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icharchivist · 6 months

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hii! if someone is interested in getting into the original granblue fantasy (mostly because I'm curious about the characters, specially belial he's so pretty omg) are there any tips/things you'd recommend keeping in mind?

I hope you have a great day/evening/night/what other times of the day exist!

oh hi!!! another victim to how pretty Belial is...... welcome abord!

I have a lot of various level of tips depending on what angle of the game you want to explore, but it might be a little overwhelming. I'll start just by "making the game work well for you" and "how to advance in the Visual Novel (especially to get to Belial)" as the starter guideline.

My inbox is also always opened for any type of clarification: no question is too dumb, i'm here to help, whatever level you're at (.... except if you're on super High Level but i don't think that's going to be the case for a while)

I usually use the tag ichablogging gbftips if you need to look through some things

First of all, how the game works:

Granblue Fantasy is a browser game. It means you don't need an app to play it. however it is chromium based so you will need a google chrome tab or the likes (if like me you're on firefox, i genuinely run chrome only for Granblue at this point)

it is accessible on this address:

the page will be Japanese upon arrival, but just scroll a little and you'll find the "set language" settings

There all you need to do is press new game and start on your journey.

Note that the English and Japanese server are the same. Unlike most gacha we play, it means there is no delay between the stories-- both language get games and stories update at the same time.

Word of advice: when the game asks you to link your account, like here:

select Mobage. the page is in Japanese but it will be the most efficient way to save your progress. this page should help if it's not instinctive to you.

Once your mobage account done, tadaa, you can log in onto the game on whatever browser you would have, and you can be logged on multiple place at once! i'm currently playing on my phone while also taking screenshots on my computer! hell yeah!

On there the game will mostly hold your hand through the gameplay and the beginning of the main story, as well as your first gacha.

Slight information about the gacha:

-On your homepage, when the "Draw" button is blue, it means the rate up for SSR is really low. when the "Draw" button is golden, it means the rate up is at least doubled, and some rarer, limited units, are also in the pool. It is highly recommended that if you want to pull, you should pull when the Draw button is Golden (it's called "Gala" in general)

-there is a pity system called a Spark. After 300 pulls (or 30x10 pulls), you are allowed to choose one of any of the characters featured on this specific banner. Most people tend to wait until they have 300 pulls saved for when their fav is in the banner too pull as a result (or, as we say, we "save a spark"). This website can help you taking track of your spark.

-There ARE free pulls seasons: if you intend to be a seasonal (ie, not play for a time) it's good to come back in December, in March (it's the anniversary month, and next year is the tenth anni, so it might be even more of a celebration), and sometimes in Summer, in order to take advantage of the Free Pulls. Usually, in December and March, we get one free ten pulls a day at least, and then further into the month, we get "a roulette" that can double or triple that number. It's really worth keeping an eye on Free pulls seasons.

Others information:

-You will want to follow or keep an eye on the Granblue_en twitter account. It's a fan account that is always updating any information needed. It's a life savior gem.

-if you have any doubt gameplay wise, rely heavily on the gbf.wiki. It is EXTREMELY throughout gameplay wise. Genuinely a must-be-aware-of to play the game.

Important gameplay thing:

-If A Story Event is ongoing (it's not the case right now), and you don't want to read it for whatever reasons, do yourself a favor and actually go to the event page and manually skip every episodes of the event. It will save the event in your Journal, meaning it can be accessed later on when the event is no longer live.

(the current ongoing event, Dread Barrage, is a fighting event, i think you can kinda ignore it for now because it is when things start to be complicated, so don't mind it as of now)

Storywise:

There are three sorts of stories in Granblue:

-The Main Story Quest, which you will have to progress into in order to unlock the rest of the stories. It's the core of the Main Character's journey with Lyria and Vyrn as they travel the skies to reach their destination.

-Events and Side Stories, which are basically stories that happen when they dilly dally on their journey and go to new islands. Events and Side Stories often have their own casts that will not appear in the Main Story, but are still equally important to the game.

This type of story starts out as limited events: they run for ten days in Granblue. Then, they disappear for a while. Usually in the years that follow, this story gets a "rerun". It means the event goes back live, still limited for 10 days. And then, after a while, the event is ultimately added to the Side Stories tab, where it will always be accessible in game.

