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[Nankatsu]

Thick Thighs Save Lives someone is calling you out on reddit Wuwa

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

If you're serious about 100%'ing those areas, keep in mind that the lootmapper won't display all of the 1.0 chests (that do count towards completion %). Any of them hidden under the sigil rocks or fake trees etc won't show when you use the lootmapper tool. I'd recommend an interactive map or video guide or something, it'll save a lot of headaches. I used this one:

Wuthering Waves Interactive Map

Wuthering Waves Interactive Map. Find locations for ascension materials, ores, supply chests, tidal heritage, echoes, collectibles, sonance casket, side quests and much more.

wuthering.gg

Yeah, I kinda forgot that all those hidden chests count toward completion of the 1.0 regions, so I'm probably not going to aim for 100%, tbh. I'll just collect the rest of the caskets and all the chests that show up on the loot mapper and leave it at that.

Also, for the blobflies, use the shooting gadget instead of a gun character. It won't alert them if it misses, it fires automatic rounds and you can just wait for the dot to turn red and you'll know it will hit.

I was already using the shooting gadget way back when I explored most of Mt. Firmament, and I've generally used it a lot for environmental puzzles. But it's a good tip for others who might not know about it!

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Thick Thighs Save Lives someone is calling you out on reddit Wuwa

https://www.reddit.com/r/WutheringWaves/s/I8RYkhcehO

The OP of that reddit post is a fraud though. I posted this late on Friday.

So I heard that thick thighs might save lives.

 

[SSfox]

Shes mad cool

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Feels good to be back in Jinzhou, but now with flight! It's also cool finding these premium chests just waiting for me to open them.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Pejo I think they changed the completion requirements on the 1.0 regions as well. I just got 100% in Jinzhou without needing to unlock the hidden chests in that area. With this change, I might actually be able to 100% all the regions now, even without bothering with the hidden chests.

 

[Nankatsu]

 

[Pejo]

Pejo I think they changed the completion requirements on the 1.0 regions as well. I just got 100% in Jinzhou without needing to unlock the hidden chests in that area. With this change, I might actually be able to 100% all the regions now, even without bothering with the hidden chests.

Good news then! Wish I'd have waited...

Now that I did the new story, I've been working on building my Augusta. I have to say, I absolutely love what they're doing with the False Sovereign Echo. It has a built in sidestep, and it has 2 charges that you can use without waiting for a cooldown. So not only does it provide BiS buffs for Augusta, but it makes her more mobile and gives her custom combo filler options. Comes out quick, doesn't lock you into a long animation. I really wanna see more of that, good shit. The only downside is that echo layout is pretty strict with no room for experimentation, but it's been that way since like version 1.1.

Also, I almost forgot to do WhiWa before the reset. This time, I went in the first half with my HRover/Phrolova/Canty team and got the highest score I've ever received in the mode. Double my previous best scores. The team is incredible, and I will probably grab a Phrolova Sequence or two on a rerun down the road. It feels so good for me personally to play. You can quickswap, you can play rotations, Phrolova has excellent grouping, and then Canty comes in with her nuke and wipes out an entire wave. Phrolova as an off-field main dps is something I never knew I wanted or needed, but I can't part with her now.

I'd have probably SSS'd the Infinite stage except my 2nd half Carte team still sucks. I probably need to look at my Carte's echoes and make some changes, she feels really weak, despite her great AoE attacks.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Also, I almost forgot to do WhiWa before the reset. This time, I went in the first half with my HRover/Phrolova/Canty team and got the highest score I've ever received in the mode. Double my previous best scores. The team is incredible, and I will probably grab a Phrolova Sequence or two on a rerun down the road. It feels so good for me personally to play. You can quickswap, you can play rotations, Phrolova has excellent grouping, and then Canty comes in with her nuke and wipes out an entire wave. Phrolova as an off-field main dps is something I never knew I wanted or needed, but I can't part with her now.

I'd have probably SSS'd the Infinite stage except my 2nd half Carte team still sucks. I probably need to look at my Carte's echoes and make some changes, she feels really weak, despite her great AoE attacks.

