If They Keep This Up, I'll Never Quit Honkai Star Rail | Divergent Universe Review

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[@LilyAquina]

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[@idaniluz652]

I never liked simulated universe for it's farming, but I loved it for it's rouges like gameplay and the lore behind it. While I don't mind the gameplay of the divergent universe, I don't like the lore behind it. Lore wise, the simulated universe is supposed to explore the eons, and I was always excited for these new expansions because I love the world building in HSR. But divergent universe is looking at the human side of the universe, saying this and the eons are two sides of the same coin, so exploring that now might give us new insights at the eons. But the lore this time is achievable through the equations, which are really random, and so is the lore itself, it doesn't look like we discover anything special about the universe. Maybe the real juicy stuff is hidden in the boundary equations which I didn't get any yet, but that requires to collect 16 blessings of the same path, which is really hard to do because I have to rely a lot on RNG, unlike gold and gears which was very consistent in that regard.

[@LilyAquina]

Meanwhile I never read SU lores 😭

[@MrGshinobi]

i see the fact that it's hard to only pick blessings of one path as something good because it means players are encouraged to experiment on the go with the blessings you get which makes for a more unique experience over the old sim universe where you can pick one broken path and never stray from it, boundary equations feel more like hidden features that you can grind runs to obtain rather than a necessity which is imo a good change of pace from the old sim universe.

[@lifeisnotokiedokie7243]

​@@MrGshinobi Ive done many runs on it now. Currently at synchronicity lvl 39. It feels even more rng than it originally was. I am fine with the design making the player experiment more but the decrease in options to choose more blessings from one singular path is really annoying. I have gotten to the end so many times without being able to get a 3* equation expanded, maybe my luck is just awful.

[@idaniluz652]

@@MrGshinobi I don't mind the design making me experiment with different paths, but the lore is hidden behind the RNG, which is really annoying because I love HSR lore.

[@MrGshinobi]

Personally i feel like i'm in the minority of players that has always enjoyed simulated universe for it's rogue-like gameplay as well as the different DLCs they made for it, but it's true that after golden gears the game mode became very stale, you can clear very easily by sticking to 1 path and never straying from it, which made gameplay very boring after a while. The new game mode however completely changes this dynamic for good, now because of how equations work you HAVE to pick different path blessing and not just stick to one path, this is good because the equations combine different aspects of multiple paths to make for a really unique and fun experience where you can mix and match to get a good build using what the RNG gives you, it feels really forgiving on the RNG aspect, since you're able to fully reroll equations AND blessings to get something useful, that alongside the new curios, blessings, and bosses (rip enhanced aventurine) make for a REALLY fun gameplay experience that i LOVE doing for my weekly farms.

[@J3nnySmith]

i wish i can choose wether or not i wanna use auto adjusted relics, even if the game thinks mine are weaker. Mainly because sometimes it ruins speed tuning, where i don't particularly care about any stat on a char other than speed, but game thinks my build is too weak

[@nct121]

Yes I have to upgrade all of my support's relic to level 15 to keep my speed tuning And they use suck relic set too, their build is weird

[@lyons9853]

wait, isnt there an option for that? like on their relic page theres a button to switch between the build they gave us and our own. although i don’t know if that reverts their level and lc as well

[@twistedfate9475]

There're options for that bro , just look at the bottom right corner , you can toggle between using your gears or not

[@arnowisp6244]

​@@nct121 Except Firefly. It actually works because in DU. Enemies are so tough multiple actions are better

[@nightcrawler5666]

Hello LilyAquina.. Keep up agood content of HSR.. Your content help me a lot in building the HSR Characters.. TQ

[@tophrii]

Blue archive also allows players to borrow friends characters for raids (end game content) ❤

[@RomaNepl]

I like the new DU, but sometimes the RNG aspect is too much. You can't select a specific path, so you are trying to get blessing from a specific path, but there are 8 different paths, so the odds are scuffed. You also cannot ban paths that you don't want like in G&G, so that's also an issue. There's also no guarantee of the equations you are getting and at high protocol levels you basically have to complete your 3* equation before the second boss, otherwise you're cooked.

[@ratspew932]

Same, the amount of rng was too much for me. Sometimes I don't get anything useful for my team even after several resets and I have to sit there with a sad face. Swarm and G&G felt better bc yeah there's tons of rng but you have more control over the game and you have to get really unlucky to not be able to turn the situation in your favor at least a bit, and DU... Well...

[@entsensei]

4:55 that's a horrible take, all the banners revenue would plummet instantly if that happens

[@MrPimentel12]

She literally gives you an example of how that is not necessarily the case in FGO.