The Side Stories tab unlock after you finish Chapter 6 or 8 of the Main Story i'm not really sure. Some Side Stories will have requirements to be unlocked (like reading up to x chapter of the main story, or reading x over events before unlocking it) (it will be featured in the Gameplay Extras tab on the homescreen)

Some Side Stories are linked together. I personally call those "sagas". For example the Dragon Knights Saga (one of my favorite stories my icon and header are from) has about 10 events stories that have to be read in their publication order to be understood. It means you can expect the same cast, and a continuation to a previous story. Some Side Stories can also have casts from multiple sagas all together, so, have fun, explore the tab!

-Fate Episodes are the last type of stories you will have. They are linked to the characters units you will play with during the game, that you get by gacha or by completing events. Those are short stories that will be character driven. The characters can be Main Story Characters or Event Characters. Therefore they might further stories from their respective origins here and there. There is usually one starter episode unlockable as soon as you get the character, then one episode when you reach a certain level. SR and SSR characters who have a 5th star instead of only 4 also have another episode when you reach level 80, and then when you reach level 100. (the Fate episodes are available in the Quest tab and a shortcut to your list is also in the envelop menu on your homescreen)

SO THAT'S For the basic run down of some of the beginner things you want to keep an eye out storywise.

(Note that about every events are also available on youtube, so while missing an event sucks and all, if you wish to read an event which isn't in the side stories, or a fate episode of a character you can't get, youtube is here for you. also the transcript of every single stories are available on the wikipedia, though it's not as ideal.)

Gameplay wise, for the beginning, you'll get your hand held by the game. when it starts to get tricky, you're free to come and ask more precisions on here.

Now one last thing: how to get to Belial.

Belial is part of the side story saga known as "What Makes The Sky Blue".

The main story is a trilogy, respectively, "what makes the sky blue", "what makes the sky blue part 2: paradise lost" and "what makes the sky blue part 3: 000" After the trilogy, the summer event "The Maydays" is a sort of light hearted event following the events of 000 that involves the same cast. it is in the side stories. Last year, they also released another event including wmtsb characters, called The Mole Troupe. It has not been added to the side stories as of now.

To unlock the first part of wmtsb: you need to: -Reach Chapter 54 of the Main Story -Complete the side stories "Festival of Falling Flame", "The Cowardly Hero and the Captive Princess", and "Blade of the Young Champion" -(no one will blame you if you skip the side stories to read later, as it's mostly recommended because characters who appear in those events appear in wmtsb p1. But do read the Main Story though because the events rely a lot on the lore developed by the Main Story at this point.)

(and if you ever want to try out the Dragon Knights saga, it unlocks after Chapter 16 of the Main Story, and the first event is called Defender's Oath. Just to meet The Boyz.)

Also as a fair warning: early Granblue events tended to be shorter and perhaps a little less complex. After 2017 (wmtsb pt2), events started to grow longer and more complex. It might be jarring if you ever end up reading an early event and a more recent event back to back.

This would be my beginner outline at least.

One last warning: the gameplay will look intimidating at some point. don't let it intimidate you and just yolo. My ultimate beginner tip is that you should focus on stories and characters you like first. Discover the story, discover the characters. Don't let "trying to be good at the game" cloud you from just having fun with those characters. You can go far into the game without being hardcore into the gameplay, so take it easy and don't let it stresses you out.

Most importantly: have fun! take your time and enjoy yourself!

And if you have anything to ask - any tips, any recommandation, anything - my inbox is always opened ;D

Take care!

#even there it sounds large and intimidating but i just tried to break down things that could help #hope it does!!#take care!!#ichareply #anonymous #ichafantalks gbf #ichablogging gbftips

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strwbmei · 5 months

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Hey Mei, how would you rank the hoyoverse games (top to your favorite and bottom to least)

In my case

1. Honkai impact 3rd- Believe it our not i spend a lot of time playing it. When i first discovered this one and i liked it a whole lot compare to genshin. Me personally i found it intriguing and unique in soo many ways.

2. Honkai star rail- This one was almost top the reason my is on second place is because it's rather the more recent one. The gaccha is rather generous with me and the fact that i like rpg like games it got a huge like in my book

3. Genshin Impact- This one is my least favorite for many reason and it's ironic since this is my first hoyoverse game i played thanks to a friend of mine. I mostly get bored of genshin rather quickly and the fact that i was never lucky with the gaccha it made me sulk into despair in the corner.

