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[Pejo]

Well gents, I finally got my 6000 points from the weekly Somnoire mode in a single run. I actually didn't want this run to end. I got the "makes a fireball when you hit with a basic attack" buff and then kept running into metaphor buffs that doubled the amount of attacks. I couldn't see a damn thing that was going on, on screen, but even Shorekeeper was melting bosses like crazy with just normal attacks. Too much fun.

I also had been putting off that Whispering Wastes mode entirely until I saw that it resets/changes tonight, so I went in last minute. Made it all the way to floor 10 with single-run S ranks with my janky ass teams, and then on floor 10 suddenly got a B rank and figured that was about as far as my account was going to make it. It's actually not as bad as I've heard, until the HP sponginess increases significantly. I thought floor 9 was a bit high HP considering there were 3 more floors after that, not to mention the "whales only, everyone else keep out" section afterwards. Still, made a nice chunk of change there. Shame that floors 1-6 are one-time. I wouldn't mind ripping through a bunch of low tier mobs once a month for a few hundred asterites.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Fml, I totally forgot about the weekly Somnoire event. Kuro really needs to highlight it with a whenever it refreshes (they're already doing that with all the other events).

 

[Peroroncino]

TTSL changed avatar twice or thrice in the span of 24 hours, what's going on!

Camellya sadge.

In other news, there was some kerfuffle over new round of Whimpering Wastes' AI behaviour and scoring, it must've been really bad since Kuro already said they're changing it come 2.2 and issuing Astrites as an apology.

 

[Pejo]

TTSL changed avatar twice or thrice in the span of 24 hours, what's going on!

Camellya sadge.

In other news, there was some kerfuffle over new round of Whimpering Wastes' AI behaviour and scoring, it must've been really bad since Kuro already said they're changing it come 2.2 and issuing Astrites as an apology.

Yea I was reading that too. As somebody only passively interested in endgame modes, I had the popcorn out. Some streamer/theorycrafter whale mega-spreadsheeter was only able to get A rank. They fucked up.

I'd also be ok if they just delete the mode and replace it with a no-revive, no timer tower climb and make it hard as balls.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

TTSL changed avatar twice or thrice in the span of 24 hours, what's going on!

I was using some of these new Pulchra/Trigger avatars as pfp placeholders. I might stick with this Vivian pfp for a while though, unless I find a better one of her.

Camellya sadge.

Camellya who?

 

[Peroroncino]

I was using some of these new Pulchra/Trigger avatars as pfp placeholders. I might stick with this Vivian pfp for a while though, unless I find a better one of her.

Camellya who?

Fine, keep your current HOE of the WEEK (hehehe), the less people competing for Camellya pure with a tinge of crazy af love the better for me!

Side note, this hoe looks like a WuWa NPC,the one standing in the Rinascita apothecary.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Fine, keep your current HOE of the WEEK (hehehe), the less people competing for Camellya pure with a tinge of crazy af love the better for me!

Side note, this hoe looks like a WuWa NPC,the one standing in the Rinascita apothecary.

Still love me some yandere Camellya, but yeah, good eye with the Rinascita apothecary girl (Rosemary).

About Vivian, she's like the 1st evolution of Rosemary, at least according to this WuWa meme which was posted on reddit recently.

I'm just messing around though, she's from ZZZ.

 

[Pejo]

Man I can't wait for Cantarella. I'm down bad for evil women and her kit sounds good.

 

[Icymanipulator]

Man I can't wait for Cantarella. I'm down bad for evil women and her kit sounds good.

She seems cool for sure, but I think I want the elf looking girl, too many C names to keep track of

 

[Pejo]

Well that was fast. Not fixing it until next patch though.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Some pretty lore accurate cosplay of Cantarella here

 

[Pejo]

Some pretty lore accurate cosplay of Cantarella here

 

[Peroroncino]

Mmmmmmmmmilk.

 

[Pejo]

So I'll be traveling for a week or so, wanted to get as much stuff done at home on my PC before I leave. I did that returning mode where you farm the TDs on the way up the mountain, fighting bosses along the way. It's pretty easy after farming some of the buffs, but I wonder how the score system works. Seems to be small amounts for the cross-shaped floating things, zero points for the bubble floating things, and bonus points for time and killing the bosses. Even still, I'm not sure what the focus should be, or the "right" way to play it.

In level 4 I went as fast as possible, just getting enough buffs to hit the minimum thresholds suggested on screen, and fight the bosses ASAP. My score for that round was only 7k though, so clearly that isn't the correct way to do it. Not bothered by missing some misc materials, I went into level 5 and farmed the shit out of it. As many buffs as I could get ahold of, waited until ~5 minutes before I started on the bosses. Beat everything super easily, think I beat the dragon in 4 hits, but at the end I still only got 9k points, where the max is 12k.

