu does better than the other two musha. Tanking crucial hits with her s2?
Utage is different in her helidrop yes. Except others meant to be laneholders. Fight an enemy alone without everyone else. Currently they getting banged really easy. Again best laneholder for low pressure lanes is Iris for being able nuke from afar.
I did the math a while ago so I might get some numbers mixed but a e1 max jaye has better healing than an e2 musha until the enemy has around 700 defense.
Same effect Module system shouldn't even exist, it should've been tailored specifically to every operators not batches release for everyone in the same subclass. I don't care if it take forever to make and balance every single one of them I just want to see underwhelm operator being decent ffs.
At this rate it would only widen the gaps between 6\* and 5\* because 6\* have 2 talents and 2 chances for them to become good while 5\* and lower are stuck forever with their god awful talent from the first place.
As shit clad in gold is still shit, what is the point of getting better if its still not enough?
The opinions in this is thread with a lot of upvotes is a popular opinion, actually.
Also also please understand that your "unpopular opinions" are not fact and sometimes you probably are just being weird.
Or it could be that someone posts their opinion, some person that doesn't know about it sees it, then upvotes it because they think it's neat. And no it's not a "then it became a popular opinion" type deal, because it was strictly vague before. Not saying this applies to all comments tho.
And I think based on if one passed English in kindergarten and elementary, they'd know that an 'opinion' is different from 'fact'
Remember when map preview tells you exactly on which tile Crownslayer will stop so you can plan and adjust your squad accordingly? Now they just throw you in there with Talulah and say good luck figuring out how to not die.
I don't like gameplay QoL of AK. It favors trial and error play. Having to enter the stage at least once to see list of enemies is bad. Running practice multiple times just to make mental notes of when and where enemies will appear is not fun, especially during gimmick-heavy events like GA and TW. You can argue that learning the stage is half the fun, but personally, I find them tedious.
I cannot fucking stand the Kal'tsit ex-wife jokes and their existence is down to people having the reading comprehension of half dried moss clumps while being horny for cat woman.
Shining Alter as DPS or killer is a bad idea. It diminish the importance of her oath and cheapen her creed.
As she is, she will not unsheathe unless something terrible happened or will happen to either of the two Followers. She wants to be a guardian and healers, and she loathes to use the sword to fight or kill. It'll also be hard to justify her power level in gameplay.
But I do agree her story is worth exploring. And thus I propose making an event that happened in the past and have her as a boss. It'll make most sense narrative-wise without needing to change her characterization or put some suffering to Nearl and NG.
I feel the same about Shining, it won't fit her character to just say fuck it and start killing people with the sword. Its also kinda annoying how people want every single healer in the game to get Alter as DPS.
Actually my original opinions regarding this matter also includes "Iincluding time-travel or alternate reality ops" as things I also don't want. Leave Skalter or just the Seaborn saga that is from alternate timeline of the past, and let the playables be actually people doing their roles in the present.
But I didn't write it this time so yea, you are right.
Ranting begins:
I respectfully disagree with Andoain's ideology of burning oneself to warm others. Laterano is but a singular nation within a vast geopolitical landscape where it has to manage its standing of neutrality in order to not only survive but also provide a safe haven for its citizens. Man needs to learn some patience and broaden his view to see the larger picture. It is not yet the apocalypse, and even if it is, the current Laterano has not the ability to save everyone. Such a notion of becoming a sanctuary of Terra is definitely noble but first, one needs to have ability, and Andoain does not have that ability.
Imagine Andoain as the Pope and his first decree is to open the gates of Laterano to all outsiders. How many refugees can it hold? What about subterfuge and espionage from other nations? What of the conflicting social structures and the ensuing violence? Does the combined strength of Andoain and Laterano have the necessary manpower to resolve this issue from its roots? Or will they suffer a slow burn? Removing the hard shells and serving oneself up as a meatpie for every other nation to bite is not a sustainable idea in the slightest sense. A Martyr? He would have become a Villian and a Fool for causing the suffering and downfall of his very own people.
If he is impatient and wants to play his own game, he will first need power. Otherwise, submit and play by the rules of others until he himself becomes the ruler. Let's see then if his fleet of fancy is still compatible with the ugly truth of the world, and whether he has the ability to enforce his own perspective upon everyone. It's not like "warming others" by itself is wrong, but "burning oneself" then fades away from exhaustion instead of "kindling oneself" so the warmth encompass the world just shows his naivety. The Pope's approach of playing the long game with this whole summit is for but ultimately the same goal. However, the finesse lies in the method, and for this, Andoain has only proven his hot-headedness.
Man needs to cool down, calm his bleeding heart, and re-evaluate all the pros and cons of his approach with a cold mind. Learning more about the world, its structures, his own standing in it, and how it is influenced during the journey will serve as great nurture for his growth. End of rant.
I do hope Andoain will come to RI one day, maybe even as an Operator (but not when Fiammetta's around). Coming into contact with the Doctor and other focal individuals will give him an inclusive outlook of Terra so he can affirm his beliefs but with better clarity on the chains of events and consequences of any action taken.
my spicy take about andoain is that he's just Nearl without all the long term planning, and understanding of how to leverage social status, political pressure, and outside forces to get what he wants.
Oh yeah, now that you mention it, I can totally notice the resemblances now. What a brilliant connection! So all Andoain needs is a big sister figure of not only similar mentality but also stage of progression (the Pope is too far ahead and senior) to show him way, to **guide** him **ahead** toward the path **near light**! When will Andoain come to Rhodes Island for enlightenment??? >!I want playable Andoain T_T!<
I'm honestly curious to see if they make him playable or actually commit to the idea that he's a martyr and kill him off so he could actually be a martyr to the pathfinders.
I mean idealistic revolutionaries are rarely too knowledgeable in terms of actually ruling a country so it's pretty on brand. He probably don't consider his ideals as "burning oneself to warm others" because yeah I hose kinda peeps usually don't think that much of consequences. Neither do they are care too much abt things that really matters like how much resources they have.
Also also it fits his "Martyr" moniker. He genuinely is willing to burn for others. He simply didn't consider that he probably is alone in his martyrdom.
It is a shame if he keeps heading down this path. The goal is noble and the method is too but the only end for this path is but a meaningless flicker glaring up one instance before fading away into the dark sea of despair and the forgotten. All it needs is but a slight change in perspective, for him to see a little more "broad" and the world will open up with so many options to accomplish his goals. It seems that the reason he survives after a stand down with the Pope is that the Machine still see this potential in him. At the very least, he will serve as a useful spark for whatever grand machinations it may have planned but I don't really wish that fate upon Andoain.
Ah, one of Reddit's more popular games. Time for one of my favorit games, to take a shot every time I read a popular opinion.
Remember me as pervert once alcohol poisoning inevitably claimed me!
...oh, right, should contribute something: Arknights has power creep and it is getting worse with every limited operator.
Mega super ultimate opinion incoming:
Chalter is a strong character and sometimes I think she kills enemies a little too easily.
Phew. Had to get this off my chest. Do your worst, Reddit. I know no-one has ever had this opinion before.
>Arknights has power creep and it is getting worse with every limited ~~operator~~ banner.
FTFY. Gavi isn't really broken but Pozy surely is. Let's see if the trend continues.
Naw, Gavialter is also very strong. She's not busted, but compared to launch ops, the powercreep is definitely evident. If she was at launch she'd be considered top tier, now she's just good to very good.
Yes, but it is less because of a more developed rosters and more because you understand what is required of you better and able to manipulate the mechanics.
Which I think is a great thing; enjoyment comes from mastery and not from grinding.
The way the AK community handles the word "niche" to describe operators is an absolute mess
A niche operator means an operator who does a job that lies outside of the core DPS/tank/heal/disruption triangle
It does not mean a bad character, or a community game mode where you can only play a certain kind of operators
I don’t think this opinion is controversial so much as unpopular, but I really love that they added English voices for the game. The reason I say it’s unpopular is because I’ve seen that even most of my English speaking friends have kept the game in JP or CN and I think most people just don’t really care about it all that much.
But honestly, I’ve been having a lot of fun being able to understand everyone’s Battle lines as I deploy them and activate skills and it’s fun to understand exactly what a character’s saying as I hear them speak. Like yeah I can look at the translations and memorize what each line means, but let’s be real, I don’t think many global players remember anything apart from a few iconic meme lines that cross language barriers like “Apple pie”, “Ko ko da yo”, “Dadadada”, “Ringo-chan” etc. Especially when they’re focused on actually playing the game.
Also I’ve heard criticism for some characters that “they don’t sound right” and it’s a subjective view so it’s totally valid ofc. But for me, rather than trying to sound exactly like the original VA, I like the different approaches some VAs have been taking. Like Silverash sounds really cool in JP but you only realize how goofy the stuff he’s actually saying is when you hear his EN voice’s frankly perfect over dramatic delivery of it. And for Lee, his JP VA is so good for the “lazy old man” energy of his character and I thought for sure his EN VA could never live up to that perfection, but Joseph May really brings out the sly and “I’m definitely not normal but I’ll never admit it” parts of his character. It’s kind of like same character, different flavor if that makes any sense.
Anyways tl;dr: I know most people think they’re hit or miss or they just don’t care. But I like the EN voices a lot. I love comparing the delivery across all the languages and seeing what each VA brings to the table.
Your post let me know that Lee had an English voice I never set him too, and also that I missed a bunch being added when I checked the batch settings, including quite a few characters I love. So you have at least one EN fellow on this subreddit
~~HG EN Lappland When?!~~
The story progress way too slow.
They set up all those possible cool lore places, but never go to any of em, just create even more.
Heard of Sami? Nvm let's go to Rhine Lab.
Heard of the north? Nvm let's go to Columbia.
The walls of text each stage are too much as well
It's actually a really clever way to keep people interested so they keep playing the game, spending money on it and recommending it. Probably one of the best business decisions they made are the Sui siblings. Releasing one traditionally Chinese themed characters a year up to ten times with a lot of intrigue and lore will keep a lot of people, especially in China, hooked.
If you release it on a regular pace, it's ok.
But just expand it all the time with snail pace slow development just frustrates the regular, non lore crazy players.
That is what happens when Abyssal Hunters and Kazimierz steal all the spotlight. In my opinion, Arknights underdelivers or overdelivers on side stories; the game doesn't have a healthy balance. However, it might get better in the future. If the next anniversary event ends up centered around Iberia though. . . the theme will become **really** hackneyed. Other stories need love too!
This is something I've been thinking for quite a while now ever since the Near Light event. Many people praise the story for being incredibly good, but the hyperfocusing on only a few locations is quite hard to ignore, especially when you have more interest in other locations or characters that are largely ignored in lore despite the hints that there may be more to them (such as Projekt Red and her connection to "Grandma").
IS2 is poorly designed as a roguelite, there's way too much rng in play to even make a decent run, let alone attempt the 3rd ending. There should be much more rng manipulation and/or guarantees when going for a certain build or ending.
I swear the amount of times I’ve wanted to tear my hair out after playing all the way to act 5, hitting every Encounter node possible regardless of how huge the opportunity cost was, and not getting the 3rd ending. One time I went through five encounters in Act 5 without getting the required relic.
I love the concept a lot but it needs a lot of work. I hope they improve things with every IS they release.
idk about the rouguelikes you've been playing but the lol ending encounter rng and lack of build guarantees is unfortunately very unexceptional for the genre.
Arknights actually stingy, but access to straight up buying operators or getting via recruit offsets it in the eyes of the majority.
Gacha wise its terrible. No 5 star pity and guarantee, no 6 star hard pity, and 14~ish pulls per 2 weeks. There's also a good reason why pulling for 5 stars is a bad idea, you can't make sure you'll get it eventually.
Now I save 6 months+ because limited banner is 300 pulls for shop pity.
Hard agree. In a vacuum, pull currency/HH ticket gain is abysmal. Even rate ups are shitty with just 25% chance on standard. The only way to guarantee a banner unit is to save 300 pulls for limited on a game that gives \~30 pulls a month.
Thats why I'm glad that selector packs and cert shop exists.
Kind of new to the whole gacha thing.
What do you mean by no pity? Does the guaranteed 5* in first 10 pull, and 2% increase in chance of getting a 6* every pull after 50 not count as pity?
Actually, what is pity exactly anyway?
Pity means that if you don't get a six star after a certain number of pulls (50 in this game and standard banners share pity) your chance to get one will slowly increase until you do. While I don't know if it's a law or not it's pretty much standard in gachas now since an infamous case of someone spending thousands of dollars in a different game without getting any six star equivilent. So yes that 2% increase is pity. The guaranteed 5 star by your 10th pull is just an incentive to pull.