[@malleuslimbus]

@@MrPimentel12 in FGO you can run 2 of the same unit with the support system so it's not the same, it doesn't affect the banner revenue there because you want to run 2 of whatever meta support fits your team

[@LilyAquina]

​@@malleuslimbus You only want 2 of the same top meta support in FGO, not double DPS. Meanwhile, FGO's revenue have been very consistent every month. Which means, even when the rated up character is a DPS, players still as eager to pull even though they can borrow the said character from whales.

[@malleuslimbus]

@@LilyAquina yes but if you choose to use a friend DPS then you can't run double support, which is better pretty much all the time so there is still a lot of value in pulling your own DPS, can't see it working in HSR bc you can't use dupes, at that point you could just pull for support units and pick an E6 DPS from sup for MoC without losing anything in return as someone else pointed out in the comments people would still roll for characters they like but there would be way less incentive to pull for DPS characters

[@LilyAquina]

@@malleuslimbus Np5 DPS with maxed out Black Grail from whale using Castoria + Waver/Koyan/Skadi/Oberon is still stronger than Np1 + double Castoria. Borrowing from whales still has its benefit compared to using ur own DPS (if u can only afford Np1).

[@J3nnySmith]

It's the nature of gacha games that some outdated game modes have to stay in the game. They can't change existing characters or content, only add on top of it.

[@jyusatsu]

Planar extraction is one of the best farming QoL they did. One thing I want though is when we want to challenge again the same boss after clearing and getting the planar rewards, we should be outside so we can use our units' techniques before battling the boss again. Overall farming now is never been this easier.

[@JGDGkot]

If you challenge again the next fight will start with the same Techniques being used automatically. I know that because effect of Ruan Mei's technique is very noticeable.

[@jyusatsu]

@@JGDGkot yeah I was using Acheron team that time so I didn't notice but when I used my FF team with RM and I rechallenge, her talent triggered and I'm at phase 2 boss already.

[@twistedfate9475]

The guild system and co-op raid are a double-edged sword, in my opinion. For an experienced player, they can easily join a good guild and farm all the rewards, while new players will struggle to find one because most guilds want everyone to contribute, and they don't welcome new players who don't have strong gear. I don't think Hoyo is going to take that route because we all know their games aren't competitive between players . It's no way for them to implement a guild and raid system without a leaderboard and cycle rewards lol.

[@maskedheretic9629]

Hooray Lily got inspired to do a review. Very nice.

[@Hiarin]

I can actually farm Planar ornament now, usually I only do like 2 run/week or 8x claim, now I can farm it everyday

[@AiisakaTaiiga]

DU is definitely meant to replace SU. The "deprecated" version is there for new players to get those free jades and I doubt it will ever get an expansion again. I'm satisfied with it but it feels basic when you come from the wacky GnG mode, that's understandable when it is meant to be on par with the vanilla SU(Quick&mainly used for planar farming). Looking forward the expansion with more in depth mechanic, and that save file feature is a godsend coupled with the cyclical "themed run" giving you an easy farming save setup each week. HSR devs never leave the kitchen.

[@junkonatsumizaka5149]

4:20 - Me, too! Every survey, I ask if they can put support character functions in every game mode!

[@dangkhoa3953]

SImulated universe has became sort of Tutorial for other mode imo, If you are not familiar with the Blessings already, it took a really long time reading everything at each choices, it get overwhelming pretty quick

[@chrissolace]

I think the main thing Simulated Universe (SU) is good for is the Immersifiers to use for Planar Ornament (PO) farming. From what I’ve done, I did my weekly Divergent Universe (DU) run, completing the weekly Point Rewards (which includes 4 Immersifiers). Then I hop over to SU to do one run and exchange my Immersifiers. (And from what I see, you can’t exchange it in DU.) So there’s still a use for SU, but the usual farming for PO farming has been *greatly* improved and basically moved over from SU to DU.

[@JGDGkot]

You can use Imersiffiers in DU farming, they will be used instead of TP automatically if you have them.

[@AssailantAttacker]

I actually love swarm disasters It reminds me of an endless dungeon of final fantasy dissidia

[@rojanleecastillo8317]

Welcome back

[@michaelmutranowski123]

I like this game mode but because I'm free to play my roster is limited so if I don't activate the equations the bosses curb stomp me into next week. Also, I need to learn how to use Harmony and Nihility characters since right now I'm relying on Himeko, Dr. Ratio, Bailu, and Destruction MC to brute force my way through. I've only been playing for 4 months. My progress has been slow since I keep switching between farming for Trace materials and optimal Relics, so I'm gonna focus on Traces till I max out everyone I have before going up another Equilibrium Level then worry about min-maxing my Relics. I do like Simulated Universe because it lets me bully Yanqing and that stupid deer and it lets me see big numbers from my non-optimized characters. I think if I had Adventurine Swarm Disaster would be easy and I have no idea how Gold and Gears works; it's nothing short of pure dumb luck that I managed to clear it at all. The unlocks/quests for Gold and Gears interests me more than the ones from/for Swarm Disaster.

