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>>529192285
For moi? It's duduschizo. It's teripedo. It's elyschizo.
I skipped the event story
Ooooh elyschizo not so rough. I didn't mean it when I joked kiamei was better than elymei~
>Bleed again
If they released nu-teri today every abyss would be a QuA abyss
Man, reading through the Amphoreus' Saga of Heroes really makes me appreciate how short and snappy our Vessel memories for the FC's were. They conveyed much more info and personality in a fraction of the time, also helped that they fleshed out the FC's relationships with each other. The Eden and Mobius brushing eachothers hair is way better than anything I've read in this dumb book.
>>529511732Hrt sucks yes.
>>529511732Do you really expect Fanchuan to make a good flamechaser arc by himself? And no don't even bulllshit me on hurr it was roastchicken. It was pretty obvious he was acting as a fall guy this time.
Flamechasers (HI3rd) won. Elymei won.You're unironically a tranny if you say otherwise. Hope this helps
>>529512089I fucking hate Sushang, i hope she suffers for the rest of time, abyss is terrible ever since she released
Good thing I have badum Kiana. Helia herself was fine alone in bleed, I retained at 800.
Kissing Elyschizo on the lips!
>>529512089Aiiiiee there's more Sushangs than Helias. I can't remember if I retained the last Senti abyss with my Bear. Kianners though.
>>529511916>No techno babble>No philosophical babble>Plot haphazardly written and wrapped up consistent with Flamescion, Elysium Everlasting, and Penacony>IT'S THE FAULT OF THE GUY WHO NEVER EVEN APPEAREDYou should just accept that fagji was and has always been a terrible writer who scraped by by relying on his climax.
>>529512949>>no technobabblelol
lmao
>>529513287>All the lore I'm too lazy to read is technobabbleSure anon.
>>529513417>>All the lore I'm too lazy to read is technobabbleThe microlore has Fanchuan's style written all over it.
I hate reading
GenshinGOD btw
>>529513642Nice try Fanchuan, but you ain't gonna convince me otherwise. Learn how to write
Fanchuan wrote Kolosten, the hands-down best arc in this game. I know you will see the irrationally at this statement, but you are wrong and most likely a low IQ yuritroon groomed on discord
Fanchuan wrote Salt Snow, the hands-down best arc in this game. I know you won't see the irrationally at this statement, because you are right and most likely a high IQ seelebro raised on /hig/
>>529512089>double teri hagseoActually cursed
>>529515226GooseChad, but he was seen posting without it many times after some anon said that it's easier to filter him when he uses trip code.
I find it funny that people still argue about the story in these games. Yes, theres a lot of story and some arcs are obviously better than others, but overall the writing is pretty much shit. China still probably has about a decade of literary evolution to go through before they figure out how to properly narrate a story.
I'm a girl by the way and I'm going to sleep in a moment~
>>529516420Good nighteele!
>>529516180Ancient China had written literature and math and gunpowder literally way back in the day and all while your people were still literally smearing poop on walls as cave men. Stfu
>>529516420Fuck off for good too elyschizo
>>529516596Peaked early. Sucks to suck, chang
'member when we used to have a birthday calendar?
>>529518003Bunny noooooooo!
Pretty cool we have actual human females posting in hig these days
>>529516596They didn't really attempt to write novels until after Marco Polo stopped by with Western Literature. Even then, Romance of the Kingdoms and Journey to the West are still shit stories no matter how many times they get retold.
You can literally look at any Chinese media (music, movies, literature, art, etc.) from 30 years ago and it's extremely unappealing and embarrassing. They figured out how to copy a lot of western media recently so their games are popular but the writing is still not there.
Is this game worth starting right now? The story sounds like something I would like, but I've missed like 10 years of events (half of that already bricks your genshin experience) and all I hear in other generals is how shit part 2 is.
>>529528021I started February this year. Glad I did, I like story because of Kiana's character development and kiamei's beautiful relationship growth.
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>>529528021It's never too late to start.
There were only like three canon events, but mostly about side characters. You could easily watch them on youtube. Compared to Genshin, HI3 mostly had non-canon AU events or just some purely gameplay based.
Hop on, enjoy the story and roll for who you like.
Just be prepared that some beginning battlesuits are boring or clunky and there's a lot of menus and currencies to get used to, but if you only care about story then it shouldn't bother you.
There are some guides in the OP, but ask away if you have any questions.
>>529528021I started a couple of days ago, despite getting so confused with the menus it's been okay.
>>529511732I'm really liking Amphoreus so far, but it's really funny how HSR's first good Arc Is a rehash of another one from HI3.
>>529528021yeah, you can start now
>>529528021Events are mostly side content, with the majority of them being spread across multiple self contained alternative universes.
>>529528021Part 2 started shit, but picks up around it's third chapter and the current stuff is pretty decent, on par with a lot of the better Part 1 arcs.
ELYSIA FLOPPED LMFAOOOOOOO
>>529528021The game has got one foot in EOS already, so they're re-running some events. I predict it's only a matter of time before they stop making new content and just re-run events constantly like other old gacha games do. The only problem with starting now is you'll have a harder time getting part 1 valks and gear unless they make it easier to farm.
oh nonono cuckshitlysia sisters!?????
i thought elysia was supposed to save hg2. she ruined it instead by being a flop again
>>529541337Told ya. Cyrene and 8.5 ely will be even bigger flops. Elysia's time is over. Forever.
>>529541340>so they're re-running some eventsDoomposter... They've always been rerunning events... You're also saying this after we've had a string of back to back new events.
>>529541337Hahahahahahahaha
>>529542262This. IstG it is so dumb getting pissy over a rerun event.
>>529541337Not surprising.
>>529541337Pinkshitterbros... we got too cocky...
The current event isn't a rerun is it? It plays differently to the previous Valks VS Honkai Beasts.
>>529541337Poor poor elysia.....
Poor poor elyschizo......