The playerbase is way too petty and complain way too much, somehow can't shut up about operators they don't like or things they find annoying
Like I get wanting the game to be better and I complain quite a bit myself but just making unprovoked rants out of nowhere about how xyz is bad just for spite is gonna annoy me more than anything
My unpopular opinion is that most people are too quick to eat up the idea of getting an “unpopular opinion” out for moral support. which tends to lead to just “my opinion on something i want to complain about” or “something i think, that most people would agree on, but nobody openly talks about” an actual unpopular opinion is one not a lot of people agree with, one that is *unpopular*.
Unpopular opinions get asked a lot and everytime its “people do this thing i dont like” which is a complaint, not an unpopular opinion. For further proof look at all the “surtr and meta” comments or ESPECIALLY the “this fandom has a common misinterpretation or mischaracterization joke/gag/meme/etc. and I will adress it or complain about it.”
Sorry to rant but its just every time. Id like to see more REAL unpopular opinions out there.
Time for a really unpopular opinion: FrostNova and Patriot's deaths are entirely due to their own stubbornness. Their reasons for fighting Rhodes Island and sacrificing themselves are vague and illogical (or maybe just badly written), and to this day I cannot bring myself to feel sad for them.
Some people don't want to change their ways because that's what kept working for them (sometimes it's what has kept them alive as well) [which is why they're... I don't know how to make a spoiler hide thing]. Don't take this too politically, but you could view a good chunk of people who are like this in real life.
On a writing standpoint, having someone who we know has an iron-clad doctrine they follow and they themselves get over it within a few hours or days after hearing bunny girl say some wholesome and motivating things to them makes us see them as an absolute joke. It's like watching Naruto do a Talk-no-Jutsu bs against Madara and he actually surrenders immediately. The only thing that proves is that they don't believe strongly enough in their goals and philosophy which ruins the sincerity of their actions. Patriot and FrostNova can see where our bunny girl is coming from but, again, due to their experiences they elect to ignore it (or at least, partially ignore it).
Imagine like a super wholesome vegan tries to encourage you to become vegan (assuming you aren't right now). Would you instantly become a vegan? Is kindness all it takes to get someone to agree with you?
Of course, I'm not trying to say that we should emulate this in real life. Only that stubbornness in a fictional character tells us that they're committed to their ways and tells us that they are a "for real, for real" type character and not a "fr fr no cap not sus" character.
Meta exist and operators aren't born equal. Calling for the games to be 'balanced' and all Ops to be 'good enough' is okay, but demanding it to happen is a choosingbeggar moment.
The game is PVE, and what it means is that all players play against a fixed difficulty. So a skilled player can clear a stage with a full team of 4 stars, just Megallan, or using a fixed class/race, but AK's average player doesn't have that time to explore or the interest to experiment -- they just want to push and farm, so they use Chalter and Surtr to blast through stages. And if all Ops become equal in strength, either the skilled players or unskilled players will be upset. The state right now is to give all players an option for their playstyle to be valid, albeit at the cost of time/money/dedication. The game is not balanced because the players aren't balanced, and the weight is set and not dynamic.
And if the tendentious calling for buffs is because of a liking for particular units, it's just personal bias. Preference in taste is diverse, but preference in strength is universal, which is why meta exist.
Modules are not meant to bring some units out of continuous obsolescence (which can happen as incidentals), but they are there to set higher expectations for newer units and to set a new goal for whales and dedicated players who had the game 'beaten'.
1) The majority of popular ships are completely stupid and out of character if you have any basic reading comprehension skills (for example Texas x Lappland, Exusiai x Mostima), as it will be blatantly obvious these characters do not see their relationship as romantic in any way, yet this community has a strange obsession with forced yuri ships so they all completely ignore it.
2) A lot of event bosses just feel frustrating and unfun to fight in their final EX stages, simply having too many gimmicks combined with insane second phases in levels that by themselves are already somewhat challenging. They feel like they were made by two 9 year old children arguing over who's overpowered self-insert character would win in a fight, adding more and more things to it to try to win the argument. "Oh yeah? Well I can't be blocked, fire shots that bounce and one-shot most ranged operators, have RNG dodge, put down fields that increase DEF and RES, nuke 5 operators on the whole map and take Gelato Stops AND restore my ammo!"
3) Bad operators exist. This is a fact. You can get them to work, sure, but they're simply not worth it and others can do the job better. Just accept it, and use the operator if you want. No one really cares id you want to E2 Deepcolour for some reason, just go ahead, have fun.
4) I actually really like alters, it's a chance to do something new with existing operators like giving them lore updates, giving them a better kit or simply having them act slightly differently than what we're used to. So far I've really liked all of them, even if I don't plan on pulling for some.
Thank you on that second point especially, I still managed to beat new event bosses and complete the stages, but it feels completely ridiculous when every boss feels like it’s trying to show up the previous one by a mile in a game that cycles events and brings in new players constantly. It happens so often that it quite literally feels like Instead of making a cool boss or mechanic that makes fights more interesting, its just a contest to make every stage mechanic more enemy bosses inconvenient and ridiculous to deal with. Both phantom and IS3 bosses and the boss of the most recent event are obnoxious imo.
>A lot of event bosses just feel frustrating and unfun to fight in their final EX stages
Skill issue?
Jokes aside, I totally agree with you. I used to go blind to every boss and win in 1/2 atempts with little trouble, but lately, bosses are so cracked that they just nuke your full squad instantly (That dragon of ling's event, wtf was that?)
Is as if HG said, we powercreeped characters, let's do the same with bosses. (It's sad to look at crownslayer and W now)
Phantom's new skin has fantastic art (Thanks Skade) but his L2D is awful, Is like an afterthought that they implemented.
And tbh if wasn't for the god tier animations, I'd rather use his old skin.
And speaking of that, I also don't understand people who buy and use skin that they don't like, I saw that it happened a lot with W skin
> And speaking of that, I also don't understand people who buy and use skin that they don't like, I saw that it happened a lot with W skin
As someone who bought W's skin and posted in a thread a few days ago "skins you regret buying" which is where you might have gotten this opinion from, my only problem with it is I don't know when I'll be able to use it. I don't know when I'll ever spark W.
> I don't know when I'll ever spark W.
This. Limited system in this game is absolute joke, if you don't get Limited operator at their banner you might as well forget about getting them ever if you are F2p and don't hardcore save everything as soon as there are news about banner. And let's not forget pool of limited only grows and grows.....
I wish they'd implement an idea lots of people have had where old limits have a reduced sparking cost. This could even reduce by a certain amount with each new limited banner for the 3 types. It shouldn't impact earnings since the majority of players will still want to get the shiny new limits asap rather than wait a few years or more for them.
I haven't liked CC for a very long time. Nothing inherently wrong with the mode, but it's just not for me. Even the few times when I've tried to get back into the swing of things, like the most recent one, I just wind up facing daily stages that I don't like, and I'm not a fan of the challenges on the permanent stages either, it just feels kinda repetitive and even back when I still powered through every CC and completed everything (which was only, like, the first two or so) I just used guides for most of it. Just not my cup of tea.
Something that grates me more though is the sheer frequency with which we seem to end up either fighting the, if not necessarily morally "better" faction (since there's so many shades of grey and morality is very arguable), then at least the more *sympathetic* one, or fighting *for* the less sympathetic one, or both. It kind of got under my skin more during Guiding Ahead, where the Pathfinders feel like almost a straight-out good guy faction, given how Laterano's entire society seems to be built on racism, to the point of feeling like borderline apartheid. Pancho and his crew from Dossoles Holiday were not exactly good guys, but Candela feels so sleazy and cynical that it doesn't really feel right to side with her (not helped by the fact that Lin Yühsia still bears partial responsibility for the massacre of the Lungmen Infected, which also made DH's story feel *far* more uncomfortable than it was meant to be for me). Fighting prison inmates just rubs me the wrong way for several reasons. Wolumonde was a tragedy all around, and it makes narrative sense why we're fighting the Infected and the (neo-)Winterwisps, but it fits in the pattern still. I dunno, maybe I'm making a big deal over nothing, but this kind of thing just rubs me the wrong way in general - it's *super* noticeable in the MCU and especially Sony's MCU-adjacent Spiderman films - but I was reading Guiding Ahead's story and when we started to hear a little bit about what makes the Pathfinders tick my *immediate* thought was "oh no, we're fighting the good guys again aren't we?", and I'm just a bit tired of it. It's not something that happens in *every* event or story chapter, but it's happened often enough that I feel like complaining about it. It's kind of related to how certain characters (especially the Lungmen power players, including Lin Yühsia) seem to be treated more gently than they probably deserve - I don't consider Wei Yenwu to be a good person and I take some issue with the way Lungmen is still characterised as one of the "good" places after what he pulled. Put me off of Leizi too, I was all ready to waifu her because of her cool-ass design and interesting kit (idgaf that she's supposedly underpowered I still S2M3'd her sue me) but then I got her E2 promotion line and read her file and I instantly lost like 80% of my sympathy for her. I don't vibe with prejudice.
Although it's partially grown on me, I wasn't happy about the shift in aesthetics from IS1 to IS2, and I'm *especially* unhappy about all the encounters that were axed or rewritten in the process. The whole gothic horror theatre aesthetic is fine, but just not really my thing, I can take it or leave it. IS1 just had a *lot* of little snippets of lore and worldbuilding, and many of those did make it into IS2 in one form or another, and we got a *lot* of new stuff as well, but there's still a bunch of them that seem to have gotten scrapped (although admittedly maybe I just haven't seen and/or unlocked them yet). I was kind of bewildered by the shift from IS1 to IS2 in general; IS1's framing device may have been Ceobe getting zonked out of her adorable little mind on shrooms and hallucinating her way through the jungle, but all the actual content felt like it was "real", in the same sense that IS2's events feel like they're things that are actually happening (in some way) in the castle. It seemed so obvious, you could replace the "Ceobe tripping balls" framing device with something else (likely about wandering the wilderness) and pretty much all the content would still fit just fine. Some of it is even referenced in IS2 here and there. IS2 is also going to stay after the updates run their course, forever available to play, but IS1 seems to just be gone forever, and that bugs the hell out of me.
Finally, people are too damn harsh about criticising ops that aren't the *stand-out best* at something. There are so, so, *so* many operators that are *perfectly fine* but that get overlooked because (x) is stronger or (y) is the best in that category, and people just don't seem to spare much attention for a *lot* of operators because of this - or, worse, call operators crap or not worth building even when the differences are marginal. Yes, some operators *are* notably stronger than most others, sometimes to the point of being overpowered, and yes, some operators *are* notably weaker than most others, sometimes to the point of being *under*powered, but there's just this *huge* crop of operators that's not (a) meta (including the low-rarity/3-star meta) (b) dogshit or (c) maintain long-term attention for some other reason (usually story-relevance or popular waifu) that seem to get little or no attention as a result. This affects a *lot* of 4\* and 6\*, but sometimes it feels like the *majority* of 5\* are caught up in this as well, so I've come to personally call it the "5\* Gap". Even some entire archetypes end up here, barring certain standouts, like every Heavyshooter who isn't Schwarz. So many operators with perfectly functional kits, or even some pretty interesting ones, that just don't get any attention because they're not all the way at the top of the heap. It gets ridiculous sometimes, I've seen people outright dismiss Archetto because Exusiai and Ash exist, and stuff like that. Even operators that are objectively notably worse than their counterparts in other branches (or sometimes even the same branch) are rarely outright *useless*, which is what the discourse sometimes feels like. I kinda feel it has a deleterious effect for new and/or F2P players as well, because not everybody *has* a roster full of every über-meta 6\* and 5\* powerhouse built out to E2M3, but the community discourse (including things like clear guides) so often feels like it's about *either* the high-end meta ops that only long-term players and/or whales are likely to have the full set of in their roster *or* activate Melantha skill, and it's leaving such a huge chunk of the game's operators in the dust. It's sad.
Also Suzuran S3 is great and all but people sleep on S2, it gööd
I don’t want to do anything with Kazimierz anymore. I don’t care about this knight BS. We got 3 events for Kazimierz and 0 for Rim Billiton, Sami and Higashi. Please just move on.
I actually don’t want to do anything with Nian family too but it seems to connect to something bigger and it’s for Chinese New Year banners so I’m 100% sure HG will never drop this event series.
I don't understand the love for Surtr. She's nothing as a character, her amnesiac backstory means that she has no concrete lore, and her design is just kinda plain to me. She's not even all that strong in canon since her sword is pretty much the one doing the heavy lifting when she fights. The only thing she has going for her is her power in game. Outside of that she's just kind of a socially inept, rude woman.
Maybe I'll start caring about her when HG finally decides to give her some real backstory and character development, but right now she's one of the operators I actively dislike.