Phrolova is the best WhiWa unit currently in the game, even better than Jyan. I have no idea why it took those guys at Prydwen an entire patch to move her up to T0, where she always belonged, IMO. Plus, you also have Cantarella so she's even better. Def going to grab her S3 when she'll be rerun.

That said though, the Cartwheel team does feel kinda mid in the current WhiWa in part because there aren't any aero tokens she can use. They also inflated enemy HP in this WhiWa, which adds on her doing badly this reset. Btw, I have her S3 and barely managed to hit 3k points with her and Ciaccona, when in the past with the same setup I was easily getting 4.5k points on her side...

 

[T4keD0wN]

Phrolova is the best WhiWa unit currently in the game, even better than Jyan. I have no idea why it took those guys at Prydwen an entire patch to move her up to T0, where she always belonged, IMO. Plus, you also have Cantarella so she's even better. Def going to grab her S3 when she'll be rerun.

That said though, the Cartwheel team does feel kinda mid in the current WhiWa in part because there aren't any aero tokens she can use. They also inflated enemy HP in this WhiWa, which adds on her doing badly this reset. Btw, I have her S3 and barely managed to hit 3k points with her and Ciaccona, when in the past with the same setup I was easily getting 4.5k points on her side...

I think they were meant to add a new mechanic (burn or something) next reset, we will see, so i wonder if the current one feels a lot worse than normal because theyve rebalanced it for that.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

I think they were meant to add a new mechanic (burn or something) next reset, we will see, so i wonder if the current one feels a lot worse than normal because theyve rebalanced it for that.

Interesting. Looking forward to tomorrow's WhiWa's reset in that case.

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I'm still going through the 1.0 stuff, and I finally wrapped up this pretty long and puzzle heavy quest from the Desorock Highland area. I think Carlotta's soles are bruised from all the constant jumping and smacking those puzzle pieces around.

 

[Nankatsu]

I'm with this guy. Appreciate the constant QoL improvements but it's about time they pull the break a bit and focus on optimization.

Game was pretty solid during Raguna, but Septimont feels dogshit optimization wise.

 

[Nankatsu]

So something is bugging me on the PS5 version.

I started noticing some weird lower resolution on characters while moving. You can specially spot this in Augusta, since they are using transparency effects on parts of her attire.

Which makes me wonder if they are using PSSR in this, somehow.

I hoped in to the PC version and enabled FSR and the effect I see on PS5 I also see it on PC.

I then turned off FSR and the lower resolution is gone, as expected.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Well, I think that's enough WuWa for today.

Before

After

Also, here's a cute Exile from a quest I've just finished:

 

[T4keD0wN]

Yeah, so ive used the new lootmaper in Huanglong

its a bit intimidating to say the least

And another matter, i dont want to doompost yet, but ive been reading up about Iunos kit and useability online and... ugh, its not looking good. Do they ever do balancing changes for second half banner characters during the first half?

 

[Nankatsu]

And another matter, i dont want to doompost yet, but ive been reading up about Iunos kit and useability online and... ugh, its not looking good. Do they ever do balancing changes for second half banner characters during the first half?

Yap been reading that too. She only shields Augusta by the looks of it.

 

[Icymanipulator]

Plan on getting Iuno no matter what, then likely skip Galbrina and Ronin guy and try for Chise.
My gf is saving everything for Ronin guy and his weapon lol

 

[Nankatsu]

Damn, turns out what cause the lower resolution on my end is actually the Ray Tracing enabled.

Ray tracing enables extra detail on Augusta's dress which, when you're flying around, for example, triggers some sort of lower resolution.

That's why I easily spotted on the PS5 version, because it uses Ray Tracing.

Disabled that on PC, with Fsr3 and FG on, and I'm hitting 200+ fps, crystal clear image.

Yeah, think I'm gonna skip the PS5 version a bit for now

Going back to Jinzhou and using flight to collect the crazy amount of chests I had and didn't knew is a bless.

