Topic: Honkai Star Rail

Anyone tried the new fiction stages? I've got 6 stars on the first 2 stages but 1 star on stage 3. I don't have any decent DoT characters and looks like this is specifically for them.

@z0d15g0d 3 starred the first, one on the second, zero on the third. No I don't have DoT characters levelled either. But I only tried each once, i'm sure there are some optimisations I can do to do a bit better, like last time where I ended up with 8/12 stars with averagely built characters.

These modes seem designed to get us to build as wide a range of characters as possible and you don't have to level them that far. I got 8/12 with Lv 50-60 Himeko, Serval and Herta doing most damage in the last run. I'm sure I could spend a few days levelling Sampo, Guinaifen & Hook to do much better this time. We've got 6 weeks.

@z0d15g0d Sadly i'm busy most of this week and away this weekend so i'm not sure I'm going to properly get to Penacony any time soon. (no spoilers please!) Will do any dailies/time sensitive stuff if I can of course.

Lol my bad, comment has been deleted.

@z0d15g0d You're all good. I don't think there were spoilers in your post, I was just saying please don't post any as I will be behind (or use spoiler tags, though these don't show up in emails).

I'm debating whether to pull or not this patch. I've saved almost 100 wishes and have 30ish pity. I really wanted DHIL before... but now I have Dr Ratio I feel I need other characters much more than another Imaginary DPS. My main reasons to get him is story/lore and he's multi-target DPS. But I think I might wait for reruns of Characters like Fu Xuan, Jingliu, Luocha especially as I've had bad gacha luck lately.

It's not helped that I don't really need/want any of the 4 stars as I already have E6 Tingyun, Misha looks like a typically bad single target 4-star DPS and I don't currently use Guinaifen. But I do still kinda want him (DHIL)! Decisions, decisions.

@z0d15g0d - Not played PF yet, going to finish building Sampo, need to take him from 70 to 80 and max his LC, thankfully he's at E6 so I can skimp a bit on traces for now. Just pulled Black Swan but need the BP rewards to put her together fully so I'll wait until I hit 50 on that. Also need to build Asta too, she's half done but I got Bronya's LC from standard so need to build that for her. Resource hunting, the real HSR endgame!

@Shigurui I was away for 4-5 days and couldn't play much so I just spent the all my TP autobattling to get credits, character and lightcone XP so I feel full of resources right now!

@themightyant Haha Thanks. I'm trying to get DHIL's LC at the mo as Sparkle is the next 5 star and will be getting her mostly for him. I tried Misha and you're right. I did not like their kit and the ultimate looked ridiculous too. I really want Fu Xuan and Jingliu also (Yangqin is useless endgame especially against the monkey boss). I don't think you will regret getting DHIL.

@Shigurui Congrats on pulling Black Swan and Bronya's LC (I'm saving all my Undying Starlight's to get that instead). BS' kit is tailor made for DoT teams. Her Ult looks really cool also. Yea I'm waiting till I get to a high level on BP before I decide to get it also.

@Shigurui With regards to Asta. In the charcter trials she's equipped with Planetary Rendezvous LC and she seems to be doing a lot more damage than with memories of the past which I've been using all along. What LC do you use with her?

@z0d15g0d - Thanks mate, I only ever used Asta very early in the game so I put s5 Meshing Cogs on her and left it at that as I stopped using her around level 40.

Edit: I just replayed the trial with Asta. Think the extra damage is because its a mono fire team, the LC on her gives the damage buff because of that team.

@themightyant - Always a nice feeling to have. I put myself in this position, wasn't planning to pull on this patch but Black Swan's trial changed my mind. I have the perfect team mates for her with high Eidolons so I went for it.

@z0d15g0d re: Asta. She has a traces passive that increases damage for fire characters on the team and a few Eidolons help.

But while she does a little more damage than most supports, this isn’t her main bonuses. It’s less about damage for me and more that she can tear through toughness and add up to 75% ATK boost as well as add up to 50 SPD to all characters.

I used to use Memories of the Past on her for ERR as she has energy problems (especially if you don’t have E4) but I gave that to Ruan Mei. Meshing Cogs, a three star cone, slightly fixes that with 8 energy for every attack or when hit. But currently I’m using Past & Future as I have her speed tuned to most go before Seele most of the time and gives her a 32% DMG increase at S5, trade off is she does have energy problems.

@themightyant - Did you pull for DHIL? I was tempted but went for E1 Black Swan instead. I'd definitely recommend her if you have E4 Sampo, she doesn't need Kafka at all but does need another DoT character to really shine. I used a Ruan Mei support with Swan and Sampo to farm the new bug boss on the space station and absolutely wrecked it, those three make up a seriously OP combo!

@Shigurui I decided to wait to see who is on the next banners, both 4-stars and 5-stars.

I was tempted by Sparkle, but to be honest I already have every harmony character in the game except Bronya, that isn’t what my account is lacking. And if I don’t have DHIL Sparkle isn’t needed right now, I rarely have SP issues. The main reason would be mono quantum.

What I need most are top-tier DPS of different elements and types (I only have Seele & Dr Ratio), a sustainer (Fu Xuan), and another healer with good debuff cleanse (maybe Luocha).

I don’t have a great DoT character yet so Black Swan is tempting but not sure, thanks for the heads up.

How did you get E1 are you paying for stellar jade? I feel unless lucky E1 is just too expensive for me as low spend.

@z0d15g0d @Shigurui Not 100% sure how it works but There’s a Festival invitation event for sharing codes that I think we can get up to 540 stellar jade for participating in.

My code is:

GEDYX8KPHN

Share your here and I’ll use it.

@themightyant - Right, just mentioned it as I know you have Ruan Mei and likely a Sampo or 2 and a free copy if you pick him, that team is broken. Still not bought jades but my ridiculous luck is holding up. I got Swan on my first ten pull (the freebie), had 40 left and after rinsing Penacony for jades I had 75 and got E1 on pull 75. In contrast, I've now lost every single 50/50 on my alt account lol. Got Clara from the Swan banner. I did want her so not all bad.

I think those codes are for returning players who haven't logged in for a certain period of time, you get jades if they use the code.

@Shigurui congratulations on the continued luck. (On the main account) I’m currently scared to wish as my luck is bad right now. Waiting for the winds of change. lol

I think I only have E1 Sampo and don’t have him built yet.

@themightyant - Thanks mate, my alt luck could've been a lot worse tbh as my losses got me E1 Bronya and now Clara and my guarantees got Topaz and Silver Wolf. Really can't complain for a 100% F2P account. With free Dr Ratio I have a quality follow up team.

Totally understand your reluctance to pull, I've been the same way on Genshin with some regular losses and I've dumped a few grand into that game over the years. My main account HSR luck is owed to me from HoYo lol.

@Shigurui I looked at Black Swan. But as I don’t have Kafka, or E4 Sampo, or any built DoT characters she’s not the best pull for my account right now. The only character I really have with synergy is Ruan Mei, but she’s good with almost everyone. Perhaps by the time her rerun comes around Black Swan will be a better fit and I’ll pull. Glad to hear she’s hitting hard for your account though! E1 looks a great upgrade too, congrats again.

Hoping I should be able to start the Penacony content some time next week, or next weekend. We’ve got 6 weeks so it’s no rush.

@themightyant I think that's just for returning players so that sucks. Only way to get them is if you had alt accs that you no longer use and invite yourself back lol. Hmm... I might do this at some point seeing as I forgot my login details for my alt acc on mobile.