For me it'd be:

1. Honkai Star Rail

I usually don't like turn based games and only downloaded it for Kafka, but it turned out to be way more fun than I expected! All of the characters are really well-designed and lovable. Story-wise, I can already tell that it'll be better than Genshin because the devs aren't afraid to go into serious topics and kill off characters. Speaking of the devs, they actually listen to the fans and make good quality of life changes. The events are also really fun!

2. Genshin Impact

Honestly, it's only 2nd place because I have a lot of good memories with it. (e.g. helping my sister farm and explore, helping my friends with their quest)

The characters are either a hit or miss, and the story has made almost zero real progress, as a person who's been playing since release. It's always the same pattern of the traveller going to a new nation, the nation has a problem, the traveller helps them, they don't know anything about the traveller's sibling. The quests are way too long and don't give rewards nearly worth the time it takes to complete them. The anniversary rewards and gacha rates are, quite frankly, ass. The events quickly became overwhelming and just boring in general. (I liked the TCG, though!)

3. Honkai Impact

It hurts me to put this in 3rd place because of how much I absolutely adore all of the characters and the story. My main issue with it is because of how hard it is to understand, especially if you're a returning player. I really want to enjoy the game but the explanations are always something along the lines of "Collect (term that I don't know) to activate (term that I don't know 2). (term that I don't know 2) will apply (term that I don't know 3) to enemies and make them more vulnerable to (term that I don't know 4)." The UI is also a bit confusing and I have to click around a lot just to find what I'm looking for. In particular, I don't really understand the open world exploration, which is why I haven't been able to progress to chapter 33.

I really want to enjoy the game, so if anyone knows where I can find a better explanation for the mechanics, I'd really appreciate it!

Bonus:

4. Tears of Themis

Story is nice, characters are nice, but it somehow manages to be even less f2p-friendly than Genshin. Events are way too hard to complete for casual players.

5. GGZ/Honkai Gakuen

I haven't had the chance to play it yet, but I've heard a lot of good things so I'm looking forward to it!

#・❥・strwb inbox

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justsomeoneintoomanyfandoms · 1 year

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Hey there! I was wondering if you could match me up with Honkai Star Rail, Genshin, and (only if it’s not a bother) Mystic Messenger?

Pronouns: He/They

Sexuality: Bisexual (Heavy Male Lean)

Zodiac/MBTI: Taurus, INFP 5w6

Appearance: Pretty much the IRL Futaba from Persona 5 ngl, either dressing purely for comfort (oversized sweatshirts/hoodies, shorts), or dressing to look cool… except like the cool of a decade ago LOL, babyface so younger in appearance however definitely an adult. Kinda short (below 5’6). Nearly permanent RBF, it hurts to smile for too long so it’s generally kinda rare.

Personality: "I can be your angle or yuor devil" meme incarnated, but add in a hint of Shouko Komi (Komi Can’t Communicate). I mean well and will be friendly with pretty much everyone, but it’s hard to get me to actually open up/talk (because trauma✨). Generally I will keep to myself as a result and will interact with people who come to me, only if I’m extremely interested in a certain person/conversation will I attempt to make the first move.

Likes: Cats, Memes (sometimes), Making my friends smile (either through jokes or through torturing them with their favorite characters), Spending time with people who recharge my social battery!

Dislikes: Big crowds (overwhelming), Drama starters (had too much of that in my life), Creeps (been mistaken for a minor a lot so…)

Hobbies: Turn based/Strategy games, Videogame Model editing, Gacha Games, VR, People watching.

Hi Anon! Thank you for your request! I hope you like your matchups!

In Hokai Star Rail, I match you with...

Sampo can be a bit of a drama starter but it's never on purpose. Any drama that occurs as a result of his actions is never considered before he takes those actions.

Would definitely play video games. He's not to bad at them but only after he's had a bit of practice.

His favourite games are ones like Mario Party and Mario Kart. Multiplayer games are the best in his mind.

Doesn't mind that you tend to keep to yourself. He's outgoing enough for both of you.

Loves your "I can be your angel, or yuor devil" energy. I feel like Sampo has a fair bit of that energy himself so you match well.

If and when you feel like opening up, Sampo will drop his goofy act and listen to you. He knows this is a serious conversation you're about to have and he doesn't want to make you feel like he doesn't care.

If he's being completely honest with himself, he probably needs to have a chat to someone about his own problems as well. If he ever feels ready to do that, he'd appreciate it if you would listen to him as well.

I'm Genshin Impact, I match you with...

Very similar in personality to Sampo.