 

[T4keD0wN]

Yeah, i am still getting her too, just doubting if its worth to put a lot of resources in her, since i doubt ill play her a lot. Gonna have to wait for Qiuyuan and Galberna leaks to see if either somehow fix the issue and help generate shield for the team.

Speaking of Iuno, just got assaulted by her:

 

[Agent_4Seven]

T4keD0wN Nankatsu wait, hmm, why would Iuno provide a shield for Augusta (and potentially for the rest of the team) if Augusta doing it by herself just fine? I haven't seen a mention about this in Iuno's kit I posted before, where it clearly stated that she only provides a shield for herself, not for the rest of the team.

I mean, it kinda feels like a waste when you pair her with Augusta - Augusta provides a shield and Iuno doing it too? Aero team (for example) instead can benifit from this more if they'll let her spread the shield to the rest of the team

 

[Jibran#one]

I fucking hate gacha games
On ur guys posts I ponied up for shorekeeper spent some money on pulls and look what it gave me whatgarbage

 

[Peroroncino]

Well it IS an electro broadblade character, so almost Augusta, but not quite Shorekeeper.

oof, sorry man [*]

 

[Pejo]

I fucking hate gacha games
On ur guys posts I ponied up for shorekeeper spent some money on pulls and look what it gave me whatgarbage

The very nature of Gacha. Thou doesth desire, so thou shallst not acquire.

 

[Jibran#one]

The very nature of Gacha. Thou doesth desire, so thou shallst not acquire.

There are

The very nature of Gacha. Thou doesth desire, so thou shallst not acquire.

There is what 40 charecters in-game?
I only don't want 1 charecter lolz and that's who I got
I have s2 calcharo now with only Augusta and verina as 5 stars

 

[Icymanipulator]

I fucking hate gacha games
On ur guys posts I ponied up for shorekeeper spent some money on pulls and look what it gave me whatgarbage

Every time it happens I debate quitting. Also why you should seriously take a moment to consider before spending money.

Last time this happened to me I was tempted to spend on the game, instead I bought a new game and played that. Don't let these greedy fucks get to you.

 

[Pejo]

There are

There is what 40 charecters in-game?
I only don't want 1 charecter lolz and that's who I got
I have s2 calcharo now with only Augusta and verina as 5 stars

Well I won't speak to your tastes, but I'd rather Calcharo than Furry boy (again). But yea, it's demoralizing. I've been there over and over again.

 

[T4keD0wN]

T4keD0wN Nankatsu wait, hmm, why would Iuno provide a shield for Augusta (and potentially for the rest of the team) if Augusta doing it by herself just fine? I haven't seen a mention about this in Iuno's kit I posted before, where it clearly stated that she only provides a shield for herself, not for the rest of the team.

I mean, it kinda feels like a waste when you pair her with Augusta - Augusta provides a shield and Iuno doing it too? Aero team (for example) instead can benifit from this more if they'll let her spread the shield to the rest of the team

She doesnt provide the shield, she provides a damage amplification to characters who generate a shield 10x, up to 40% damage amplification, S2 makes it 80% and S4 lets her shield characters, but seemingly just once.

Problem is that characters need to generate shields 10 times to reach the 40% and not just have shields as generating it once gives just 4%. This means that characters who dont generate them constantly, like Brant could get just a 4% dmg amp, which is nothing and everyone else, but Jianxian gets 0%

Iuno and Augusta can generate them 2x per second very easily, so 5s to fully active the amplification. Iunos intro brings it down to 2.5s for her.

At least she isnt as hyper specific as Ciaccona is for Cartethyia and has healing along with 50% heavy attack outro, but it still sucks how a large part of her kit might not work with anyone but Augusta, unless they release another character that fixes that.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

I fucking hate gacha games
On ur guys posts I ponied up for shorekeeper spent some money on pulls and look what it gave me whatgarbage

That's gacha for you, I'm afraid.... I only spend money on pulls or astrite if I know I can guarantee the character and/or weapon. I did that with Lupa and will probably do the same with Augusta so I can get both her and her weapon without touching my corals, since I want to save those for character dupes.