>>529542262>>529542525So this is the rumored ESL reading comprehension.
If you actually paid attention to the context of my response, rerunning events is a reason to START playing now, and at some point in the future, they may end up rerunning other events that the poster was concerned they missed out on.
>>529541337Today I remind them that the e in elysia is for embarrassing.
>>529542965Do you even having reading comprehension?
>The game has got one foot in EOS already, so they're re-running some events.Game has always rerun events, it has zero connection to EOS. Retard.
>>529541337How about stop recycling elysia and fc story again and again for the umpteenth time and actually come up with something new. Maybe it won't actually flop that way.
>>529543143Yes, I wrote that. You're the one that is reading it, apparently scratching your head and flailing at windmills, but it seems like I have to type a paragraph that competes with chatgpts verbal diarrhea to get you to understand something simple.
One foot in EOS means they are going to re-run events more frequently, and there are a bunch of reasons why this is true that has been endlessly discussed already.
>>529543570>they are going to re-run events more frequentlyHe says, after a string of back to back new events. Fuck off.
>>529541337>elysia will save-ACK!!!!!!
>>529543570Goalpost moved
>>529543804Now now, don't chicken away. Pink shitters said she would save ggz but flopped instead. Own upto it.
>>529543879I'm not your boogeyman
>>529543804>i-it doesn't countLMFAO, it's exactly even more embarrasing that it's GGZ because the game is so small it should be guaranteed income.
Meanwhile -8% compared to previous month, holy shit
ELYSIA LOST
ELYSIA FLOPPED
ELYSIA UTTERLY RUINED
is current helia worth rolling on?
haven't played since CNY
>>529544030I said pink shitter, not you specifically. Why are you so pissed? Ggz had a huge loss because of elysia. Looks like she is just not good enough to sustain income or an audience.
>>529543694This is the 2nd time you've stated this as if it means something. It doesn't.
>>529544216Needs Bleedshang, STD Kiana and dragon coralie to be good
>>529544254>"We've had less reruns recently">"Actually, this means we're EoS and are having more reruns!"Retard.
>>529541337The cuckshitlysia joke writes itself. Incoming cyrene flop.
>>529544408looks like no for me, thanks
So Kiana was the last profitable battle suit. Sushang fopped. Helia flopped too unfortunately, and much more than Sushanh. If this shit keeps going coralie will flop harder and Elysia will flop the hardest.
I personally think Leylah should have been made playable during the hype when she was first introduced.
>>529544434Impossible to flop in hsr, a better metric would be zzz if she ever releases there
>>529544425>it's not anywhere near EOS because even though we had 9 weeks of fuckall content at least it was new!
>>529541834>>529544434Was Shaoji involved on GGZ during Elysia's banner there? I don't think so.
Cyrene has the advantage of actually being in a story written by Shaoji, he won't let her flop.
>>529544682The game is still making around $3 Million a month. Other gacha's would kill doe that sort of revenue.
>>529541337lmao floplysia kek
>>529544717>coping
>>529544682Helia released in May for CN, anonchama
>lotta posts out of nowhere
>check inside
>
ahhh okay
>>529544735>"Game is reusing content.">"Game literally isn't reusing content.">"NUH UH!"Retard. Next you'll start talking about maintance mode.
You all should just eat some cakeele.
>>529544754I thought elysia was popular enough though? Looks like it was nothing false hype. She really has nothing going for her does she.
>>529544754>AAAAIIIIIIEEEEEEE SHAOJI SAMA SAVE ELYSIAAAAAA
>>529545040Why did "Seele" do this?
>>529544952What's wrong? you crying, shitlysiatranny?
>>529541337AAAAAAAAIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ELYSIA CAN'T FLOP SHE'S SUPPOSED TO BE BEST GIRL BEST WAIFU BEST CHARACTER EVER MADE AAAAAAAAAIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEE
Can't wait to see an OG like seele or bronya to flop worse than the pinktard
>>529545190About time you wake up to the reality that many people hate shit forcefully shoved down their throat.
using oxylabs to spam a dead thread like that is crazy doe
>>529541337Bahahaahahahahahhaahaaaaa
The new ggz mc who no one knows made money. ely lost to a literal nobody
>>529545190Kys pinktranny
>>529545063>>AAAAIIIIIIEEEEEEE SHAOJI SAMA SAVE ELYSIAAAAAAsomeone should draw this
>>529541337>"Elysia is THE Hoyoverse gi-AAACCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKK"
Shitlysia flopping hopefully shows mihoyo to not give her another suit that she doesn't deserve
What would you say was the ratio of money/effort put into Star Rail compared to the profit that they made?
Even if you are somewhat satisfied with the current state of the game, which is still insane considering they make tens of millions on this dogshit game, its only gonna get worse because HSR is not getting any younger, and also most gachas are falling off. Will you still stick with HSR after they reduce the rewards, most events just become recycled (like now) and patches get less frequent.
Part 2 flopped
Pinkshitter flopped
Shaoji won't save us
My God. I had half a heart elysia could lose sales but I had no idea people were getting this tired of her.
>>529545746>Part 2 floppedNot as bigly as shitlysia though
>>529545601>He thinks they can handle Vita
>>529545705HSR is not at THAT point yet, unlike us where part 2 only rugpulled the essence of HI
>>529545746Seele will rebirth us when the time comes!
>>529545978Isn't she the worst performing Herrscher? Didn't Hua make more?
>>529544981how are you able to function when you think every statement is mutually exclusive
>>529541337Mei~let me grab your-AAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
>>529546079How are you able to function with the amount you run around moving goalposts? It must be exhausting.
>>529546165not to defend his '''point''' but we're in maintenance mode since the leaks were released about extending the patch periods
>>529546165I ran this thread through chatgpt and it objectively told me you are not only wrong but also likely a faggot
>>529546241>Dude there's no way more than one person dislikes pinkshit Kek. Coping shitlysiatranny
>>529546312You retards don't know what Maintenance mode is. If you are getting new content, you are by definition not in maintenance mode.