[@edewd6579]

This video is the closest we'll get to another one of lily's FGO content lmao.

[@MikeJXWT]

I would love a co-op / guild raid. Curious, what are your thoughts on examples on how they could do it in a turn based system?

[@twistedfate9475]

You can go play other games like e7,blue archive,fgo,etc .guild and raid actually very common in turn base games , hoyo not implement it because they don't want player to compete with each other. It's hard to make those kind of content without a leaderboard you know . Not to mention, this kind of gamemode get easier if you joined a strong guild so new players will have harder time to find one , depend on the old of the game , it could take them a while to have enough unit and gears to be able to find one.

[@ghotyolocanisyn2880]

5:14 i do torturous difficulty for more mission rewards.

[@MegaGreenkirby]

Lily you have to clear "Ordinary Extrapolation" up to Threshold Protocol 6 first to get all the rewards, then you don't need to do it again...so you need to do it a few times more...and using friends characters in endgame modes like MoC XD maybe if they nerf them to the same Eidolons, light cone superimpositions, and traces you have, Eidolons are busted, but at least you could borrow better relics XD, they want to sell more copies of characters, why would they let newbies use E6 S5 characters from whales? Even the event trial characters they lend us in events are mid compared to our own builds...

[@rinz5027]

Apocalyptic Shadow is just another shill mode and im lowkey disappointed. I mean that's how it is anyways but for it to be boss-centric mode that may or may have given Hunt units more viability but the current Apocalyptic Shadow is literally just another Destruction-shill mode. What use of ST based Hunt units if we're forced to deal with summons before dealing with the boss itself? Its just another aoe-based mode at that point. Not Pure Fiction level, but well enough to play along element matching and new annoying mechanics.

[@addollz6192]

That's crazy cause i didn't use a single destruction unit and used only hunt units to clear. But go off i guess

[@ch1dd]

That's what you get for trusting people saying shit they don't know anything about before the mode is out. Hunt DOES have advantage because of innate higher speed and toughness bar damage when the mode counts down on action value, it doesn't mean there won't be any mechanics that involve more units. There are multiple videos online using 4 stars too. You have a lot ot learn.

[@rinz5027]

@@ch1dd Do pray tell what else do I have to learn when the boss itself acts five times before my Hunt units that have innate higher speed and toughness bar dmg when they lock you out and force you to do minion breaking mini-game and spams one-shot moves and cc's you? I am genuinely interested.

[@rinz5027]

@@addollz6192 sure you did. I'd like to see proof.

[@ch1dd]

@@rinz5027 Just kill the mobs my guy, they're what gives the boss multiple turns through marking targets for followup attacks, and adds the weakness back to the boss while also reducing toughness. What else are you even attacking when the boss will take reduced damage until it's broken? How are you having problems with hunt when they excel at killing the mobs through sheer multipliers? Did you read the mechanics?

[@MrPimentel12]

I know that you talked about basically the QoL aspect of the game mode mostly (and from the looks of it you didnt get to try the V6 dificulty yet). But there are some glaring issues with the gameplay aspect of Divergent Universe. And it is > Either you play the game focusing on break damage or don’t play the game at all. Playing this game mode with a crit oriented team is quite miserable (it doesnt matter if you go follow up team, hypercarry, acheron and even dot teams), the damage does not scale at all, the mode has a ridiculous amount of damage reduction and a ridiculous amount of hp. Almost all of the OP Curios are break focused. By the end of a run, if you are playing an Acheron team per example and build into crit blessings like erudition and hunt, each of your ultimates are gonna be hitting 600~1mil dmg on a good run. Now if you are playing a break team like firefly, everytime the enemies are broken and u press E you get like 3~5mil damage, it’s night and day. I understand they need to promote and sell characters, they did that with swarm and DHIL, but this is too extreme, the higher dificulties of DU is literally unplayable outside of break teams.

[@arocomisgamusclademork1603]

This video felt AI voice organic though no soul exist like Honkai Star Rail turn based game after quit Genshin

[@lks178]

I really enjoy the save file thingie and the mode up to around difficulty V protocol 3, after that the quality of the game mode just drops off a cliff. My complaints with this new mode is how short it is to 100% compared to g&g and swarm and how much MORE rng heavy it is because you are forced into equations. My first protocol 6 run landed me remembrance buffs and equations... into aventurine who I could only freeze once every 100 hits and resisted dissociation. Not to mention it's not really uncommon to not have an equation by the first boss, and to have equations with no synergy which cost a lot of fragments to swap out. Another fails includes protocol 6 cirrus with nihility, and getting infinite stun locked by the 3rd wave. Honestly if they just let you choose who you fight against (like in the cyclical thing you know you get argenti) I'd rate it much higher.