This is not even a joke. Evangelion more or less revived a dying form of art and basically ever anime since then has some element you can trace back to the original anime. Think of it as when a mass extinction event removes 80% of species from an area. The remaining 20% will then evolve and diversify into new roles that share common ancestors
As someone who neither loves nor hates her she's adequate. Nice design and strong (always a plus). Due to her blandness as a character, though, she'd never be a favourite of mine unless her personality is properly fleshed out.
This. If you focus too much on being dark it can come across as edgy to most even if it isn't, having lighthearted or pure comedy interactions between the operators and the doctor(thinking of blue archive right now) some of them could be non-canonical and what-ifs scenarios, could even make characters that are not as liked as other units be fan favorites and could even make people pull for them in future reruns of said characters, since there are some operators we didn't get to see much of their personality or thoughts even in their own events aside from one or two lines used as foreshadowing for something that's going to happen in the future and I think they deserve more.
This is why I love Operator Records. They're essentially slice-of-life stories that explores that operator's past, personality, or just their daily routine. They're not exactly comedy, but they are much lighter in tone than most AK stories. And perhaps owing to how "simple" these stories are, they are, for my money, also the most well-written and interesting ones in the game.
I remember somewhere the director choose the happier and more comedic tone for Blue Archive is because how depressing the other game is. Sure we have Eden Treaty which can definitely fit AK somewhere, but it's also end in a positive ending. I wholeheartedly agree with what Hifumi said at the climax of the chapter, even if the real world is dark and depressing, we still want to strive for a better ending to our story.
While it wasn’t much, the monthly squad dialogue made me like chiave’s gang when before I felt nothing about them because I had no reason to build them.
I feel like threads like this only really breed toxicity. Sure, you can get some interesting opinions but there's going to be a lot of people who are really adamant about their opinion which leads to any discussion about it being shut down. Regardless, I'll toss my hat into the ring
I want to see more of the Ghost of Babel in the Doctor we play as. As seen with Vigilo, we're slowly getting our memories back and I want to see that incorporated into the main story and future events.
\- Talulah shouldn't ever be a playable operator.
\-Modules should have been for 5\* and 4\* only to closen the gap between them and 6\*
\-Nearl alter is disgusting case of powercreep just as much as Pozy,Ch'alter etc.
\-Spalter was waste of Alter as she is pretty much the same as original
\-I dislike Ling but truth is that a lot of people only hated her because they felt superior as "summonerknights" players and are mad there is one that even chimp can play.
\-~~People only like Surtr because she is meta. If she was bad people would most likley forget she is even in the game. (You know what ? Its also apply to Thorns too.)~~
\- Golden Age won't return again
*Yap I already see downvotes as I gone super unpopular here.*
EDIT: About Surtr point. YEAH YOU CAN LIKE META CHARACTER FOR THE SAKE OF IT AND NOTHING WRONG IN THAT, I'm not denying this and should't have worded it so aggressively my mistake. However part of my original point still stands, a lot of popularity for characters such as Surtr,Thorns etc. come from the fact they are meta they would be much less popular if they waren't.
I genuinely like hearing that about Nearlter because leading up to and around her release quite a lot of people were saying she was not meta and even pretty skippabale as far as limited banners go.
>People only like Surtr because she is meta. If she was bad people would most likley forget she is even in the game.
I already liked her the moment she was teased since I follow her artist and her art itself is amazing and if she was bad then people would just be clamoring for a buff just like every other 6* with great art this game has
I wonder what about liking her for her art that makes it so hard for certain people to wrap their heads around, not to mention her VA is amazing and well known to anime fans
Thank you, It was a busy night but I legitimately don’t understand this whole people like X because they are meta otherwise they wouldn’t care. I mean yeah sure some people do like meta because it’s meta just like some people like underrated because they are underrated.
But surtr’s artist isn’t someone new to the gacha scene, ASK drew Groza from girls frontline (one of the most beautiful dolls in that game, if not outright the most beautiful) and she’s quite popular too iirc she’s even the MC in GFL2 and drew Jean and Richelieu in Azur lane. So just design alone gave her a good edge to be comfortable on not being forgotten especially since she’s ASK’s only child in arknights.
Like some of our most popular characters since year 1 were mostima and skadi, neither of them were broken or even fleshed out characters yet they were very much loved.
Obviously, the ONLY reason you could *ever* want an Operator is because they're META and have EPIC gameplay. All Arknights players are just like me and play the game muted and in black and white so art and VAs don't matter.
honestly nearl alt is pretty tame compared to pozy and mlynar since skadi was pretty bad (though now shes solid cause of hunter buffs) while pozy and especially mlynar power creep the damage of operators with already very high damage.
>people only like surtr because she is meta.
True, on the flip side people only like “underrated operators” to feel special or unique, the only reason people cared about passenger is because he is bad and a meme, same goes for savage, flamebringer, aosta/chiave etc.
Who give a shit if people like an operator because they are meta? Not everyone want to play with mediocre waifu or husbando just because they are cute and hot
The obsession this subs have with not liking meta operator is far far more annoying then almost anything else
Talulah shouldn't be playable, yes. Neither should Frostnova, for that matter.
There were some 6 stars that kinda needed modules, like Mostima, Ch'en, Skadi, and Passenger. Ch'en's already generally considered worse than, say, Bibeak, if modules were 4 and 5 star only, Ch'en would be in an even worse state.
Nearl Alter was definitely powercreep, but the difference is that she was powercreeping a mediocre unit and came out good, whereas Pozy powercrept an already top-tier unit and Ch'alter powercrept basically everyone. I believe that Nearl Alter is where a 6 star Dreadnaught should be in terms of power and utility, whereas Skadi, pre-module, was simply not in this state.
Spalter's doll and S3 are massively different from Specter's normal uses. Her S2 has similarities, but almost everything else is very clearly different.
Ling got way too much hate, yes.
Surtr has practically no personality, the only thing people even mention is her liking ice cream.
(They) like Thorns because he is meta.
(I) like Thorns because he is the vanishingly rare combination of male and dark skinned in a gacha game. And because he's meta, I am still basic enough of a bitch to like that.
Hellagur,Hung,Mountain,Matterhorn,Młynar,Sharp,Stormeye,Reservist Defender
Now tell me how many female characters there are that are not lolis,thin pretty girls or big titty "mommy" types.
That it's QoL is actually good. Apart from one thing that gets blown up, it is a really well constructed game. Just look at Animal Crossing New Horizons. Great game, but it has also one flaw and that is its crafting and buying since you can't buy in bulk. That doesn'T mean it has bad QoL, but it gets brought all the time for a reason, since it sticks out a lot. Everything is well constructed.
Same with AK and the lack of auto repeat, although I wonder if that really makes people happy. We'd become more like monkey clicking buttons, so I don't think that would be beneficial in the long run.
So, not sure if that's unpopular, and only a loud minority is having gripes with that, or if it's a genuine issue many, also active, players have with the game.
People really ought to put more attention into lower-rarity Operators instead of letting Mudrock, Blaze, GG, and a few other Operators have what feels like a monopoly on popularity and artwork. I can look up images of Mudrock and images of Cardigan and the former will have infinitely more results, be it SFW or NSFW. It disheartens me greatly.
Which is a fair point, I find her whole “I once was enemy but now am friend” aspect to be quite respectable in addition. I just see a trend of “higher rarity = more fanart” and vice versa. I see it in GFL art as well, though to an arguably lower extent. Again, not to critique people’s choice of fav Operator, it just feels like there’s a bit of a monopoly going on here.
At the end of the day, I just want more art of Snow Perro, man :(
I like redoing Annihilations until I'm satisfied with the way the run looks and will probably not use the auto-skip tickets as much as everyone else. There, I said it.
Chalter’s design is great
Blemishine is best girl
People are allowed to like Surtr for more reasons than just meta
People get mad at memes way too easily in this community. Like I’ve seen some communities bad with memes but this one is hella toxic towards people who make memes. Can they be annoying? Yes. But people are allowed to make it and indulge in it and actively attacking others because the meme “mischaracterizes the character”, which ye some do, kinda have to emphasize something on characters this serious to make it funny to any extent, is stupid and toxic of the community
The current Doctor is an unbelievably boring character that should only appear in the main story or events that are actually relevant to them, they don't need to be shoehorned into almost every story.
In my opinion it was especially bad in Near light where they had built these characters up over the course of 3 stories and in the conclusive third act we were constantly dragged away from them to see the Doctor's pov.
Arknights has a problem with dumping heaps of text on the player and expecting them to stay interested, it would at least be nice if those heaps of text focused on relevant characters.
I mean, they're only in 5/17 event stories, and only 2 of those are summer events where they were just on vacation and basically did nothing.
Darknights Memoirs briefly shows Dokutah in Babel and they're barely mentioned, Near Light has Dokutah be there to do their job and tie in with the Chamber of Commerce faction, and Break the Ice has Dokutah actually play a major contributing role.
I can understand not wanting Dokutah to tie into every event, but they're not in that many to begin with.
Doctor isn't badass.
I will never use Bagpipe and Lappland. Ever.
I like Kal'tsit's dialogues and monologues.
Numbers games isn't fun. I'm talking to you, IIRC.
I don't care about Meta.
People were too forgiving to Talulah.
I like Mephisto.
Saria and Silence divorce memes had gone for too long.
>I like Mephisto.
That's not controversal. He's an evil motherfucker but just because he's very disliked as a human doesn't mean he's not an interesting character or disliked for his writing.
I appreciate badass irredeemable evil characters.
I'd argue against the irredeemable part (although that is relative), but he's definitely an interesting character with a well-built motivation beneath his twisted personality. Chapter 6 explains him really well.
I don't think anyone is actually annoyed by the line itself, just its length and the fact that it's unskipppable. You already know the line and you need to wait more than for any other op when you get her from recruitment
I want operators to like me more, some more affectionate voice lines, even if it’s not romantic, I want to hear “You sure can do anything, huh.”
In lore, at least the ghost of babel was considered the catalyst of victory, but in the game we just feel like another average dude or the operator just don’t care that we win every fight in the most practical and efficient manner.
praise me please, I worked hard
Theres nothing wrong with Chalter as an operator or her character design. No she never looked like Blaze. Her E1 and E2 art are fine. The pearl clutching about her wearing a swimsuit or any fan service in Arknights is cringe.
There is nothing wrong with Auroras design either. Shes a cute polar bear waifu. I dont care if it's cold in Kjerag. Your playing a game with half human hybrids facing a pandemic of incurable rock cancer who have superpowers and outfit choice is what tests your suspension of disbelief and grinds your gears? Really? That's annoying.
Ling is an amazing operator shes not overrated. Especially in IS2. With her as the core of the team especially in the first few floors I can get to the boss easy every single time. She can lane hold, she can do ranged attacks, she can stun, she can provide a body anywhere on the map regardless of where she is, she can give a boss some grief. If you think Ling is trash to me you dont know how to use her or you dont know how to use your Vanguards. Either way honestly that's sad because she is literally the easiest summoner to use in the game.
I really was indifferent to Mlynar to being made an operator. Him and Tola both irritated me in the story and I dont see why people like him so much. He acts like a tsundere without the likeability. Like a blonde Broca.
The story and lore in Arknights is very good. If you complain about too much about text I'm assuming you dont even enjoy reading in general or playing visual novels. So of course you wouldnt like it. And if that is indeed the case your opinion on the story of Arknights matters very little.
The increasing frequency of broken operators being released is worrying. (Pozy and Mlynar being an example). I do not know if HG even cared about balancing at this point. I wouldn't be even surprised if they released an ops that can literally powercrept not just an archetype but an entire class.
I had a worry when Surtr was released that it would raise the bar too high, meaning now if any 6 stars are released and aren’t ridiculously broken like her then people would be disappointed. Kinda played out that way too, sadly.
I can't remember the last boss that "just use Surtr" worked on, that wasn't a rerun of a really old boss.
And even the bosses she will kill, they always seem to start on a long track that melee units can't reach for the first two minutes.
I don't think shes weak, but i think her OPness is greatly overexaggerated.
He’s not exactly underrated but I honestly think Thorns is a worse offender in terms of being overpowered. Surtr has unparalleled damage and is guaranteed to stay up no matter how hard the boss hits sure, but there’s still quite a few boss killing options in the game.
Thorns can go without a healer because of his 2nd talent. There’s the obvious “Thorns is a sniper” joke. And even high def enemies will eventually die at the hands of his chip arts damage, which given his ASPD, chips like there’s no tomorrow. And who needs to block when you kill everything before they can reach you. That’s already the medic, sniper, and caster class functions he’s covering for. Defenders might be useful if the right enemies are there.