>>529545949I legit think that these faggots hate their fans. They always end up ruining games stories and cucking them with some faggy self insert.
>>529541337>mu muh muh shhitji will save hoyo just you wait he he definitely will waaaahhhhh
>>529546443Thanks to the other projects because if it was an standalone game it'll be over
>>529546241it's probably one guy shadowboxing with himself on mobile
>>529544682Post the whole shit anon, HI3 sold like shit as usual (worse than Sushang and new Part 2 lowest estimate)
>>529541337BAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAJAAHA WHAT A KEK WHAT A LOSER
>>529546870But previous month was Helia too...
>>529541337So called hoyo face is a flop. The confidence behind this character is embarrassing.
>>529546870>+400% after adding chinkshit charactersI'm guessing this is chinese revenue only
>>529546312we're in tertiary mode
longer patches so players can focus on their main games but still play this
longer patches so the interns can take as long as they need making content
longer patches so nope can't think of a third thing
>>529545925I can but maybe not the rest
>>529546870Poor HSR Pardo. She deserved better.
>>529541337Excellent. Fuck off. We need new characters. Not this poorly written mary sue.
Elysia does not deserve all of this hate
>>529548037Both Pinkshitters and Hoyo get what they deserve. Remember times when Durandal were forced so much people started to hate her? Now this same shit happens with Elysia, but on an even bigger scale because the obvious shilling does not stop.
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>>529547587fixed her design
she should sell 10x better now
>>529541337How the fuck can you make a loss at ggz of all games? How hard do you have to suck at this point?
>>529548260I didn't need to be forced to hate her. Dudu has been trash from the start.
I want to kiss Elysiaschizo
>>529546870If Helia flopped, then elysia is a total CONFIRMED flop. There's just no arguing to it. Coralie might make even less money than helia because of the reaction at her new design. Elysia is too a goner. They should have stuck to Leylah.
>>529541337Truly a historic moment. Put me in a screencap.
>>529546870Not for long~
Elysia will be the lowest of all~
Back to the dirt where she belongs~
I am slowly creeping up to ch 35 and am finally finishing part 1. Is it worth playing part 1.5? I know it has Seele and Vita which is pretty cool.
teripedo was funnier and more original than this retard
>user was banned for replying to himself about 30 times
>>529541337She was supposed to save them...
>>529541337LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!
THE FACE OF MIHOYO!
THE GRAND FLOP!
ELYSIA THE FLOPPEST OF THEM ALL!
>>529546870I thought Elysia wasn't out yet?
>>529548702And you belong in my bed~ Please come~
>>529548717Yeah. Seele arc is really good and it has some of the best character interactions ever. Hua arc has a weak start and a weak antagonist, but the ending is really nice.
Really worth playing because you get another nice epilogue at the end.
Teri teri wouldn't flop btw
NYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I COULD I FLOP IN MY OWN COLLAB!!!!!!!?????AAAAAAAAIIIIIIEEEEEEE
>>529541337uhh what should I say
>>529541337The queen has spoken. Elysia you are a disgrace to this game, this company, the players, everyone. I hereby sentence you to death. Off with your head!
>>529548527Elysia will have the anniversary buff, HSR expy buff and collab announcement buff.
It will be a catastrophic failure if she flops.
>>529550128Same. Really puts a smile on my face.
only Seeleschizo can save this thread
>>529541337Jobbed to jobnya. A new low.
I miss little griseo and little bronya
>>529549238kk guess ill have to play a bit more before my big break
>>529550207>"wwwaaaaaaahhhhhhhh tasukete shaoji waaaaahhhhhhhhh aaaaaaiiieeeeeee"
>>529546870Blonde woman good
>>529552027there is not a single blonde woman in that pic
Pinkfags couldn't cope with this so they called the janitor.
Pathetic.
>>529548772>30 deleted postsLMFAO
When was the last time Janny had to clean it up here?
when hertaschizo was here
>>529553524"Seele" that's ice cream, in no way intense
>>529553594I think hers might be in a way
>>529520801This. I am appalled by the lack of rape.
>>529553820Calm down Martin
Uhh were all the deleted posts from a samefag?
What do you think Elyschizo?
>>529547464The previous character was a male too, and it's an anniversary patch.
>>529554914me on the left
Elysia has mind broken this twatter tranny more than anything I've ever seen
I look like this and wear stuff like this
>>529555334*headpats u until u cum*
>>529528021>Is this game worth starting right now?Play part 1 and stop immediately after Salt Snow to get the best experience.
>I hear in other generals is how shit part 2 is.You'd understand this after you finish part 1. They didn't called part 2 the "genshification of Honkai" for nothing.
>>529556160what else was I supposed to do
>>529528021Part 2's first few chapters start slow. But around 3 or so t picks up. The current Helia arc is better than many part 1 arcs.
>>529556760*SMOOOOOOOOCH*
What the fuck happened here?
>>529559791shitlysiatranny called the jannies
>>529556501The Helia arc is a contender for the best arc in the game.
>>529559927you lost samefagging retard
Stay comfy, bros.
Zzzeele...
>paglysia kills YET ANOTHER game
When will this sub understand she's the problem?
>>529546870Helia had like half a year of build up how the fuck did she do worse than Sushang who appeared out of nowhere?
>>529564036Wasn't May Helia's first weeks or something?
>>5295643473 days with 1.3k+
>>529559791twittertroon kiameischizo was samefagging itself in elation that ely did poorly in a long dead game
Elysia is the first plane and then bang Firefly as the second.
>>529558905poking Kira's protruding Kiras
>>529528021Yea its worth it part 2 has a slow bad starts but gets amazing ignore the retard saying its bad because he thinks part 1 was a porn game and misunderstood what peoploe meant by "genshification"
How will the kianatroon samefag recover from this? Will xhe pretend it never happened like the teripedo did?