I dunno what exactly you're supposed to do for max points, but I'm not interested in doing it again to figure it out. Anybody know?

 

[Peroroncino]

Pejo I have no clue, but what I found worked for me, was to get as much buffs as possible before the timer goes below 10 minut mark, if I did that, I always got max points.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Yeah, I also have no clue about how to maximize the points on this one. I mean, I do enjoy the format of the event, but not enough to dive too deep into it to see how to get the maximum points since I was just content with snagging all the Astrite rewards and a few bonus ones (I only missed the ones for reaching 12k points in Penitent IV and V).

Anyway, the activity I like the most is this exploration event. Cool rewards, and it doesn't take too much luck to finish it way ahead of time.

 

[Pejo]

Pejo I have no clue, but what I found worked for me, was to get as much buffs as possible before the timer goes below 10 minut mark, if I did that, I always got max points.

I'll try that the next time it comes around, thanks.

So just getting ready for my trip, I loaded the game on my phone and connected my Dualsense to it via Bluetooth, and it plays surprisingly well. It's fucking ugly as sin and the entire game is pop-in, but as far as animations. framerate, and input lag, it's surprisingly playable. I certainly wouldn't pick to play this way long term, but it should be fine for dailies and stamina burn. Too bad Genshin isn't releasing their Android controller support until next patch.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Uhm, looks like Wuthering Waves is coming to Steam.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

There are a lot of new screenshots from version 2.2 on the Steam page. I'm going to paste them here, but I'll put them under a spoiler tag.

Spoiler: ✨

Also version 2.2 livestream starts in 2 hours from now.

 

[Pejo]

Uhm, looks like Wuthering Waves is coming to Steam.

I might honestly switch to this over the official PC client if account linking works. I used to do my BP and subscription purchases on Google play for the customer protections and the $5 coupons but they suddenly killed the coupons a month ago. That way I can uninstall the game from my phone when I'm not traveling.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

I might honestly switch to this over the official PC client if account linking works. I used to do my BP and subscription purchases on Google play for the customer protections and the $5 coupons but they suddenly killed the coupons a month ago. That way I can uninstall the game from my phone when I'm not traveling.

It's confirmed on the Steam page that it supports account linking. I'll probably switch to Steam as well for PC, depending on the IAP price differences between Steam and their own PC client & store.

Edit: I much prefer paying the USD rates now that the Euro has strengthen against it, lol.

Edit 2: The steam version launches on April 29.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

The new redeem codes from version 2.2 livestream:

• IMPERATOR
• LEVIATHAN
• WHOAMI

They are valid until March 23rd (9AM PT).

Spoiler: ✨

First Banner:
- Cantarella
- Camellya

Second Banner:
- Shorekeeper

 

[Nankatsu]

Might switch to steam as well. Prefer to have everything in one place.

If somehow they bump prices well, I'll stick with their main client.

2nd banner being Shorekepper is nice, but if Zani drops right after, that's gonna be a very difficult choice to do.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Might switch to steam as well. Prefer to have everything in one place.

If somehow they bump prices well, I'll stick with their main client.

Steam prices will be in your local currency which in my case is euros. If I use their main client all the packs are listed in USD so it will be around 10% cheaper paying in $ directly to Kuro versus paying in € via Steam.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Forgot to post the 2 new trailers they've dropped after the livestream finished:





Edit: Btw, it looks like we'll be getting a free 5* weapon for completing the new main quest.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Fml, I'm so weak for this mommy elf baddie...

Kuro, stop putting out so many fire designs, bros!

 

[Nankatsu]

Fml, I'm so weak for this mommy elf baddie...

Kuro, stop putting out so many fire designs, bro!

That booba low angle close-up though

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Made a gif with Cantarella's resonance liberation from the dev livestream.

 

[mileslongthe3rd]

I like Cantarella and will pull for her. The lack of new 4stars is a bit concerning if I am being honest, it could become a problem like in HSR.

 

[Nankatsu]

I like Cantarella and will pull for her. The lack of new 4stars is a bit concerning if I am being honest, it could become a problem like in HSR.

I'm on the opposite pole. Think the character is sexy as fuck, but her gameplay doesn't click with me one bit.

While go after the canon waifu.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

I like Cantarella and will pull for her. The lack of new 4stars is a bit concerning if I am being honest, it could become a problem like in HSR.