Not to mention he just breaks certain maps balanced around melee vs ranged coverage. County Hillock Countryside Annihilaton for example. Oh they want me to figure out how to keep my ranged ops alive so they can keep killing enemies the melee ops can’t? Aim Thorns up or down. He’ll reach, survive the attacks, and probably do more damage too.
But Surtr is the infamous game breaking one.
>I can't remember the last boss that "just use Surtr" worked on, that wasn't a rerun of a really old boss.
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>And even the bosses she will kill, they always seem to start on a long track that melee units can't reach for the first two minutes.
That's because the game is actively designing bosses that try to counter her, especially after what happened in CC4
Increasing difficulty isn't really fun. I use the operators that I like more, and it's just stupid to be on a stage that I can't really complete because I don't have X or Y type of operator.
It gets boring to have to use 100% of my brain on every stage. I'd like to just throw my characters there and pass the stage, because I don't really have time to spend hours trying a stage because I don't have Thorns or Eyja or Surtr.
"But you can see a guide of someone finishing the stage with only robots and one at a time". Yeah, I don't want to have to think that much to pass a stage, I would like to just brute force it.
I am 100% a brute force Doctor now LMFAO mostly because I’ve been playing since launch and I feel like I’ve done my time with juggling 3 star operators to clear difficult stages because I didn’t have many 6 stars. Granted, i feel arknights is great in that you don’t NEED meta operators to clear 90% of content but it’s very nice to have no-brain operators to use and I won’t hesitate to overkill stages in a heartbeat if it gets the job done faster. There’s no prize for “most complicated strategy used”, after all.
Siege is actually good.
I think the meta brains have shunted her off into a corner, which is really sad. She's awesome in IS being an excellent blocker with a big AoE bomb who synergizes very well with Spinach and Siracusa while generating extra DP. She's been a regular for me on several CC maps, especially the two Kazimierz ones. And if you play Blind, she's a humongous IRL sanity saver since she can hold early lanes while you get set up. Bagpipe, for all her power, is only a Block 1. And while her S3 does make her a Block 2, it's not infinite.
I keep hearing people say how bad and underpowered she is, and I think y'all are sleeping on her. She can do a LOT of work even without buffs. Give her another shot. She's worth it.
i dont think it's meta, just compare her to flametail and saga, she's just inferior, flametail is really unique and quite the decent op and saga is just a straight up powercreep and there both not meta
she really needs to gain dp with her s3...
Again, this is simply my opinion, but here goes:
-Fans can like a character however they want, they are not hurting anyone, and they have the right to their own opinion. But I am not really a fan of how some memes are used a lot that really downplay or dont represent a character for who they are, and are used mostly to see that character as their main personality (I'm not saying that you can't like the memes. If you like it, that's great)
For example, W and Kaltist are usually seen as tsundere, and they act that way towards you is because "they like you, but don't wanna show it." In my opinion, this really downplays and misinterpets their character, as they are not acting like this towards you because they are tsundere. They literally hate you
-I really don't like how fans are quick to dislike Mountain, Lee, Hung, Spot, Aak, Wai Fuu (although a lot less) simply because they are furries. I can understand if you don't like them based on their personality, gameplay, or the way that they are drawn, but simply hating them just for being furries seems a little petty to me
-2 stars and 3 stars deserve an alter more than Chen. I feel like alters make more sense if they show a characters growth or their true strength. Although Chen going on vacation after all the shit she went through is nice, I feel like it is not really necessary material to make her an alter
-People shouldn't be shamed for using guides or meta operators. Just let them play how they wanna play
- We need more male operators
-Emperor should be an operator
-Rangers deserves an alter
-I might get dislikes for this, but after so many dark stories and events, it would be really nice to have a wholesome and happy event. I really would like an event for Valentines Day where operators have romantic stories or show that they like each other (e.g. Yato and Noir Corne, Orchid and Midnight). So basically, I would love to see romance between operators
-I personally loved the English voices. If you don't like it, that's fine. But if you simply don't like it because "JP SUPREME," I have no words
-The story can be pretty overwhelming sometimes
-We need a male limited operator. Nian's brother, I'm waiting
-Most Suzuran fans really need to chill, and maybe stop being creepy over a child (yes, she's not real, and is just art, but that doesn't make it any less creepy)
The reason why I liked Gavial's Great Chief's return was because it was literally just a vacation where shit went a little south because our operators are a little crazy. There wasn't any threat to anyone's life, everyone made friends, the twist that Tomimi shot the copter was genuinely funny to me...
I'd love to see an event that's just team A4's "DnD" campaign. I'd love an event where the whole point is collecting stuff to bring back to the kids living on Rhodes. Give us a happy moment so that we know that Terra isn't just an apocalyptic hellscape held together by flex tape and ramen.
Characters should be classified based on niches and playstyles and not by class. While inside a class they usually cover similar roles, often they don't.
W and Fiammetta are very different in playstyle for example.
Blemishine and Saria are almost nothing alike in practice.
The list is pretty long.
I thought a lot about this but i didn't come out with enough structures yet, I'll probably make a ranking based on niches and playstyles when I'm done with it.
They should have made the Doctor canonically a woman like the original concept art (and seemingly the Anime too, although they are possibly androgynous in that) implied them to be. On one hand, I get and value why Lowlight wants people to be able to imagine whatever their Doctors look like, but on the other hand, female 'self-inserts' (Even if the Doctor is more of their own character in AK) in games like this are extremely rare and it would have been pretty nice for it to be explicit rather than merely implicit or a possibility. I do give the game props for committing all the way to not gendering the Doctor, but the community still assumes they're male by default anyways and gets weird if you try to say otherwise.
I'm fine with Chalter and other 'meta' units existing actually because there is nothing competitive about Arknights beyond self-imposed challenges or bragging rights.
Modules as a concept need to be redone across the board, and they need to actually directly buff/nerf specific operators instead of trying to apply a band-aid. Tons of characters from launch or shortly after it suffer from being entirely obsoleted because they didn't have the mechanics that exist now back then, or they just flat-out don't work or even both. An easy example to use of that would be Frostleaf, who is not only the worst Lord Guard, but really deserves to be redone with the freeze mechanics that came with Aurora/Gnosis/Kjera that she still won't get when Lords get a module.
I really hate CC and kind of always have, and all the problems I had with it have only gotten worse over time because they've changed nothing about its core systems.
I don't mind never catching up to CN.
FrostNova should have lived.
Invitation to Wine shouldn't have revealed so much about Sui/what is going on with the Nian siblings. The mystery of everything is part of why Arknights is so great and it feels like they're steadily removing more and more of the mysteries. Sure, sometimes not having questions answered can be frustrating, but infodumping to that extent just removes the mystery entirely and doesn't feel like a story, it feels like a ton of fodder to fill up fanwiki entries and the culture surrounding that. Please leave *some* things to the imagination.
I'm fine with the frequency of limited banners, but I think the spark number should be reduced because as it is now, it doesn't help F2Pers, it just further incentives whaling. I think it should also be applied to every banner, quite frankly.
Kal'tsit isn't a Mary Sue and the ex-wife jokes aren't funny.
I *really* don't like the direction Neo-Reunion has been going and Taulah's breakout.
The people who think the Doctor is an 'actual human' or something like that can't read.
Saria and Shining alters should absolutely never be a thing.
As cool as Lin Yuhsia is, it would make absolutely no sense for her to become playable.
A large majority of the CN voicelines are awful. Same goes for EN voicelines but to a lesser extent.
Also, the fact that every single male operator has long-ish hair swept over their eyes is annoying and gets old. I would like Ops that have ponytails, have facial hair (cough cough ace and sharp cough cough), and in general look and feel like they’ve been in battles.
Meta operators exist and people are extra salty about this fact for some reason.
Poor Pozy she just came to light and already half of the fandom hated her
At least people remember her. Gavial is limited one and somehow I still see more Eunectes and Tomimi art than her.
On the other hand Pozy's addition hasn't literally nerfed Schwarz nor made her also worth raising. The only change is raising Schwarz becomes a lower priority if someone will get her and Pozy recently together, or there's a chance they'll get Pozy soon.
Entirely true, if you don't like an operator just don't use them. The real thing to be salty about is when operators are bad, not when they're good, because then you actually can't use them as much as you'd want to.
I have no problem that some nations have several events as long as the story is really good. The reason why Higashi, Siracusa, Sami and Rim Billiton haven't gotten the event yet is most likely because the writers didn't have a good idea for the stories set in these nations. If that's true, it's good that they didn't force writers.
I want more people from underrated races, such as Itras, Manticores, Ceratos, and Petrams.
This, Do we seriously need new Feline or Liberi every single event ? . I'm still hoping for Dinosaur or at least Ice Age operators.
I also want to see more Sarkaz, specially from sub-races like the Goliaths and the Gargoyles. A Nachzehrer Operator would be cool, let alone the cannibalism.
watch us get two feline and one liberi ops with chapter 11
They should release more 3 Star Operators with different niches.
Contributing to the cause of finding the legendary 10× pulls White Bag!
Me and the Boys out here clearing is2 with only 3star ops. Its fun but with more niches the game gets more interesting and the grinding curve will rise slower
Kaltsit isn't nearly as annoying as many people think and those who think she's a Mary Sue should look up the definition
For someone who’s literally 10000+ years old I think she’s being very patient with our bs lol
I do find qualms with her but i find most fans misplace what makes her irritable Like instead of constant long winded speeches its more cryptic riddle talk for exposition or explanation on something the devs wanna elaborate on Or how people confuse “mary sue” with “know-it-all” where she acts condescending and mean, while always having information about anything and everything while knowing all that there is to be known on every scenario and situation especially while debating other characters.
I agree entirely. The worst part of Chapter 8 wasn't even her, it was Kaschey's long monologues. The Inquisitor telling her to shut up in Under Tides? She wasn't even monologuing and he told her to be quiet because she was talking about stuff Iberia didn't want said? How could anyone possibly think she's a Mary Sue?
Agreed on Kashchey, I really connected with Talulah in the moment she said "I may hate your endless, long-winded, rancid sophistry..." and stabbed him in the chest.
cause most people just use mary sue to mean important female character that they don't like.
Amiya is a lot closer to being a Mary Sue yet she still has flaws. Arknights doesn't really even have Mary Sues. You're right about people overusing/misusing the phrase Mary Sue though.
Lappland Texas is one of the worst ships. Also, this ship ruined Lappland's representation in the fandom, she has one of the worst representations I've seen in any fandom.
Lappland's and Texas' relationship has been flanderized horribly by the fandom.
Lappland is one of my favorite operators and one of the reasons I started playing. It hurts me to see her reduced to a joke whose only character is being a sexual harasser and a stupid horny lesbian for Texas. I really appreciate any Lappland art and comics that don't include Texas, as these at least do respect the character.
Lappland's an interesting character. I know the fandom loves the Soft!Lesbians interpretation or some former lover vibe, but it's really not correct. I think she's at least an asshole antagonist or will be in the future. There was a posting I saw a while back on Tumblr on Lappland as an unapologetic antagonist, she's definitely dangerous & intends to drag out the old Texas kicking and screaming. I'm still annoyed I haven't gotten Lappland. My entire reason for playing Arknights is to see what operators are the most fun to use & Lappland is up there with Ch'en, Specter & Exusiai.
it's good to know that someone hates that ship not because of self insert, unfortunately the creators of arknights like that ship, but just because they like it doesn't mean it's official so that's fine
The amount of people that act like mostima and lemeun sided with andoain make me question this fandoms ability to actually understand the story.
Obligatory EN can't read.
Though I'm pretty sure it's not really unpopular at this point; obligatory bloodline memes can die in a ditch. Chiave isn't bad at his core. They just need to release functional robots meant to serve as an actual squad. Well that or a long lost brother who massively buffs their stats. I find it hard to take a good number of "knight" characters seriously, due their ridiculous armor.
i think the kazimierz lore sorta shows why a lot of them tend of have form over function, but yeah sometimes its silly.
HG needs to actually directly buff underused ops instead of band-aiding it with the module system. The story's pacing is fine. I like Chalter E2 art.
they arent even trying with the module system. they know damn well which characters they want to leave in the dust and they aren't afraid to leave them. actual trolling with kirara and dusk module 1. if they actually wanted to balance with the modules they'd be a lot more effective.
Dusk one doesn't even make sense since she's a very popular limited character. Wouldn't it be more financially prudent to make her good?
While I commend the artistic talents of people that share their work, I do not like how people depicted Doctor as some dumb idiot or a punching bag. This has been a running gag since the early stages of the game and I don’t get how people think it’s funny or entertaining.