Uh oh shitlysiatranny meltdown
I don't want to sound the alarm bells, but now's the time to push those numbers up if you want to signal to Mihoyo you want more of shit like Helia's redemption arc.
I unironically think the game will die the moment they introduce a PvE system in ZZZ
just came buckets to elysia lewds
>>529578836That game is already 100% pve. Why are you retarded?
instead of being a vlogger like the old event new ellie will have an onlyfans
>>529579675*A ranked PvE system
>>529579754Which male characters would subscribe to it?
Kevin?
Kalpas?
Otto?
Siegfried?
Kosma?
Su?
We're getting the shittiest treatment of all Mihoyo games because of our refusal of letting them add male battlesuits. Why is Mihoyo like this?
I love Dudu and I love this game. No amount of dooming or schizo seething can change that.
>>529581338The doomposting will continue until Mihoyo learns that they shouldn't apply the same anti-otaku normalfag standards they're enforcing onto HSR and GI. This game's atmosphere and style was closer to ZZZ than any of those two games.
>>529528021Part 2 started really bad. Though it finally started ramping up in 3-EX, part 2 still started with a completely shaky foundation. It's just not worth it to get through. Just play part 1 and avoid part 2 until you finish the former.
Why did Dawei (renowned loli lover) sell out?
Part 2 gets good after 20 hours
>>529590504thats not very long desu
Part 1 gets good after chapter 7...
Woah...
>>529591507Part 1 was already good in the first chapter. Saying otherwise is pure cope and genshitter nuhoyofaggotry.
>>529591968some FGO plotlines completely dwarf that number so maybe im biased
>>529592090The difference is that the pacing is not as bad and the character designs are great to look at. It doesn't feel like I'm being actively propagandized.
>mfw we will never stop being a tech demo and workbench for other games
>>529593305It's an honest job
>>529592364Propagandized how?
>>529591507Like 3 hours then?
>>529591894Lol.
Lmao even.
>>529591894Calling the first chapters good is a stretch, they're ok i'd even argue it only actuallys gets good at Arc city onwards
>>529592090FGO has an even rougher start than us. You don't get a good arc in FGO till what, Camelot? And one of their worst arcs is basically the second major arc of the game.
>>529596343Early third was kind of garbage. It was super padded early and so much random things just happen, like Bronya getting mind hacked or Wendy dying offscreen. HoV arc was okay purely because it was hard carried by the cinematics (which are great), arc city was probably when Honkai was legit actually good.
>>529596489Camelot was the first overly good one, but there was one just ok before that
you really gotta hang on through low effort nasu slop to get somewhere decent. I choose to believe he was holding back because he thought it wouldnt catch on
Early HI3 was still getting its shit together rather than after they got their shit together. This game was a very early 3D mobile game which spent time trying to show off 3D abilities currently standard. So early that production was done on an emulator because they gambled phones/tablets could handle it by the time development finishes.
>>529596343I prefer a muv-luv esque opening of kiana loitering around St. Freya and her bantering with the other cast over how part 2 started in any day. Literally miles better than what they ended up with. Keep coping part 2 genshitter shill.
>>529596673>like Bronya getting mind hacked or Wendy dying offscreencocolia hacks bronya and kills wendy
>>529596770To think we went from that to the giant of today all because they struck gold with Genshin
>nu-/hig/ prefers a genshitter-style opening with (you) dancing with Senadina as she shows you a montage of solarpunk slop over Kiana fighting on a fucking jetplane
I am not even surprised anymore.
The best thing Dudu has done is serve in Helia's character development as an unreachable peak.
what the hell is solarpunk
>>529596701>IntroFine enough, probably decent actually, especially for introducing a setting is odd as Fate.
>OrleansPretty bad, people think it's better than it is because Jalter's in it, but the arc itself is bloated to hell and the side cast is just sort of there? It's before they had a feel for actually doing things with the characters.
>SeptemHot garbage. One of the worst arcs in the game.
>LondonKind of a mess but not offensively bad. Completely random final boss though.
>E Pluribus UnumI honestly can't remember enough about this arc to comment.
>CamelotPretty good, first arc they finally started to use the side cast to have an actual plot.
Not sure which of these I'd take over early Honkai. FGO's Part 2 is certainly stronger though, though it's crazy long and even though I liked it I ended up dropping.
>>529597229I skipped a LOT of septem, jesus it was bad
>>529596963I know Cocolia did these things, it's just not very well done. Having Bronya being mind hacked, only for it to be resolved in a side act, or having Wendy, a main arc villain die completely offscreen is just kind of shitty writing.
>>529597229>>SeptemOh crap, I remember the Nerowank. Not even HI3 ever had a Boudicia equivalent wank Nero. It's like if a Herrscher raped the families of one of the characters and yet that same character worships her rapist.
>people saying first arc of part 2 is bad
>people likes first arc of part 2
Stupid nigger
>hi3 V8.5: 10 weeks
>june revenue (heliaslop): 1.5m
time to APOLOGIZE.
https://youtu.be/tuSAGPf408s?si=Gj0G5LstVMWKN322
https://youtu.be/BCc8u61PTLo?si=MLCkKV4io_E7jyvI
It's Mihoyo's time to APOLOGIZE to what their shell company NebulaJoy has done.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rmnSXzICvM
>>529597327it wasn't resolved in a side act she destroys the mind control chip in chapter 4 and wendy wasn't the main villain the end of chapter 3 is cocolia revealing herself as such
>>529597572>Sequel to the main story that wasn't even close to doneRaiden sexo and Timidos gameplay was the only good thing to come out of APHO
>>529598158Bronya is in a coma until Hua wakes her up in one of the chronicles.
>>529598260I hate that fucking feather so much
>>529598260I can't remember anything about that chronicles does anything happen in it besides bronya wakes up from her coma?
>>529598951Nah, it's just Bronya running around inside her mind fighting Homu's trying to fix her mind.