[@ch1dd]

If you know an equation will be questionable just pick different blessings until you get the chance to swap it for another one. As for the boss, this is why they now let us change teams freely. Rememberance is the least reliable, it trivializes normal battles that are already easy and can be rendered useless by the cc resistance from bosses, pick something better instead.

[@binqilinbinqilinbinqilin]

You can always change team easily to fit the equation if it really doesn’t favor your team.

[@lks178]

@@binqilinbinqilinbinqilin I did, that's why I beat this shit difficulty the first day lol. It doesn't affect the point, the mode forces you to play things you dont want to play and to reset or to make boring ass teams or cripple your team because the equations dont mesh well enough. I did it third try against argenti with some gallagher fuxuan jingliu ruanmei who just breaks the boss every time it stands up. Really unfun gameplay.

[@lks178]

@@ch1dd your method has even more variables, which further adds to my point.

[@ch1dd]

@@lks178 Wrong because variables here mean you have options. If you're stuck in an obsolete situation it was by your mistake, different from back when trying to get Swarm rememberance unlocks and the game tries to be funny by making the plane 2 boss yanqing or cocolia. There was no choice then, there are plenty now.

[@isaacPc9]

I quit this game this version. I have nothing I‘m looking forward to anymore. I stopped finding the gameplay loop enjoyable. The events have been painfully uninteresting. And this last story quest left me feeling indifferent.

[@arocomisgamusclademork1603]

This channel exile of Keqing enthusiasm based on she played

[@jakeail1995]

If there is an improve in QoL, pls don't call it powercreep coz the word powercreep do give off a more negative connotation, which is should not be the case, as QoL improvement should be celebrate and encourage. DU is definitely the MVP of the patch imo, on the other hand AS is a big disappointment to me in term of how they approach it, how they execute it and how they design the enemy for it, looking forward to hear your opinion on AS soon

[@CrusherKingZ]

Interesting way to make the guide

[@Israel-cc4zf]

I'm new here, who is your favourite character lily ?

[@baialjo]

It doesnt matter if they "keep it up" as long as the game is in THIS state i will always play it.

[@delta3532]

I dont think they would do that to moc, as, and pf. You know e6s5 character could carry the whole team by themself. Theres already lack of endgame endgame, theres no way they make this game worse.😅

[@LilyAquina]

That's why I said it is good for developers too. Since everybody can borrow a character from a whale account, the dev can go ham at increasing the game's difficulty. Right now they cant do that bcz they need to think about some poor player that live in the middle of Amazon who cant buy jades.

[@RogerNbr]

​@@LilyAquina well theres also, yknow, characters who released before everyone started dealing a morbillion dmg every cycle

[@arocomisgamusclademork1603]

Hoyoverse the same make Genshin open world meant sacrifice what players satisfy ask for Qnl and endgame from Surveys, feedback, customers support and community when put Honkai Star Rail when funded from Genshin players whale before charity hospital brain recovery and gave money to Nuclear fusion reactor. This channel feels lighthearted no thoughts ambiguous game anymore, she's turn based gay official. She's exile of Keqing enthusiasm.

[@RomaNepl]

4:23, nah. What would be the point of building characters then? There's already not a lot of places where you can test your characters and using your friend's E6S5 Acheron in something like Pure Fiction or MoC or SA would kill the entire point of building characters

[@LilyAquina]

The same answer to why people keep buying cars when rental is everywhere. Or why people buy console when they can just rent them. I literally give u an example of a game that does this for 9 years and remain profitable among the other top gacha games without facing the "issue" u mentioned. If u feel like borrowing ur friends characters erase ur purpose to build ur own, feel free to do it. But that's not what gacha players normally do. They still build their waifu/husband regardless of whether they can borrow or not.

[@mmm4093]

Common HSR W.

[@shironasama0445]

Already quit. The powercreep is horrendous.

[@ch1dd]

There's no powercreep outside sustain class my guy. When you understand how insane the balance team is in this game you'll come back running. Stay away from other gachas if you think this was horrendous.

[@Michael-vr9us]

It’s just ur skill issue lol😊

[@Snipe4]

Lmao maybe it skill issue

[@ABC-yj6cy]

And yet here you are watching HSR videos

[@O-R-I-G-I-N]

what powercreep???... 1.0 characters r still good.. of course not as good as Acheron or firefly but they still work