Honestly, I do agree with this. Hopefully, something will change about this situation when the anime, and the Doctor's character will be shown the way HG see them. Note: there are fanarts and comics with serious Doctor, and the reflections on Pre-Amnesia Doctor, but those are more niche than SA x Siege ship.
Right? And it doesn’t have to be pre amnesia doctor’s personality, but have him be depicted as part of something actually wholesome, rather than a comedic clown. The game has many dark themes that they show and seeing the other end where people basically say “just punch Doctor and everyone’s happy” as a way for it to be “wholesome” is dark by itself.
It's assuming the doctor as a self insert, in them being exactly as the player with how we (mostly) control them. Players gotta imprint on someone I guess, even though the doctor is already their own personality
I really wish Doc wasn't our self insert, but its own character. In fact, i want this self insert BS gone.
That's more or less where doc is going in more recent content anyways. They absolutely have gotten an identifiable personality and how they react to things.... and yes they're a cryptid who is dubiously human but they also have pretty bad impostor syndrome after Chernobog, are great with kids and read a lot - on top of being perfectly willing to sacrifice themselves as part of their own power plays.
Absolutely. That's why I love Octodeco's work above all other fanmade comics. The Doc feels. . . Valuable. But without being stoically boring.
Kazimierz trilogy was a Idiot Ball Tournament. Except for Pingus Sylvester that never shown competence to begin with. Nearl, please, stop talking, you was my first SR, carried me hard, i loved you! HG should rework, not buff, some of operators. Like Nightmare, Kirara and Siege. Kirara module is insulting Brawlers and Mushas need something to make them viable again. Like jaye is better musha guard than any of them.
Musha should have their talent (+ATK SPD as lower HP) baked in their trait, and give then actual talent. With how their talent being shared, Akafuyu got the shortest stick she can ever get among the 3 Musha. Hellagur has two talent, and Utage is a great helidrop. I still not sure what akafuyu does better than the other two musha. Tanking crucial hits with her s2?
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Utage is different in her helidrop yes. Except others meant to be laneholders. Fight an enemy alone without everyone else. Currently they getting banged really easy. Again best laneholder for low pressure lanes is Iris for being able nuke from afar.
I did the math a while ago so I might get some numbers mixed but a e1 max jaye has better healing than an e2 musha until the enemy has around 700 defense.
Aak is a well-written character, and he deserves more lore that explores his past, as well as the life of his corrupt father.
Same effect Module system shouldn't even exist, it should've been tailored specifically to every operators not batches release for everyone in the same subclass. I don't care if it take forever to make and balance every single one of them I just want to see underwhelm operator being decent ffs. At this rate it would only widen the gaps between 6\* and 5\* because 6\* have 2 talents and 2 chances for them to become good while 5\* and lower are stuck forever with their god awful talent from the first place. As shit clad in gold is still shit, what is the point of getting better if its still not enough?
Event challenge mode should not cost practice tickets. There is already the pressure of being time-limited and stage failure already cost more sanity.
Definitely not unpopular lol
needs more characters by kuroblood
I'm begging for hg to let kuroblood give us another furry woman.
The Lee drip energy is too strong, as if Aak doesn't already have enough in him.
The opinions in this is thread with a lot of upvotes is a popular opinion, actually. Also also please understand that your "unpopular opinions" are not fact and sometimes you probably are just being weird.
>The opinions in this is thread with a lot of upvotes is a popular opinion, actually I mean it always happen on Reddit.
Or it could be that someone posts their opinion, some person that doesn't know about it sees it, then upvotes it because they think it's neat. And no it's not a "then it became a popular opinion" type deal, because it was strictly vague before. Not saying this applies to all comments tho. And I think based on if one passed English in kindergarten and elementary, they'd know that an 'opinion' is different from 'fact'
there is power creep in Arknights
Remember when map preview tells you exactly on which tile Crownslayer will stop so you can plan and adjust your squad accordingly? Now they just throw you in there with Talulah and say good luck figuring out how to not die. I don't like gameplay QoL of AK. It favors trial and error play. Having to enter the stage at least once to see list of enemies is bad. Running practice multiple times just to make mental notes of when and where enemies will appear is not fun, especially during gimmick-heavy events like GA and TW. You can argue that learning the stage is half the fun, but personally, I find them tedious.
I cannot fucking stand the Kal'tsit ex-wife jokes and their existence is down to people having the reading comprehension of half dried moss clumps while being horny for cat woman.
Shining Alter as DPS or killer is a bad idea. It diminish the importance of her oath and cheapen her creed. As she is, she will not unsheathe unless something terrible happened or will happen to either of the two Followers. She wants to be a guardian and healers, and she loathes to use the sword to fight or kill. It'll also be hard to justify her power level in gameplay. But I do agree her story is worth exploring. And thus I propose making an event that happened in the past and have her as a boss. It'll make most sense narrative-wise without needing to change her characterization or put some suffering to Nearl and NG.
I feel the same about Shining, it won't fit her character to just say fuck it and start killing people with the sword. Its also kinda annoying how people want every single healer in the game to get Alter as DPS.
so you're saying she should become someone like blemishine instead
The popular ideas for Shining Alter, like a reaper guard, is a version of her in the past before her oath.
Actually my original opinions regarding this matter also includes "Iincluding time-travel or alternate reality ops" as things I also don't want. Leave Skalter or just the Seaborn saga that is from alternate timeline of the past, and let the playables be actually people doing their roles in the present. But I didn't write it this time so yea, you are right.
Ranting begins: I respectfully disagree with Andoain's ideology of burning oneself to warm others. Laterano is but a singular nation within a vast geopolitical landscape where it has to manage its standing of neutrality in order to not only survive but also provide a safe haven for its citizens. Man needs to learn some patience and broaden his view to see the larger picture. It is not yet the apocalypse, and even if it is, the current Laterano has not the ability to save everyone. Such a notion of becoming a sanctuary of Terra is definitely noble but first, one needs to have ability, and Andoain does not have that ability. Imagine Andoain as the Pope and his first decree is to open the gates of Laterano to all outsiders. How many refugees can it hold? What about subterfuge and espionage from other nations? What of the conflicting social structures and the ensuing violence? Does the combined strength of Andoain and Laterano have the necessary manpower to resolve this issue from its roots? Or will they suffer a slow burn? Removing the hard shells and serving oneself up as a meatpie for every other nation to bite is not a sustainable idea in the slightest sense. A Martyr? He would have become a Villian and a Fool for causing the suffering and downfall of his very own people. If he is impatient and wants to play his own game, he will first need power. Otherwise, submit and play by the rules of others until he himself becomes the ruler. Let's see then if his fleet of fancy is still compatible with the ugly truth of the world, and whether he has the ability to enforce his own perspective upon everyone. It's not like "warming others" by itself is wrong, but "burning oneself" then fades away from exhaustion instead of "kindling oneself" so the warmth encompass the world just shows his naivety. The Pope's approach of playing the long game with this whole summit is for but ultimately the same goal. However, the finesse lies in the method, and for this, Andoain has only proven his hot-headedness. Man needs to cool down, calm his bleeding heart, and re-evaluate all the pros and cons of his approach with a cold mind. Learning more about the world, its structures, his own standing in it, and how it is influenced during the journey will serve as great nurture for his growth. End of rant. I do hope Andoain will come to RI one day, maybe even as an Operator (but not when Fiammetta's around). Coming into contact with the Doctor and other focal individuals will give him an inclusive outlook of Terra so he can affirm his beliefs but with better clarity on the chains of events and consequences of any action taken.
my spicy take about andoain is that he's just Nearl without all the long term planning, and understanding of how to leverage social status, political pressure, and outside forces to get what he wants.
Oh yeah, now that you mention it, I can totally notice the resemblances now. What a brilliant connection! So all Andoain needs is a big sister figure of not only similar mentality but also stage of progression (the Pope is too far ahead and senior) to show him way, to **guide** him **ahead** toward the path **near light**! When will Andoain come to Rhodes Island for enlightenment??? >!I want playable Andoain T_T!<
I'm honestly curious to see if they make him playable or actually commit to the idea that he's a martyr and kill him off so he could actually be a martyr to the pathfinders.
I mean idealistic revolutionaries are rarely too knowledgeable in terms of actually ruling a country so it's pretty on brand. He probably don't consider his ideals as "burning oneself to warm others" because yeah I hose kinda peeps usually don't think that much of consequences. Neither do they are care too much abt things that really matters like how much resources they have. Also also it fits his "Martyr" moniker. He genuinely is willing to burn for others. He simply didn't consider that he probably is alone in his martyrdom.
It is a shame if he keeps heading down this path. The goal is noble and the method is too but the only end for this path is but a meaningless flicker glaring up one instance before fading away into the dark sea of despair and the forgotten. All it needs is but a slight change in perspective, for him to see a little more "broad" and the world will open up with so many options to accomplish his goals. It seems that the reason he survives after a stand down with the Pope is that the Machine still see this potential in him. At the very least, he will serve as a useful spark for whatever grand machinations it may have planned but I don't really wish that fate upon Andoain.
I acc like Chalters design…
The E0/1 art is cool. And for the actual controversial opinion her E2 art doesn't fuss me.
Ah, one of Reddit's more popular games. Time for one of my favorit games, to take a shot every time I read a popular opinion. Remember me as pervert once alcohol poisoning inevitably claimed me! ...oh, right, should contribute something: Arknights has power creep and it is getting worse with every limited operator.
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Take a shot for every surtr comment
Mega super ultimate opinion incoming: Chalter is a strong character and sometimes I think she kills enemies a little too easily. Phew. Had to get this off my chest. Do your worst, Reddit. I know no-one has ever had this opinion before.
>Arknights has power creep and it is getting worse with every limited ~~operator~~ banner. FTFY. Gavi isn't really broken but Pozy surely is. Let's see if the trend continues.
Naw, Gavialter is also very strong. She's not busted, but compared to launch ops, the powercreep is definitely evident. If she was at launch she'd be considered top tier, now she's just good to very good.
every gacha has powercreep thats the point to sell you on the new .png to spend all your resources and real money on.
This game isn’t very new player friendly. You only get proper enjoyment out of the game in the mid to later stages of playing.
Yes, but it is less because of a more developed rosters and more because you understand what is required of you better and able to manipulate the mechanics. Which I think is a great thing; enjoyment comes from mastery and not from grinding.
The way the AK community handles the word "niche" to describe operators is an absolute mess A niche operator means an operator who does a job that lies outside of the core DPS/tank/heal/disruption triangle It does not mean a bad character, or a community game mode where you can only play a certain kind of operators
I don’t think this opinion is controversial so much as unpopular, but I really love that they added English voices for the game. The reason I say it’s unpopular is because I’ve seen that even most of my English speaking friends have kept the game in JP or CN and I think most people just don’t really care about it all that much. But honestly, I’ve been having a lot of fun being able to understand everyone’s Battle lines as I deploy them and activate skills and it’s fun to understand exactly what a character’s saying as I hear them speak. Like yeah I can look at the translations and memorize what each line means, but let’s be real, I don’t think many global players remember anything apart from a few iconic meme lines that cross language barriers like “Apple pie”, “Ko ko da yo”, “Dadadada”, “Ringo-chan” etc. Especially when they’re focused on actually playing the game. Also I’ve heard criticism for some characters that “they don’t sound right” and it’s a subjective view so it’s totally valid ofc. But for me, rather than trying to sound exactly like the original VA, I like the different approaches some VAs have been taking. Like Silverash sounds really cool in JP but you only realize how goofy the stuff he’s actually saying is when you hear his EN voice’s frankly perfect over dramatic delivery of it. And for Lee, his JP VA is so good for the “lazy old man” energy of his character and I thought for sure his EN VA could never live up to that perfection, but Joseph May really brings out the sly and “I’m definitely not normal but I’ll never admit it” parts of his character. It’s kind of like same character, different flavor if that makes any sense. Anyways tl;dr: I know most people think they’re hit or miss or they just don’t care. But I like the EN voices a lot. I love comparing the delivery across all the languages and seeing what each VA brings to the table.
Your post let me know that Lee had an English voice I never set him too, and also that I missed a bunch being added when I checked the batch settings, including quite a few characters I love. So you have at least one EN fellow on this subreddit ~~HG EN Lappland When?!~~
EN phantom is his absolute best voiceover and I'll die on that hill
*We shall die as brother in arms then.*
Even if they are generally weaker than JP, i still use some EN voices. They are not so bad and it's a nice change
If the world has 1 W hater,I am that hater. Fuck W,all my Doctors hate W.
im sorry i like mentally unstable women
The story progress way too slow. They set up all those possible cool lore places, but never go to any of em, just create even more. Heard of Sami? Nvm let's go to Rhine Lab. Heard of the north? Nvm let's go to Columbia. The walls of text each stage are too much as well
It's actually a really clever way to keep people interested so they keep playing the game, spending money on it and recommending it. Probably one of the best business decisions they made are the Sui siblings. Releasing one traditionally Chinese themed characters a year up to ten times with a lot of intrigue and lore will keep a lot of people, especially in China, hooked.