>>529599618at being shit!
FHD = ain't gotta explain shit
>>529599967Still my favourite line in the game. You don't need to have bloated conversations to explain random techno space babble when you have literal space magic as an answer.
I let Adam and Lyle put it in my pussy and mouth at the same time.
>>529600247Fake, they are gay.
>>529600247Lyle is an actual faggot
You know what's more absurd? Mecha Helia earning more than the new Sus suit.
But Adam and Lyle always talks about picking up girls. At worst they are bi with each other but they still like girls, as they and other girls rightfully should.
>>529600520Lyle spends basically his whole time gassing up Adam, talking about the time they spent together, and calling him his soul mate. He's orbits Adam more than Seal orbits the Bronya.
But Lyle and Adam have specifically talked about doing things to pick up women, at least three times.
>>529600389Mecha Helia having a good character arc is way more what HI3 players want than a character who's only being brought back because she's also in HSR.
>>529602341It just proves to show everyone can see the Chinawanking from afar, even the Chinese. For a game that used to have references of the Geisha district in Kyoto, we sure went as far as completely disassociating with japanese otaku culture.
>>529602741Hua's (CHINA NUMBAH 1 GIRL) Skin was one of the best selling banners in Part 2.
>>529603196It's because Fuka is pure sex and her own arc wasn't even pure chinawanking.
It's so fucking over... They put all the Sushangs in my bracket.
>>529604531>Entire civilian population eaten during 6 month siege>Decisive bing chilling victorySugoi
>>529605884A win is a win.
Nihao~
I'm a woman (the kind with ovaries and the kind of brain power you end up with when you have big boobs) and I love cool games such as Beng Huai San~
>>529607827You will never be Chinese.
>>529608767But I'm Chinese American. My parents don't speak it and I didn't learn Mandarin and I never cared to as a kid. I learned Japanese instead.
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elyschizo banned again? lel
>>529608767Chinese Mandarin speaker here, I need to be violated.
>>529611861do you have ovaries too
>Double Pink on HSR
PINK!
I hope we get more pink on HI3rd too.
how are the kebin pulls going, bwos?
>>529613912Pink won. The trannies here seethe at Ely because she is the femininity they'll never approach. Also have Yae Sakura expy to look forward to (for old pinkfags).
>>529613080Oh
whats your favorite honkai?
Is Phainon stronger than Kevin? I don't pay much attention to the lore in HSR. Thank you to any kind anon who answers in good faith.
>>529615282No. Even Susannah could beat up Phainon.
>>529615282The Kebin test is if he can withstand Himeko. If he gets raped, he is GGZ Kebin. If he gets raped but his frozen popsicle freezes her and he spends he rest of his life from happy-go-lucky smiley man to his usual stoic self from trauma, he is HI3 Kevin. If he somehow avoids Himeko's rape, he is a stronger Kevin than any other but no Kevin thus far has escaped sex with Himeko.
>>529617723>coming to a yuri game general to complain about yuri and the lesbians in this yuri game and yuri communityretard
this yuri game needs some playable males
>>529619203most players are now saving for Cyrene after the patch story because she's cute
Remember how much cooler Mei looked when she was first teased?
is it true ely is getting a new suit? im considering reinstalling
>>529620009not confirmed and if it is she will release in november
I just finished the new HSR story and it's good.
as expected of Elysia
she showed up for like 3 seconds in the 8 hour slop
>>529622712She's so beautiful
It's amazing how well the HSR devs respect their audience, both new and old. Acheron and Phainon both fully do justice to expectations and meet new ones.
>>529624472not even dawei believes that
>>529624897We'll see when Kianners gets her due(due).
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>>529615282He got mogged by the dude who did this and so is Kevin
>>529629931those planets are really close to each other
Those Seeles are really close to each other
>>529632073It's always Seele's fault.
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I wish ER was a good game mode so I'd actually bother with this
kek
https://twitch.tv/videos/2500891998
>>529637225>>>/global/rules/11>Advertising (all forms) is not welcomeโthis includes any type of referral linking, "offers", soliciting, begging, stream threads, etc.
I keep getting invites to random armadas but I'm too socially retarded to join groups of people like that, didn't even know you can dm people who arent your friend
>>529643094I just joined a random Russian one when I first started playing and I've never seen anyone in the chat. I just get my weekly crystals and do the daily deliverys.
>>529644436There's one on Global that sends me invites sometimes
Was the Seele's Tomb one an Armada?
>>529644603Don't you want to Seele?
I hate what HSR is doing to the Honkai-verse lore.
Poor little Bear trapped in a bracket full of Sushangs.
>>529647291Susannah in the wonderland!
>Hit shield
>Bleed
>Hit shield
>Bleed
I want off this abyss ride man...
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these niggas expect me to read like this
>>529654945I didn't even bother. My group had 10 Sushangs, so I got my 18000 and dipped.
I wish they did more with the parallel between Helia and Lantern
>>529662258*spoonfeeds u*
https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/132127230
>game tries to scare you to think you are missing some big choices if you skip the story
lole
>>529663280With this Seele pass you can skip dialogues and then Seele will describe everything you missed as a lullaby just before you fall asleep.
>>529665548Is there no way to experience these Seele lullabies without skipping?