I read earlier today on reddit and twitter that Kuro might be giving away for free this redhead elf bard (not sure if she's a 4 star or 5 star though) during the anniversary patch 2.3 that comes on April 29 which also coincides with the Steam release.

Edit: Also, welcome to GAF since I think you're part of the wave of new members which was approved earlier today.

 

[Nankatsu]

Thick Thighs Save Lives since you've played the game on the Pro, do you find the game more washed out on the PS5 than on PC?

I booted the game today on base PS5 and good grief, even after lowering the brightness I find the game incredibly washed out compared to PC.

Does this even have proper HDR?

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Kinda reacted like Yomi here when they showed the redhead elf on stream, lol.

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Nankatsu It's the exact opposite for me, but that's because on PC I play on a 144hz MSI monitor that has a mediocre VA panel, while the Pro I have it hooked up to a 2023 high end Samsung QD OLED TV.

I also don't force auto HDR on PS5 Pro for games that don't support it like it's the case with WuWa, so maybe that also helps with the picture quality.

And that's kinda why I prefer to exclusively play the story content on PS5 Pro as it's much more immersive overall, while on PC I do the daily grind due to convenience.

Btw, in version 2.2 they'll be adding color customization settings.

 

[Nankatsu]

Kinda reacted like Yomi here when they showed the redhead elf on stream, lol.

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Nankatsu It's the exact opposite for me, but that's because on PC I play on a 144hz MSI monitor that has a mediocre VA panel, while the Pro I have it hooked up to a 2023 high end Samsung QD OLED TV.

I also don't force auto HDR on PS5 Pro for games that don't support it like it's the case with WuWa, so maybe that also helps with the picture quality.

And that's kinda why I prefer to exclusively play the story content on PS5 Pro as it's much more immersive overall, while on PC I do the daily grind due to convenience.

Btw, in version 2.2 they'll be adding color customization settings.

That color slide will be a godsend.

Might be because I have HDR always on on my PS5 settings, yeah.

Thanks for the feedback.

 

[mileslongthe3rd]

Edit: Also, welcome to GAF since I think you're part of the wave of new members which was approved earlier today.

Thank you

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Okay, I'm as ready as I can be for Cantarella's arrival, as well as Shorekeeper's banner rerun. Going to try to get both of them, along with Shorekeeper's signature weapon.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

My honest reaction to Cantarella's combat showcase:

Spoiler: 👀

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Looks like Cantarella's story PV just dropped a few hours ago.

Edit: Holy shit that scene at 04:20 in the video.

 

[Nankatsu]

Looks like Cantarella's story PV just dropped a few hours ago.

Edit: Holy shit that scene at 04:20 in the video.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

WuWa's new tags on Steam

 

[Nankatsu]

WuWa's new tags on Steam

Hentai mini game with Cantarella confirmed?

 

[Peroroncino]

WuWa's new tags on Steam

hentai, souls-like, dating sim, lmao

I wouldn't mind some of those tags, if you know what I mean ( ಠ ͜ʖಠ)

 

[Peroroncino]

Looks like Cantarella's story PV just dropped a few hours ago.

Edit: Holy shit that scene at 04:20 in the video.

OH MY FUCKING GOD

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

OH MY FUCKING GOD

I think that WuWa might have just outgooned Jane Doe from ZZZ with those last 20 seconds of her PV, lol.

Also, my man Pejo is missing out on all the fun (I'm just joking, btw; enjoy your vacay).

 

[Peroroncino]

Best tongue action since

 

[Nankatsu]

Now that I've watched the full Cantarella trailer, damn, they really went hard on this one.

Cantarella's mom...

Design wise she's definitely a 10/10.

Gameplay wise, if she clicks in the demo, I might pull for her.

I might sound based, but Kuro is already in a league of it's own. It's banger after banger.

 

[Nankatsu]

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Looks like Tim Apple visited Kuro Games to convince Solon to Cook some more 5* male characters.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Gotta say that based on the engagement numbers of Cantarella's PV, it's not unreasonable to think that her banner will do some pretty nice numbers.

JP PV:

• 1.2M views, 12k reposts and 10k likes on Twitter
• 150k views and 10k likes on YouTube

EN PV:

• 1M views, 5.4k reposts and 17k likes on Twitter
• 500k views and and 38k likes on YouTube (also, 4.6k comments lol)

 

[T4keD0wN]

Sorry Shorekeeper, i think i will be diverting your funds towards Cantarellas weapon.

BTW, is there no preload this time or did i already do it and forget about it because i cant see anything in the launcher, it just reads 1.6.4.0 and 2.1.1.