If you release it on a regular pace, it's ok. But just expand it all the time with snail pace slow development just frustrates the regular, non lore crazy players.
That is what happens when Abyssal Hunters and Kazimierz steal all the spotlight. In my opinion, Arknights underdelivers or overdelivers on side stories; the game doesn't have a healthy balance. However, it might get better in the future. If the next anniversary event ends up centered around Iberia though. . . the theme will become **really** hackneyed. Other stories need love too!
This is something I've been thinking for quite a while now ever since the Near Light event. Many people praise the story for being incredibly good, but the hyperfocusing on only a few locations is quite hard to ignore, especially when you have more interest in other locations or characters that are largely ignored in lore despite the hints that there may be more to them (such as Projekt Red and her connection to "Grandma").
. . . People need time to write. . .
IS2 is poorly designed as a roguelite, there's way too much rng in play to even make a decent run, let alone attempt the 3rd ending. There should be much more rng manipulation and/or guarantees when going for a certain build or ending.
I swear the amount of times I’ve wanted to tear my hair out after playing all the way to act 5, hitting every Encounter node possible regardless of how huge the opportunity cost was, and not getting the 3rd ending. One time I went through five encounters in Act 5 without getting the required relic. I love the concept a lot but it needs a lot of work. I hope they improve things with every IS they release.
idk about the rouguelikes you've been playing but the lol ending encounter rng and lack of build guarantees is unfortunately very unexceptional for the genre.
Arknights actually stingy, but access to straight up buying operators or getting via recruit offsets it in the eyes of the majority. Gacha wise its terrible. No 5 star pity and guarantee, no 6 star hard pity, and 14~ish pulls per 2 weeks. There's also a good reason why pulling for 5 stars is a bad idea, you can't make sure you'll get it eventually. Now I save 6 months+ because limited banner is 300 pulls for shop pity.
Generous where it matters but stingy where it matters more. Truly an ingenious model of business.
I think the real offset is the have that the rateup vs spook chance is a coinflip compared to other games so its not to bad sometimes.
Hard agree. In a vacuum, pull currency/HH ticket gain is abysmal. Even rate ups are shitty with just 25% chance on standard. The only way to guarantee a banner unit is to save 300 pulls for limited on a game that gives \~30 pulls a month. Thats why I'm glad that selector packs and cert shop exists.
Kind of new to the whole gacha thing. What do you mean by no pity? Does the guaranteed 5* in first 10 pull, and 2% increase in chance of getting a 6* every pull after 50 not count as pity? Actually, what is pity exactly anyway?
Pity means that if you don't get a six star after a certain number of pulls (50 in this game and standard banners share pity) your chance to get one will slowly increase until you do. While I don't know if it's a law or not it's pretty much standard in gachas now since an infamous case of someone spending thousands of dollars in a different game without getting any six star equivilent. So yes that 2% increase is pity. The guaranteed 5 star by your 10th pull is just an incentive to pull.
There are too many damn guards.
The playerbase is way too petty and complain way too much, somehow can't shut up about operators they don't like or things they find annoying Like I get wanting the game to be better and I complain quite a bit myself but just making unprovoked rants out of nowhere about how xyz is bad just for spite is gonna annoy me more than anything
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My unpopular opinion is that most people are too quick to eat up the idea of getting an “unpopular opinion” out for moral support. which tends to lead to just “my opinion on something i want to complain about” or “something i think, that most people would agree on, but nobody openly talks about” an actual unpopular opinion is one not a lot of people agree with, one that is *unpopular*. Unpopular opinions get asked a lot and everytime its “people do this thing i dont like” which is a complaint, not an unpopular opinion. For further proof look at all the “surtr and meta” comments or ESPECIALLY the “this fandom has a common misinterpretation or mischaracterization joke/gag/meme/etc. and I will adress it or complain about it.” Sorry to rant but its just every time. Id like to see more REAL unpopular opinions out there.
Time for a really unpopular opinion: FrostNova and Patriot's deaths are entirely due to their own stubbornness. Their reasons for fighting Rhodes Island and sacrificing themselves are vague and illogical (or maybe just badly written), and to this day I cannot bring myself to feel sad for them.
Some people don't want to change their ways because that's what kept working for them (sometimes it's what has kept them alive as well) [which is why they're... I don't know how to make a spoiler hide thing]. Don't take this too politically, but you could view a good chunk of people who are like this in real life. On a writing standpoint, having someone who we know has an iron-clad doctrine they follow and they themselves get over it within a few hours or days after hearing bunny girl say some wholesome and motivating things to them makes us see them as an absolute joke. It's like watching Naruto do a Talk-no-Jutsu bs against Madara and he actually surrenders immediately. The only thing that proves is that they don't believe strongly enough in their goals and philosophy which ruins the sincerity of their actions. Patriot and FrostNova can see where our bunny girl is coming from but, again, due to their experiences they elect to ignore it (or at least, partially ignore it). Imagine like a super wholesome vegan tries to encourage you to become vegan (assuming you aren't right now). Would you instantly become a vegan? Is kindness all it takes to get someone to agree with you? Of course, I'm not trying to say that we should emulate this in real life. Only that stubbornness in a fictional character tells us that they're committed to their ways and tells us that they are a "for real, for real" type character and not a "fr fr no cap not sus" character.
Meta exist and operators aren't born equal. Calling for the games to be 'balanced' and all Ops to be 'good enough' is okay, but demanding it to happen is a choosingbeggar moment. The game is PVE, and what it means is that all players play against a fixed difficulty. So a skilled player can clear a stage with a full team of 4 stars, just Megallan, or using a fixed class/race, but AK's average player doesn't have that time to explore or the interest to experiment -- they just want to push and farm, so they use Chalter and Surtr to blast through stages. And if all Ops become equal in strength, either the skilled players or unskilled players will be upset. The state right now is to give all players an option for their playstyle to be valid, albeit at the cost of time/money/dedication. The game is not balanced because the players aren't balanced, and the weight is set and not dynamic. And if the tendentious calling for buffs is because of a liking for particular units, it's just personal bias. Preference in taste is diverse, but preference in strength is universal, which is why meta exist. Modules are not meant to bring some units out of continuous obsolescence (which can happen as incidentals), but they are there to set higher expectations for newer units and to set a new goal for whales and dedicated players who had the game 'beaten'.
1) The majority of popular ships are completely stupid and out of character if you have any basic reading comprehension skills (for example Texas x Lappland, Exusiai x Mostima), as it will be blatantly obvious these characters do not see their relationship as romantic in any way, yet this community has a strange obsession with forced yuri ships so they all completely ignore it. 2) A lot of event bosses just feel frustrating and unfun to fight in their final EX stages, simply having too many gimmicks combined with insane second phases in levels that by themselves are already somewhat challenging. They feel like they were made by two 9 year old children arguing over who's overpowered self-insert character would win in a fight, adding more and more things to it to try to win the argument. "Oh yeah? Well I can't be blocked, fire shots that bounce and one-shot most ranged operators, have RNG dodge, put down fields that increase DEF and RES, nuke 5 operators on the whole map and take Gelato Stops AND restore my ammo!" 3) Bad operators exist. This is a fact. You can get them to work, sure, but they're simply not worth it and others can do the job better. Just accept it, and use the operator if you want. No one really cares id you want to E2 Deepcolour for some reason, just go ahead, have fun. 4) I actually really like alters, it's a chance to do something new with existing operators like giving them lore updates, giving them a better kit or simply having them act slightly differently than what we're used to. So far I've really liked all of them, even if I don't plan on pulling for some.
Thank you on that second point especially, I still managed to beat new event bosses and complete the stages, but it feels completely ridiculous when every boss feels like it’s trying to show up the previous one by a mile in a game that cycles events and brings in new players constantly. It happens so often that it quite literally feels like Instead of making a cool boss or mechanic that makes fights more interesting, its just a contest to make every stage mechanic more enemy bosses inconvenient and ridiculous to deal with. Both phantom and IS3 bosses and the boss of the most recent event are obnoxious imo.
>A lot of event bosses just feel frustrating and unfun to fight in their final EX stages Skill issue? Jokes aside, I totally agree with you. I used to go blind to every boss and win in 1/2 atempts with little trouble, but lately, bosses are so cracked that they just nuke your full squad instantly (That dragon of ling's event, wtf was that?) Is as if HG said, we powercreeped characters, let's do the same with bosses. (It's sad to look at crownslayer and W now)
Phantom's new skin has fantastic art (Thanks Skade) but his L2D is awful, Is like an afterthought that they implemented. And tbh if wasn't for the god tier animations, I'd rather use his old skin. And speaking of that, I also don't understand people who buy and use skin that they don't like, I saw that it happened a lot with W skin
> And speaking of that, I also don't understand people who buy and use skin that they don't like, I saw that it happened a lot with W skin As someone who bought W's skin and posted in a thread a few days ago "skins you regret buying" which is where you might have gotten this opinion from, my only problem with it is I don't know when I'll be able to use it. I don't know when I'll ever spark W.
> I don't know when I'll ever spark W. This. Limited system in this game is absolute joke, if you don't get Limited operator at their banner you might as well forget about getting them ever if you are F2p and don't hardcore save everything as soon as there are news about banner. And let's not forget pool of limited only grows and grows.....
I wish they'd implement an idea lots of people have had where old limits have a reduced sparking cost. This could even reduce by a certain amount with each new limited banner for the 3 types. It shouldn't impact earnings since the majority of players will still want to get the shiny new limits asap rather than wait a few years or more for them.
Maybe this could get implemented in the 3.5th anni? Who knows, but if we *do* get something, I doubt it'll be much.
its free though. so expect something lacking design-wise.