>>529655549Why are you larping as a basketball american? Type normal. You aren't 12 anymore
>>529655549>sakura samsarau aint missin shit did u a favor
>>529667549I admit I did wait for the best bait pic with the NPC in the worst possible spot, but there's nothing I can do about kianners blocking it except not using her
which I do want to use her
>>529600389cuz the new sus looks dogshit
don't get me wrong, she's pretty and I think her JK suit is one of the better designed battlesuits but whatever the fuck PS is wearing is not it
look, I get it, she's chinese and so is john oyohim but that's a little bit on the nose
clothing doesn't make much sense either nor is it pleasing to look at aside from her slightly exposed breasts
I love Elysia forever
I belong to Elysia
My heart, mind, body and soul belong to Elysia
I willingly accept Elysia and allow her to have complete control over me
Elysia will guide me
I hereby cast aside everything else for Elysia
I love Elysia forever I love Elysia forever I love Elysia forever I love Elysia forever I love Elysia forever I love Elysia forever I love Elysia forever I love Elysia forever I love Elysia forever I love Elysia forever I love Elysia forever I love Elysia forever I love Elysia forever I love Elysia forever I love Elysia forever I love Elysia forever I love Elysia forever I love Elysia forever I love Elysia forever
>>529676940just become elysia already
>>529676990>just become elysia alreadybecome her..?
I wish I could become a pink goddess like Elysia
but alas
>>529676990I'll do it, even if it means she takes my body and soul, thoroughly overwriting it to be like her i'll happily embrace it
is e3 himeko, e1 gepard or e1 bronya a better use of my selector from the anni
>>529679003wrong thread sis, you took the bait.. im so sorry...
Uhoh kiameitwittertroon melty
Yes yes, glad to see you all get it now... We ALL love Elysia here, ALRIGHT!? So you better not complain about her.. or else I'll have no choice but to post my hand and s-stalk you!
>holy forkin shirtballs
can we please remove boothill from the game
>>529679003E1 Bronya. Gepard is bricked and Himeko's E's are shit.
>>529677121yeah, you have to kill yourself right now to save humanity
that or let all humans use all your holes for free and then kill yourself afterwards
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Still don't care about phainon.
>>529685038Anything for Ely!
>>529563049would treasure as a family heirloom
When is herta rerunning.... i NEEED her
>>529673408>she's chinese and so is john oyohimWhy don't you treat Japanese games that have Japanese things in them this way?
>>529690797>>529680015>>529679003>>529685150>>529679003Wrong thread, stop spamming your off topic garbage
>>>/vg/hrtg
>>529693785Sorry, I didn't check that I had been duped.
Good day, has there been a new kianatroon samefagging episode today?
>>529694759there's only hsrtroon so far
>>529679953*complains about Elysia*
>>529695106someone has been baiting /hsr/ to have this thread as the "next" thread at 740~748 posts as usual
>>529694759Literally who?
>HRTG's shitposting trannies are jealous of our yuri game and the fact there was are real biofem's in /hig/
Hon behavior t b h
>>529696880some anti homo fujo posted pussy the other day in /hsrg/
I'd rather the threads last 1 week instead of this shit
>>529696880again? this is like the third or fourth woman thats done it now
>>529696967>anti homo fujoretard
>>529697371that's what they told us bro I don't make the rules...
>>529697443fujos by definition are into yaoi
a yume could be anti homo but don't have to be
>>529699835the milkers must be pillow sized
>>529702169>*unzips tits*based
>>529694759It was banned after samefagging 30 times to the GGZ Ely sales data
You are genuinely a piece of shit in need of a bullet to the back of your skull if you hate Elysia.
Reminder that Mei has the most beautiful and noble soul.
>>529711194Mei literally beat up her girlfriend because they had a disagreement...
>>529711623The disagreement being "joining a terrorist organization that tried to kill you both and also tortured your lover."
>>529722628yes but instead of talking they said nothing about it and just beat eachother up
Elysia fucking won. Elychads fucking won
Fucking forgot the story open on next week
>>529728251I took the day off for it
>>529728251The last part of the event is the one going up today. I'm surprised they timegated the event.
>>529725474Mem sex which is sex with Cyrene which is sex with Elysia
Sex with Mem which is sex with Cyrene which is sex with Elysia
>bon voyage
what did they mean by this?
>>529733524New suit will summon a frog.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75582gY4rdQ
>HSR gave Khevin a whole theme and insert song in less than a year
>HI3 didn't in all the several years that we had him
Bros????
Funny how HI3 Kevin was extreme cold powers while HSR Kevin is extreme heat powers
>>529738160Shut the fuck up fujoshit
>>529738090If that's the song he would have got then I'm happy it didn't happen.
>>529738090If that's the song he would have got then I'm sad it didn't happen.
>>529735249Me on the right!
Kevin is just male Kiana.
>>529738440The plot twist is that HSR Archer is actually GGZ Kevin in disguise.
>>529722628Yea but it was Mei was was being retarded and they didnt even talk
>>529735249Elymei won. It fucking won
>>529738090No one like Kebin
We love Mei in this thread
It's crazy how much better chemistry ElyMei has than KiaMei
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BUh64YHE30
Still the undisputed GOAT. Even industry experts agree
>ElyMei won
ENTER
THE CANON COUPLE
>>529747876Good night, elymei sis
>>529746691imagine the genetic potential
i hate the duduschizo so much it's unreal
>>529747876*plants a kiss on your cleavage*
gn you pretty lil thang~
KieMei fucking won. It fucking won hard
Does Kiana have like a sleeping beauty style bed she's chillin in?
You now remember being stepped on by a smug Kongming.
>>529755426Kiana has a Theresa body pillow.
I self insert as Kiana
I even have the same IQ and big boobs just like her!
Self inserting into Kiana, Mei, Bronya, Himeko, Theresa, Fu Hua, Durandal, Seele, Rita, and Susannah.
>>529761475this but mei (I have higher iq and bigger tits)
Today I will remind them.
Seele inserted herself into my brain.
>>529763321Seele thoughts, head happy.
Now you will never be alone!
>>529763275Seele is eterneele!
MachinegunHoRb + Kosma + Su are pretty neat
I didn't play ER in a while. Is new Helia any fun or boring spam?
>>529765175She's unironically fun. Less braindead than the more recent battlesuits
>>529765175SO is auto ult while doing basics. Charging is weapon ult loop iirc. Both are spam I guess.
>>529763275Mihoyo wants everyone on /hig/ to be replaced by these people, and they almost succeeded.
doomsissy samefagging hours..