Itto is much more outgoing that you are! He's going to try to encourage you to come out of your shell but he won't go overboard. If you feel uncomfortable, he'll back off. Yes, he wants you to be more outgoing but he doesn't want to make you uncomfortable.

He'll help you avoid large crowds. He's pretty good at avoiding large groups of people because the Tenryou Commission are usually around as well.

Also gets into a fair bit of drama, also unintentionally. He gets in trouble a lot so you may have to bail him out, or at least let Shinobu know.

Modern au Itto loves video games. His favourites are games are ones where the main character can break things. He's particularly fond of Lego games (don't judge him, he likes the sound the Lego makes when it breaks).

Also likes cats. He'd love to go for walks around Inazuma, stopping to play with every cat you come across.

In Mystic Messenger, I match you with...

The first quiet person on this list!

Saeran (especially after he gets away from Mint Eye) is also someone who needs an attentive ear when he's talking about his past.

Mini therapy sessions where you each take turns talking and listening to each other as you both start unpacking trauma.

Snacks are a must during these sessions and frequent breaks are important as well. Whether you go for a walk together to clear your heads or play a video game, Saeran doesn't mind.

Saeran is the last person to start drama. He's also had more than enough for a lifetime.

He also isn't a fan of big crowds. Staying in quiet places with just a few people, or even just spending time with you is more his speed.

Won't hesitate to get rid of any creeps that bother you. Whether he asks them to leave you alone or immediately resorts to violence depends on your preference and how creepy the person is.

Also has a pretty mean looking resting face so he totally gets where you're coming from.

#writing #fanfic #matchup #matchup request #request #honkai star rail #sampo koski #genshin impact #arataki itto #mystic messenger #saeran choi

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seelestia · 2 years

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My oh my you're gonna bring me to tears as well my dear author :'''D (this is actually also the first time I'm being an anon for someone hehehe)

A special spot? Reserved?? For me???

NANI ?! :''O

Thank you so much for that- you just made my entire day for real :'D

Venti plus angst? Two of my favs given for free? I'd love nothing more :D but let's wait til you open requests so I can at least play fair with the other askers/requesters ehe ;))

Also ! With the upcoming update for Summer and the new characters, I don't have a lot to say apart from everything looks really pretty asdklglsonjrohr-

I don't have much to say since I unfortunately do not have a good enough the pc to run the game, and my phone is apparently not available to download the game in the play store :''D sadge

So I've never actually played the game myself, but just from someone who quietly lurks around the fandom and only really interacting with the Tumblr side of it- I'm excited for the lore and new fics the writers are gonna come up with :D

I'm not gonna lie, even if I am able to play the game, I wouldn't know where to start cuz it all seems kind of overwhelming what with the builds, strategies (?), Having to farm, the gacha system, and also the fact that I am a broke student which means if I play the game- I'll never be able to buy my way and just shortcut through the hard stuff :'D

But enough of my misfortunes- a quick question that I've just come up with, do you perhaps know or are aware of what SAGAU is? If so, care to share your thoughts my dear author? :D

- Ever so sincerely yours, 👹✨ anon <3

hehe, then i'm glad to be your trial author of some sort fkekkwkd !! you're super duper nice and i always look forward to chatting with you, so i'd say you excel at being an anon! 100/10 recommendedヾ( ˃ᴗ˂ )◞♡

when i open my requests again in the future, i'll definitely be expecting you~ after i finish my current requests, i'm planning on making a milestone event soon tho !! i'm taking my time to decide the theme fjejsksk maybe it'll be a matchup event of some kind but we'll see >:)

so true, no more details needed except for pretty 🙏 dw about not being able to play the game~ sometimes, living thru other types of experiences are enough to drag you into the blackhole !! i was like that with genshin too when xiao just came out before i said darn it and started playing during april last year hfjejdek but true true, genshin can be overwhelming with the various features and storages, so just leave it to genshinblr to give you the news and updates! ;D

yes, i do !! one of my moots, @/meimeimeirin actually writes super good SAGAU stuff~ the concept of characters being aware that they're inside a screen or the reader being isekai'd into teyvat in the place of a divine/respected figure is vv interesting 👀 that sense of 'corruptedness' and the feeling of something being out of place really get you hanging onto the edge of your seat !!

wbu, anon??? what do you think of the au and do you have any recs maybe??? feel free to share! >:)

#i hope your day/evening has been good!#because you definitely made mine with your ask <3 #ask box! 📬#visitor: dearest 👹✨ anon!

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