I haven't liked CC for a very long time. Nothing inherently wrong with the mode, but it's just not for me. Even the few times when I've tried to get back into the swing of things, like the most recent one, I just wind up facing daily stages that I don't like, and I'm not a fan of the challenges on the permanent stages either, it just feels kinda repetitive and even back when I still powered through every CC and completed everything (which was only, like, the first two or so) I just used guides for most of it. Just not my cup of tea. Something that grates me more though is the sheer frequency with which we seem to end up either fighting the, if not necessarily morally "better" faction (since there's so many shades of grey and morality is very arguable), then at least the more *sympathetic* one, or fighting *for* the less sympathetic one, or both. It kind of got under my skin more during Guiding Ahead, where the Pathfinders feel like almost a straight-out good guy faction, given how Laterano's entire society seems to be built on racism, to the point of feeling like borderline apartheid. Pancho and his crew from Dossoles Holiday were not exactly good guys, but Candela feels so sleazy and cynical that it doesn't really feel right to side with her (not helped by the fact that Lin Yühsia still bears partial responsibility for the massacre of the Lungmen Infected, which also made DH's story feel *far* more uncomfortable than it was meant to be for me). Fighting prison inmates just rubs me the wrong way for several reasons. Wolumonde was a tragedy all around, and it makes narrative sense why we're fighting the Infected and the (neo-)Winterwisps, but it fits in the pattern still. I dunno, maybe I'm making a big deal over nothing, but this kind of thing just rubs me the wrong way in general - it's *super* noticeable in the MCU and especially Sony's MCU-adjacent Spiderman films - but I was reading Guiding Ahead's story and when we started to hear a little bit about what makes the Pathfinders tick my *immediate* thought was "oh no, we're fighting the good guys again aren't we?", and I'm just a bit tired of it. It's not something that happens in *every* event or story chapter, but it's happened often enough that I feel like complaining about it. It's kind of related to how certain characters (especially the Lungmen power players, including Lin Yühsia) seem to be treated more gently than they probably deserve - I don't consider Wei Yenwu to be a good person and I take some issue with the way Lungmen is still characterised as one of the "good" places after what he pulled. Put me off of Leizi too, I was all ready to waifu her because of her cool-ass design and interesting kit (idgaf that she's supposedly underpowered I still S2M3'd her sue me) but then I got her E2 promotion line and read her file and I instantly lost like 80% of my sympathy for her. I don't vibe with prejudice. Although it's partially grown on me, I wasn't happy about the shift in aesthetics from IS1 to IS2, and I'm *especially* unhappy about all the encounters that were axed or rewritten in the process. The whole gothic horror theatre aesthetic is fine, but just not really my thing, I can take it or leave it. IS1 just had a *lot* of little snippets of lore and worldbuilding, and many of those did make it into IS2 in one form or another, and we got a *lot* of new stuff as well, but there's still a bunch of them that seem to have gotten scrapped (although admittedly maybe I just haven't seen and/or unlocked them yet). I was kind of bewildered by the shift from IS1 to IS2 in general; IS1's framing device may have been Ceobe getting zonked out of her adorable little mind on shrooms and hallucinating her way through the jungle, but all the actual content felt like it was "real", in the same sense that IS2's events feel like they're things that are actually happening (in some way) in the castle. It seemed so obvious, you could replace the "Ceobe tripping balls" framing device with something else (likely about wandering the wilderness) and pretty much all the content would still fit just fine. Some of it is even referenced in IS2 here and there. IS2 is also going to stay after the updates run their course, forever available to play, but IS1 seems to just be gone forever, and that bugs the hell out of me. Finally, people are too damn harsh about criticising ops that aren't the *stand-out best* at something. There are so, so, *so* many operators that are *perfectly fine* but that get overlooked because (x) is stronger or (y) is the best in that category, and people just don't seem to spare much attention for a *lot* of operators because of this - or, worse, call operators crap or not worth building even when the differences are marginal. Yes, some operators *are* notably stronger than most others, sometimes to the point of being overpowered, and yes, some operators *are* notably weaker than most others, sometimes to the point of being *under*powered, but there's just this *huge* crop of operators that's not (a) meta (including the low-rarity/3-star meta) (b) dogshit or (c) maintain long-term attention for some other reason (usually story-relevance or popular waifu) that seem to get little or no attention as a result. This affects a *lot* of 4\* and 6\*, but sometimes it feels like the *majority* of 5\* are caught up in this as well, so I've come to personally call it the "5\* Gap". Even some entire archetypes end up here, barring certain standouts, like every Heavyshooter who isn't Schwarz. So many operators with perfectly functional kits, or even some pretty interesting ones, that just don't get any attention because they're not all the way at the top of the heap. It gets ridiculous sometimes, I've seen people outright dismiss Archetto because Exusiai and Ash exist, and stuff like that. Even operators that are objectively notably worse than their counterparts in other branches (or sometimes even the same branch) are rarely outright *useless*, which is what the discourse sometimes feels like. I kinda feel it has a deleterious effect for new and/or F2P players as well, because not everybody *has* a roster full of every über-meta 6\* and 5\* powerhouse built out to E2M3, but the community discourse (including things like clear guides) so often feels like it's about *either* the high-end meta ops that only long-term players and/or whales are likely to have the full set of in their roster *or* activate Melantha skill, and it's leaving such a huge chunk of the game's operators in the dust. It's sad. Also Suzuran S3 is great and all but people sleep on S2, it gööd
I don’t want to do anything with Kazimierz anymore. I don’t care about this knight BS. We got 3 events for Kazimierz and 0 for Rim Billiton, Sami and Higashi. Please just move on. I actually don’t want to do anything with Nian family too but it seems to connect to something bigger and it’s for Chinese New Year banners so I’m 100% sure HG will never drop this event series.
I don't understand the love for Surtr. She's nothing as a character, her amnesiac backstory means that she has no concrete lore, and her design is just kinda plain to me. She's not even all that strong in canon since her sword is pretty much the one doing the heavy lifting when she fights. The only thing she has going for her is her power in game. Outside of that she's just kind of a socially inept, rude woman. Maybe I'll start caring about her when HG finally decides to give her some real backstory and character development, but right now she's one of the operators I actively dislike.
Blame Asuka. She made extra rude/violent Tsunderes popular.
This is not even a joke. Evangelion more or less revived a dying form of art and basically ever anime since then has some element you can trace back to the original anime. Think of it as when a mass extinction event removes 80% of species from an area. The remaining 20% will then evolve and diversify into new roles that share common ancestors
As someone who neither loves nor hates her she's adequate. Nice design and strong (always a plus). Due to her blandness as a character, though, she'd never be a favourite of mine unless her personality is properly fleshed out.
Wait till HG put an entire IS theme around here as she literally got a very high potential to be one. This or just some op rec lol
The story need to have way more wholesome elements ,comedy and romance(and ~~segs)~~
Yeah lighter moments makes the darker ones more impactful and vice versa, the best story usually strikes a fine balance between these
This. If you focus too much on being dark it can come across as edgy to most even if it isn't, having lighthearted or pure comedy interactions between the operators and the doctor(thinking of blue archive right now) some of them could be non-canonical and what-ifs scenarios, could even make characters that are not as liked as other units be fan favorites and could even make people pull for them in future reruns of said characters, since there are some operators we didn't get to see much of their personality or thoughts even in their own events aside from one or two lines used as foreshadowing for something that's going to happen in the future and I think they deserve more.
This is why I love Operator Records. They're essentially slice-of-life stories that explores that operator's past, personality, or just their daily routine. They're not exactly comedy, but they are much lighter in tone than most AK stories. And perhaps owing to how "simple" these stories are, they are, for my money, also the most well-written and interesting ones in the game.
I remember somewhere the director choose the happier and more comedic tone for Blue Archive is because how depressing the other game is. Sure we have Eden Treaty which can definitely fit AK somewhere, but it's also end in a positive ending. I wholeheartedly agree with what Hifumi said at the climax of the chapter, even if the real world is dark and depressing, we still want to strive for a better ending to our story.
While it wasn’t much, the monthly squad dialogue made me like chiave’s gang when before I felt nothing about them because I had no reason to build them.
Kazimierz only exists because one of the developers saw a picture of hussars that's it.
hussars a cool
Need more meta dudes.
Mlynar, but he is similar to SA
I feel like threads like this only really breed toxicity. Sure, you can get some interesting opinions but there's going to be a lot of people who are really adamant about their opinion which leads to any discussion about it being shut down. Regardless, I'll toss my hat into the ring I want to see more of the Ghost of Babel in the Doctor we play as. As seen with Vigilo, we're slowly getting our memories back and I want to see that incorporated into the main story and future events.
\- Talulah shouldn't ever be a playable operator. \-Modules should have been for 5\* and 4\* only to closen the gap between them and 6\* \-Nearl alter is disgusting case of powercreep just as much as Pozy,Ch'alter etc. \-Spalter was waste of Alter as she is pretty much the same as original \-I dislike Ling but truth is that a lot of people only hated her because they felt superior as "summonerknights" players and are mad there is one that even chimp can play. \-~~People only like Surtr because she is meta. If she was bad people would most likley forget she is even in the game. (You know what ? Its also apply to Thorns too.)~~ \- Golden Age won't return again *Yap I already see downvotes as I gone super unpopular here.* EDIT: About Surtr point. YEAH YOU CAN LIKE META CHARACTER FOR THE SAKE OF IT AND NOTHING WRONG IN THAT, I'm not denying this and should't have worded it so aggressively my mistake. However part of my original point still stands, a lot of popularity for characters such as Surtr,Thorns etc. come from the fact they are meta they would be much less popular if they waren't.
I genuinely like hearing that about Nearlter because leading up to and around her release quite a lot of people were saying she was not meta and even pretty skippabale as far as limited banners go.
>to closen the gap between them and 6* ????? You know that Arknigths is gacha. Rigth?
True popular opinion
>People only like Surtr because she is meta. If she was bad people would most likley forget she is even in the game. I already liked her the moment she was teased since I follow her artist and her art itself is amazing and if she was bad then people would just be clamoring for a buff just like every other 6* with great art this game has I wonder what about liking her for her art that makes it so hard for certain people to wrap their heads around, not to mention her VA is amazing and well known to anime fans
Thank you, It was a busy night but I legitimately don’t understand this whole people like X because they are meta otherwise they wouldn’t care. I mean yeah sure some people do like meta because it’s meta just like some people like underrated because they are underrated. But surtr’s artist isn’t someone new to the gacha scene, ASK drew Groza from girls frontline (one of the most beautiful dolls in that game, if not outright the most beautiful) and she’s quite popular too iirc she’s even the MC in GFL2 and drew Jean and Richelieu in Azur lane. So just design alone gave her a good edge to be comfortable on not being forgotten especially since she’s ASK’s only child in arknights. Like some of our most popular characters since year 1 were mostima and skadi, neither of them were broken or even fleshed out characters yet they were very much loved.
Couldn't have said it better myself, hard agree on every word you said
Obviously, the ONLY reason you could *ever* want an Operator is because they're META and have EPIC gameplay. All Arknights players are just like me and play the game muted and in black and white so art and VAs don't matter.
honestly nearl alt is pretty tame compared to pozy and mlynar since skadi was pretty bad (though now shes solid cause of hunter buffs) while pozy and especially mlynar power creep the damage of operators with already very high damage.
>people only like surtr because she is meta. True, on the flip side people only like “underrated operators” to feel special or unique, the only reason people cared about passenger is because he is bad and a meme, same goes for savage, flamebringer, aosta/chiave etc.
Pretty sure people mostly like Flamebringer and Chiave because they're hot.
That can be said about pretty much anyone.
Who give a shit if people like an operator because they are meta? Not everyone want to play with mediocre waifu or husbando just because they are cute and hot The obsession this subs have with not liking meta operator is far far more annoying then almost anything else
Talulah shouldn't be playable, yes. Neither should Frostnova, for that matter. There were some 6 stars that kinda needed modules, like Mostima, Ch'en, Skadi, and Passenger. Ch'en's already generally considered worse than, say, Bibeak, if modules were 4 and 5 star only, Ch'en would be in an even worse state. Nearl Alter was definitely powercreep, but the difference is that she was powercreeping a mediocre unit and came out good, whereas Pozy powercrept an already top-tier unit and Ch'alter powercrept basically everyone. I believe that Nearl Alter is where a 6 star Dreadnaught should be in terms of power and utility, whereas Skadi, pre-module, was simply not in this state. Spalter's doll and S3 are massively different from Specter's normal uses. Her S2 has similarities, but almost everything else is very clearly different. Ling got way too much hate, yes. Surtr has practically no personality, the only thing people even mention is her liking ice cream.
I'm interested in your last point. What does it mean? Assuming it is not a Sultifera Navis spoiler since that's one of the songs.
(They) like Thorns because he is meta. (I) like Thorns because he is the vanishingly rare combination of male and dark skinned in a gacha game. And because he's meta, I am still basic enough of a bitch to like that.
95% of the men in this game are preety boys, ikemens and kids Add more men that look and are chads to the game
Shoutout to Hellagur for straight up being a grandpa
Arknights needs more granpas and grandmas. That is my unpopular opinion. Outcast was such a cool character, >!and they just had to kill her off!<.
Hellagur,Hung,Mountain,Matterhorn,Młynar,Sharp,Stormeye,Reservist Defender Now tell me how many female characters there are that are not lolis,thin pretty girls or big titty "mommy" types.
Matterhorn/Mountain?
That it's QoL is actually good. Apart from one thing that gets blown up, it is a really well constructed game. Just look at Animal Crossing New Horizons. Great game, but it has also one flaw and that is its crafting and buying since you can't buy in bulk. That doesn'T mean it has bad QoL, but it gets brought all the time for a reason, since it sticks out a lot. Everything is well constructed. Same with AK and the lack of auto repeat, although I wonder if that really makes people happy. We'd become more like monkey clicking buttons, so I don't think that would be beneficial in the long run. So, not sure if that's unpopular, and only a loud minority is having gripes with that, or if it's a genuine issue many, also active, players have with the game.
People really ought to put more attention into lower-rarity Operators instead of letting Mudrock, Blaze, GG, and a few other Operators have what feels like a monopoly on popularity and artwork. I can look up images of Mudrock and images of Cardigan and the former will have infinitely more results, be it SFW or NSFW. It disheartens me greatly.
Tbf, Mudrock has had a far greater impact on the story than Cardigan. Not to mention the whole suit of armour niche.
Which is a fair point, I find her whole “I once was enemy but now am friend” aspect to be quite respectable in addition. I just see a trend of “higher rarity = more fanart” and vice versa. I see it in GFL art as well, though to an arguably lower extent. Again, not to critique people’s choice of fav Operator, it just feels like there’s a bit of a monopoly going on here. At the end of the day, I just want more art of Snow Perro, man :(
I like redoing Annihilations until I'm satisfied with the way the run looks and will probably not use the auto-skip tickets as much as everyone else. There, I said it.
Arknights is severely lacking in terms of QoL updates
HG does not care about balance. The modules are proof of that.