>>529767265Please anon, he put a lot of effort into his meme, let him samefag it a bit
>>529767265DoomGOD more like thoughbeit
>>529767425kek, you know he's proud of it because he posted this multiple times, not just here.
>>529767487Havin a fag with Seele.
Part 2 fags will defend their slop over sovl. Nuhoyodags are soulless afterall.
>>529767486Gloating some more Genshitter?
Mihoyo has taken the precious Honkai sovl
Part 2 Saule will have giant tits.
>>529769146I wonder if she is even able to age at this point.
Those events with adult Mei and Bronya that still have HoRb model may be weirdly accurate.
>>529762547Huh? But Dr. Tesla said that IQ size is reversely... proportional to your cup size...
>>529633259Aiiiieee Abstinence is too easy so the effects are barely noticeable
>>529771729Nevermind, the effects can actually solo the stage if you have enough of them. Really nice gameplay of just running around.
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Here's the dev stream in HD if anyone's too lazy for bb
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>>529772839What does the MVP mean?
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Alvtir jumpscare
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Her winning animation is super great
>>529773345that's niggerath isn't it?
>>529773648This looks like FoV if Senti had control.
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>>529773682Shub has red hairs and yellow eyes, that's Altvir
>>529773345>>529773682thats brown sugar skin walking as shub
>>529773969pretty sure alvitr doesn't have eye covering bangs
>>529773969>hairsKek
Keep your chink slop on tieba, zhang, nobody gives a fuck
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>>529773017I want his shirt
>Due to FHD, Fu Hua has been inside most of the cast
Is Fu Hua the sluttiest Honkers?
>>529773304Most Very Precious
>>529773017Huh, the one in Miyoushe is HD too. I thought it would just link me to bilibili.
>>529772839Is this going to be a Nahida incident
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Coralie's fire breath attack reminds me of the Shin Godzilla atomic breath.
>>529775334Stupid Seelecat. Get down from there.
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>>529773969Filling up Coralie's tight tummy.
>>529776365What did Coralie mean by this?
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dog status?
>>529776340oh nonono ACK don't look.
Coralie weap description :
"Dragon Might Blazing the Skies: Ultimate!"
A peerless genius born of hardship, her fate took a turn when she encountered destiny's secret path. Adopted as the only daughter of a top-tier scientist, she became fast friends with the leader of Anti-Entropy and was personally trained by the God of Earth.
To repay those who recognized her worth, she took on a divine missionโfighting alongside the strongest Valkyrie's disciple, soaring beyond the heavens, and forging bonds with allies from distant stars.
But just as Mars plunged into chaos and shadow disasters ran rampant, while everyone else stood stunned, she simply smiledโ
"Well then, guess itโs my turn!"
โ"Uh, Coralie, what are you writing? We have a mission to run."
"Don't you think my Dragon Hammer deserves an epic intro? Let's go, time to fight!"
"Waitโah! I forgot my hammer!"
A demon king-level genius arrives on an alien world, determined to protect universal peaceโonly to fall victim to one of Marsโ prankster masterminds, her consciousness cast into a place of stillness. There, she finds a divine-tier baby dragon!
Thus begins the journey of girl and dragonโexploring ancient realms, braving trials, defeating mighty foes. Their deeds draw the attention of the dragonkin, who bestow upon her lost immortal techniques.
When divine punishment descends, the demon king sacrifices herself to turn the tideโscorching the skies, boiling the seas, and with unstoppable dragon might, she forges a legend of immortality!
โ"Did you remember your weapon this time, oh great demon king?"
"Roar roar! Iโve achieved harmony between hammer and dragonโthe claws and wings now perfectly replace my hammer for both combat and flight!"
"So basically, you forgot your hammer. Again."
She doesn't use her hammer because she forgot it
>Losing interest in Ma
>Losing interest in abyss
Incredible what bleed slop has done, now they just need to release a QuA slop suit that is mandatory for me to quit this shitshow
>>529773969This art + her atomic breath really is a godzilla reference, more on shin godzilla cause of the laser beam
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>>529746357this pic is rape
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shit gaem
>>529788129my plan of 10 seeles didnt work so she's fired forever
>>529763275>original spirit Is this saying it's not as bad as moon?
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Fine... Seele is awesome.
Is there any reason to use compositions other than Susshlong and Bronya artillery with stinky roza frontline?
>>529794552Sushang canโt keep up with heavier waves
>>529794552if you don't care about high scoring there's no reason to do anything other than 10 kianas
>>529778051genius and cute
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play her game
>>529801418>jeanne d'home
>>529803513>Implied voreToo bad they're cowards
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>>529804034nothing implied about it
>Permanence
OMG!! Star rail is important to HI3 CONFIRMED!?
>>529773017They sure put a lot of effort into her animations and her gameplay looks pretty fun.
Also it's cute how happy and full of energy she is.
Greetings and salutations, sisters. I just wanted to announce I too am a girl. I look like Himeko but have slightly bigger breasts
>>529812770You can't just post this information without photographic evidence
>>529812770stop calling me a sis
I am not a girl!
Although it would be cool to be one..
>>529746357Not surprising, Kiamei was written by ggz writer's and they can't come up with anything good to save their lives.
>>529819078everyone ITT deserves a mini seele companion
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I'm free
>>529819173Imagine waking up to this smile...
>>529820415I'm not crying... it's just dusty in here
Something as simple as updating the shop
Oh yes I will spend 65 crystals on 1 meme frag
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snek makes kianners happy
>>529821518that's a nice glowing penis
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Seele!
>>529822170THE SEELEGION!
What's the track name that plays during the HOMU boss? It's not new, is it?
Sending all reinforcementeeles!
>>529812770are you saying this because right now. you want to fill your hole with anon's pole?
why even volunteer this information is the answer is not yes?