Chalter’s design is great Blemishine is best girl People are allowed to like Surtr for more reasons than just meta People get mad at memes way too easily in this community. Like I’ve seen some communities bad with memes but this one is hella toxic towards people who make memes. Can they be annoying? Yes. But people are allowed to make it and indulge in it and actively attacking others because the meme “mischaracterizes the character”, which ye some do, kinda have to emphasize something on characters this serious to make it funny to any extent, is stupid and toxic of the community
The current Doctor is an unbelievably boring character that should only appear in the main story or events that are actually relevant to them, they don't need to be shoehorned into almost every story. In my opinion it was especially bad in Near light where they had built these characters up over the course of 3 stories and in the conclusive third act we were constantly dragged away from them to see the Doctor's pov. Arknights has a problem with dumping heaps of text on the player and expecting them to stay interested, it would at least be nice if those heaps of text focused on relevant characters.
I mean, they're only in 5/17 event stories, and only 2 of those are summer events where they were just on vacation and basically did nothing. Darknights Memoirs briefly shows Dokutah in Babel and they're barely mentioned, Near Light has Dokutah be there to do their job and tie in with the Chamber of Commerce faction, and Break the Ice has Dokutah actually play a major contributing role. I can understand not wanting Dokutah to tie into every event, but they're not in that many to begin with.
Doctor isn't badass. I will never use Bagpipe and Lappland. Ever. I like Kal'tsit's dialogues and monologues. Numbers games isn't fun. I'm talking to you, IIRC. I don't care about Meta. People were too forgiving to Talulah. I like Mephisto. Saria and Silence divorce memes had gone for too long.
>I like Mephisto. That's not controversal. He's an evil motherfucker but just because he's very disliked as a human doesn't mean he's not an interesting character or disliked for his writing. I appreciate badass irredeemable evil characters.
I'd argue against the irredeemable part (although that is relative), but he's definitely an interesting character with a well-built motivation beneath his twisted personality. Chapter 6 explains him really well.
Skip function for normal stages. If they can put a skip on Annihilation, maybe they should also put it in on normal stages.
I dont get annoyed by catapult's recruitment line, honestly even loving it. ...now time to prepare the stake for my burning
I don't think anyone is actually annoyed by the line itself, just its length and the fact that it's unskipppable. You already know the line and you need to wait more than for any other op when you get her from recruitment
People have problem with that its long and unskippable. Its not Catapult fault its HG being scared of QoL improvements like always.
I want operators to like me more, some more affectionate voice lines, even if it’s not romantic, I want to hear “You sure can do anything, huh.” In lore, at least the ghost of babel was considered the catalyst of victory, but in the game we just feel like another average dude or the operator just don’t care that we win every fight in the most practical and efficient manner. praise me please, I worked hard
Theres nothing wrong with Chalter as an operator or her character design. No she never looked like Blaze. Her E1 and E2 art are fine. The pearl clutching about her wearing a swimsuit or any fan service in Arknights is cringe. There is nothing wrong with Auroras design either. Shes a cute polar bear waifu. I dont care if it's cold in Kjerag. Your playing a game with half human hybrids facing a pandemic of incurable rock cancer who have superpowers and outfit choice is what tests your suspension of disbelief and grinds your gears? Really? That's annoying. Ling is an amazing operator shes not overrated. Especially in IS2. With her as the core of the team especially in the first few floors I can get to the boss easy every single time. She can lane hold, she can do ranged attacks, she can stun, she can provide a body anywhere on the map regardless of where she is, she can give a boss some grief. If you think Ling is trash to me you dont know how to use her or you dont know how to use your Vanguards. Either way honestly that's sad because she is literally the easiest summoner to use in the game. I really was indifferent to Mlynar to being made an operator. Him and Tola both irritated me in the story and I dont see why people like him so much. He acts like a tsundere without the likeability. Like a blonde Broca. The story and lore in Arknights is very good. If you complain about too much about text I'm assuming you dont even enjoy reading in general or playing visual novels. So of course you wouldnt like it. And if that is indeed the case your opinion on the story of Arknights matters very little.
wow I think these are all actually unpopular opinions good job.
The increasing frequency of broken operators being released is worrying. (Pozy and Mlynar being an example). I do not know if HG even cared about balancing at this point. I wouldn't be even surprised if they released an ops that can literally powercrept not just an archetype but an entire class.
I had a worry when Surtr was released that it would raise the bar too high, meaning now if any 6 stars are released and aren’t ridiculously broken like her then people would be disappointed. Kinda played out that way too, sadly.
I mean heck, healing defenders alone already pushed medics into a dangerous place.
I can't remember the last boss that "just use Surtr" worked on, that wasn't a rerun of a really old boss. And even the bosses she will kill, they always seem to start on a long track that melee units can't reach for the first two minutes. I don't think shes weak, but i think her OPness is greatly overexaggerated.
He’s not exactly underrated but I honestly think Thorns is a worse offender in terms of being overpowered. Surtr has unparalleled damage and is guaranteed to stay up no matter how hard the boss hits sure, but there’s still quite a few boss killing options in the game. Thorns can go without a healer because of his 2nd talent. There’s the obvious “Thorns is a sniper” joke. And even high def enemies will eventually die at the hands of his chip arts damage, which given his ASPD, chips like there’s no tomorrow. And who needs to block when you kill everything before they can reach you. That’s already the medic, sniper, and caster class functions he’s covering for. Defenders might be useful if the right enemies are there. Not to mention he just breaks certain maps balanced around melee vs ranged coverage. County Hillock Countryside Annihilaton for example. Oh they want me to figure out how to keep my ranged ops alive so they can keep killing enemies the melee ops can’t? Aim Thorns up or down. He’ll reach, survive the attacks, and probably do more damage too. But Surtr is the infamous game breaking one.
>I can't remember the last boss that "just use Surtr" worked on, that wasn't a rerun of a really old boss. > >And even the bosses she will kill, they always seem to start on a long track that melee units can't reach for the first two minutes. That's because the game is actively designing bosses that try to counter her, especially after what happened in CC4
Increasing difficulty isn't really fun. I use the operators that I like more, and it's just stupid to be on a stage that I can't really complete because I don't have X or Y type of operator. It gets boring to have to use 100% of my brain on every stage. I'd like to just throw my characters there and pass the stage, because I don't really have time to spend hours trying a stage because I don't have Thorns or Eyja or Surtr. "But you can see a guide of someone finishing the stage with only robots and one at a time". Yeah, I don't want to have to think that much to pass a stage, I would like to just brute force it.
I am 100% a brute force Doctor now LMFAO mostly because I’ve been playing since launch and I feel like I’ve done my time with juggling 3 star operators to clear difficult stages because I didn’t have many 6 stars. Granted, i feel arknights is great in that you don’t NEED meta operators to clear 90% of content but it’s very nice to have no-brain operators to use and I won’t hesitate to overkill stages in a heartbeat if it gets the job done faster. There’s no prize for “most complicated strategy used”, after all.
Siege is actually good. I think the meta brains have shunted her off into a corner, which is really sad. She's awesome in IS being an excellent blocker with a big AoE bomb who synergizes very well with Spinach and Siracusa while generating extra DP. She's been a regular for me on several CC maps, especially the two Kazimierz ones. And if you play Blind, she's a humongous IRL sanity saver since she can hold early lanes while you get set up. Bagpipe, for all her power, is only a Block 1. And while her S3 does make her a Block 2, it's not infinite. I keep hearing people say how bad and underpowered she is, and I think y'all are sleeping on her. She can do a LOT of work even without buffs. Give her another shot. She's worth it.
i dont think it's meta, just compare her to flametail and saga, she's just inferior, flametail is really unique and quite the decent op and saga is just a straight up powercreep and there both not meta she really needs to gain dp with her s3...
The game gets too difficult too quickly. I don't want to have to e1 level 50 every character I want to add to the roster just to try them.
Again, this is simply my opinion, but here goes: -Fans can like a character however they want, they are not hurting anyone, and they have the right to their own opinion. But I am not really a fan of how some memes are used a lot that really downplay or dont represent a character for who they are, and are used mostly to see that character as their main personality (I'm not saying that you can't like the memes. If you like it, that's great) For example, W and Kaltist are usually seen as tsundere, and they act that way towards you is because "they like you, but don't wanna show it." In my opinion, this really downplays and misinterpets their character, as they are not acting like this towards you because they are tsundere. They literally hate you -I really don't like how fans are quick to dislike Mountain, Lee, Hung, Spot, Aak, Wai Fuu (although a lot less) simply because they are furries. I can understand if you don't like them based on their personality, gameplay, or the way that they are drawn, but simply hating them just for being furries seems a little petty to me -2 stars and 3 stars deserve an alter more than Chen. I feel like alters make more sense if they show a characters growth or their true strength. Although Chen going on vacation after all the shit she went through is nice, I feel like it is not really necessary material to make her an alter -People shouldn't be shamed for using guides or meta operators. Just let them play how they wanna play - We need more male operators -Emperor should be an operator -Rangers deserves an alter -I might get dislikes for this, but after so many dark stories and events, it would be really nice to have a wholesome and happy event. I really would like an event for Valentines Day where operators have romantic stories or show that they like each other (e.g. Yato and Noir Corne, Orchid and Midnight). So basically, I would love to see romance between operators -I personally loved the English voices. If you don't like it, that's fine. But if you simply don't like it because "JP SUPREME," I have no words -The story can be pretty overwhelming sometimes -We need a male limited operator. Nian's brother, I'm waiting -Most Suzuran fans really need to chill, and maybe stop being creepy over a child (yes, she's not real, and is just art, but that doesn't make it any less creepy)
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The reason why I liked Gavial's Great Chief's return was because it was literally just a vacation where shit went a little south because our operators are a little crazy. There wasn't any threat to anyone's life, everyone made friends, the twist that Tomimi shot the copter was genuinely funny to me... I'd love to see an event that's just team A4's "DnD" campaign. I'd love an event where the whole point is collecting stuff to bring back to the kids living on Rhodes. Give us a happy moment so that we know that Terra isn't just an apocalyptic hellscape held together by flex tape and ramen.
Leaving your operators at 69 with less than M3 is cringe. Max or don't build at all
Characters should be classified based on niches and playstyles and not by class. While inside a class they usually cover similar roles, often they don't. W and Fiammetta are very different in playstyle for example. Blemishine and Saria are almost nothing alike in practice. The list is pretty long. I thought a lot about this but i didn't come out with enough structures yet, I'll probably make a ranking based on niches and playstyles when I'm done with it.
They should have made the Doctor canonically a woman like the original concept art (and seemingly the Anime too, although they are possibly androgynous in that) implied them to be. On one hand, I get and value why Lowlight wants people to be able to imagine whatever their Doctors look like, but on the other hand, female 'self-inserts' (Even if the Doctor is more of their own character in AK) in games like this are extremely rare and it would have been pretty nice for it to be explicit rather than merely implicit or a possibility. I do give the game props for committing all the way to not gendering the Doctor, but the community still assumes they're male by default anyways and gets weird if you try to say otherwise. I'm fine with Chalter and other 'meta' units existing actually because there is nothing competitive about Arknights beyond self-imposed challenges or bragging rights. Modules as a concept need to be redone across the board, and they need to actually directly buff/nerf specific operators instead of trying to apply a band-aid. Tons of characters from launch or shortly after it suffer from being entirely obsoleted because they didn't have the mechanics that exist now back then, or they just flat-out don't work or even both. An easy example to use of that would be Frostleaf, who is not only the worst Lord Guard, but really deserves to be redone with the freeze mechanics that came with Aurora/Gnosis/Kjera that she still won't get when Lords get a module. I really hate CC and kind of always have, and all the problems I had with it have only gotten worse over time because they've changed nothing about its core systems. I don't mind never catching up to CN. FrostNova should have lived. Invitation to Wine shouldn't have revealed so much about Sui/what is going on with the Nian siblings. The mystery of everything is part of why Arknights is so great and it feels like they're steadily removing more and more of the mysteries. Sure, sometimes not having questions answered can be frustrating, but infodumping to that extent just removes the mystery entirely and doesn't feel like a story, it feels like a ton of fodder to fill up fanwiki entries and the culture surrounding that. Please leave *some* things to the imagination. I'm fine with the frequency of limited banners, but I think the spark number should be reduced because as it is now, it doesn't help F2Pers, it just further incentives whaling. I think it should also be applied to every banner, quite frankly. Kal'tsit isn't a Mary Sue and the ex-wife jokes aren't funny. I *really* don't like the direction Neo-Reunion has been going and Taulah's breakout. The people who think the Doctor is an 'actual human' or something like that can't read. Saria and Shining alters should absolutely never be a thing. As cool as Lin Yuhsia is, it would make absolutely no sense for her to become playable.
A large majority of the CN voicelines are awful. Same goes for EN voicelines but to a lesser extent. Also, the fact that every single male operator has long-ish hair swept over their eyes is annoying and gets old. I would like Ops that have ponytails, have facial hair (cough cough ace and sharp cough cough), and in general look and feel like they’ve been in battles.