>>529825341Women don't owe you sex
>>529825487i owe women sex
they should make vita a burka so we dont have to see her
>>529832982>>529833349any sisters know where I can order swimsuits exactly like those ones in size 16? haha
>>529812770kys duduschizo
Mossad isn't sending their best.
>>529834728negev expy when
>>529833604bump need some links plz
I sometimes wonder if the devs forgot Fuka was from Hong Kong or that she was originally from Mu.
>>529840783You're wondering if the Chinese character is Chinese?
Which honkai has the worst shinzos?
>>529832982>>529833349Delicious legs and feet
>>529843269That's kinda rude.
RIP Prime Minister Abe
>>529840783Hua was originally from Mu?
>>529845514Answer the question
>>529847614Answer the question you jew
Somebody is lying in that poal
>>529852261You can't prove it :)
>>529852261It's me.
I'm actually a stuffed animal.
>>529843269Elysia, next question
Dragon Coralie's fiery braps... Imagine...
Showing Senti-sama some thick ropes.
So the event world where Cecilia is alive is from the timeline where Otto saved Kallen, right?
>>529861759Nah, it's just the golden courtyard bubble universe
>Using Griseo outfit as an excuse to commission FC art
Based. They know what people want.
I guess Eden owns the blimp.
>>529868219Look at how erect Seele is.
Only boys have cocks.
Like Sin Mal.
post proof sin has a cock
>>529873046Shinsetsu-neesan, I...
https://x.com/houkai3rd/status/1940968854399717627
>5k likes in 1 hour
Holy shit, either people do miss them or it is Phainon buff.
>>529873787Marketing brainrot need to be studied, these people are lobotomized
>>529873787The Japanese really liked the Flamechasers arc.
>>529873787It's simply a fact that the flamechaser arc was the most liked arc and had the best characters.
>>529848937I thought of Tribbie in that thumbnail.
>>529867816I just noticed that Pardo stole Kalpas mask
I think Durandal is pretty cool.
>>529884586sung jin woo is cooler
I have something important to show
fastest hide post of my life
>>529884907Puffylio Lily?
So you guys like this version's event?
Only got 7 more weeks.
8.6 should last 6 weeks based on the battle pass length.
haha... hahahaha... ha...ha...
This is not funny anymore.
>>529867816foreshadowing the flamechasers joining the summer event
>>529887515Guess Iโll have to top up then if itโs Elysia followed by FF
>>529887515Sorry, I meant 11 weeks, not 6 weeks.
8.6 is 11 weeks.
>>529888327How'd you fuck that up?
>>529888535Probably because I saw a message about coping that 8.6 is actually 6 weeks not 11
Is new Helia good? Got two copies of her so she's already at S2
>>529889809Time to reroll.
Seele...
I can't take it anymore...
>>529892987It's okay, bro.
Everything will be fine.
These event stages are so long....
>>529888327>11 weeksThere is no fucking way, that's almost 3 months.
>>529888327Brb playing steam blue archive. Fuck this game lamo.
>>529888327Honkai Impact is dead and part 2 killed it.
>>529899227is this you? >>>/v/714474969
>>529899915>doomsissy posted it on /v/ lmfao
>8.4 Fall Gays event
dang...
>>529888327It's so fucking over...
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Is this bad?
>>529911372why would it be
>>529911372Unless you are terminally online 24/7 and HI3 is the only game you play, maybe.
>>529911372O-of course. D-don't listen to shitposters. G-getting only 5-6 battlesuits per year can only be a good thing.
>>529911939>>529911834>>529888327>>529911246But that would mean the game is on its way to EoS
>>529912201only if you listen to the doomsissy (
>>529912164)
I don't want to let this game go... The story is fun, and soulful. I enjoyed my time with hig.
>>529912201So go quit then and let everyone else enjoy the game?
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>>529912941Arlechino cuteralie?
why are the dog and also helia so gay?
>>529912941No Helia except in 1 stig
Is the dog even gay?
>>529913369>>529914194there are no gays in this game
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>>529914194Helia stigs didnโt have Coralie in them, itโs clearly not an indicator of anything
>>529912941Baby Coralie is awfully cute
>>529914316A gong shi fa cha to you to anon
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>>529914384Coralie get 13,14% tdm and fire dmg if Helia is in the team
>>529914574That is adorable as fuck!
>>529911372Can't be helped. HI3 can't advanced their story until Amphoreus is finished first. That's the drawback of being being an ongoing prequel to a vastly more popular sequel.
>all current ROOs now buff Ignite and Bleed
yeah rip brickle
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>>529915513She's still a good Qua support, most bosses only need her ult to break them. Also the Ult reduction is cool for some rotations. She's still less bricked than Teri.
>>529920230It needs more frills
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lamp tights changed to white
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One of the biggest impacts of the longer patches is that it's easier to roll every Valk as F2P. I don't get the montly cards anymore, and I still have 30k after Helia.
>>529931995needs bigger boobs
>>529932157But now we have 6 a year at best and they have to split that between part 1 and 2 so a lot of characters that need the focus won't get it, and if the star rail collabs become a yearly thing...
>>529940182That's a lantern not a wife
I do not care for the Flame Chasers
>>529912941Helia and Coralie already getting character progression style stigmata makes me feel like they won't be getting new suits after this.
>>529941005they will be busy housekeeping
>>529940810Is Amphoreus that bad?
>>529941005their final stigs are gonna be dudu and AE
>>529941005I am sad the other games mostly have characters one and done instead of new versions based on character progression.
>>529904323Are we eosing?
>>529945018hi3 wasnt at gamescom last year either
nothingburger
I wish griseo was still little so I could pretend to love care and protect her...
let it die... so our souls and hearts can rest...
Mei stop bumping the thread please.
>>529945018>Testbed game.>Avoid negative PR for shutting down games.No. If GGZ is still alive, we're not shutting down either. HI3rd could lose money (which it isn't) and it would probably still be worthwhile keeping it around just for the image of longevity it provides their other games.