Low Step Has Enlightened Me

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#arknights

[@kevinseraphin5456]

Excuse me for stating something so obvious but since you didn't adress it I was wondering, considering you find playing with broken 6star to kill your enjoyment of the game, why don't you just... not use them? Isn't the whole concept of a self-imposed challenge to catter to your taste? You're not "forced" to use Mlynar in a niche he's part of, you know that, right?

[@HiImYii]

I slightly mentioned it in the video, but the solutions for everything tend to be all feel the same for me. Once you do enough research, you realize that every nicheknight has some go-to solution. For E0, it’s usually fast-redeploy stall or Guardmiya S1. For vanguardknights, it’s Bagpipe buff army. While I do understand there’s nuances within each clear, these small details aren’t enough for me enjoy the game. I don’t get enjoyment from grinding out skill cycles and redeployments; I get it from the solution’s concept itself.

[@terrarius7707]

@@HiImYii Isn't that happening with every game ever? For even the most niche, there is gonna be one optimal way to do it, all solutions are slight variations of that way

[@untemperance]

It's not the job of the players to design the game for the designers. If your game requires self-restriction to be fun, it's probably that there's a problem with the difficulty curve or even the game's design. Furthermore, the existence of operators causes enemy powercreep which means that units like Mlynar don't release in a vacuum. They actually affect content design. "Just don't use it" is a bad excuse because the game is typically designed around people being able to use it. We're at a point where nicheknights players introduce new restrictions to themselves to bring back the flavor. Xairathan once told me nicheknights isn't about what you have, it's what you don't have. Well, Birdknights is getting a defender soon. Take a guess how happy she is about that.

[@noobuserlol4266]

Tbh I feel lile the mistake here is actually separating "strats" into a category, or rather, forcing yourself to play a specific category of strat. Unique solutions to a problem can involve the usage of many characters with vastly different roles or synergy. Why stick to a pre-existing category of strats like vanguardknights? You should find your own team compositions to solve how to beat this enemy or how to create teamwork between two or more operators, etc. With your own specific Operator or skill restrictions. I mean, that's how unique solutions that aren't category specific are made right?

[@blabblob2393]

@@HiImYii 🤓🤓

[@typomisdirect2612]

"HONEY WAKE UP,YII DROPPED A VIDEO AND CAMEBACK WITH THE MILK"

[@TheSecret234]

That's why I love 5 stars. Almost every new one that comes out is either balanced (Therefore deemed "underwhelming" or "Bad" by most players) or has a very specific niche. Even the ones considered "Good" like Cantabile don't break the game or make it braindead. I even started using tools like AKrand to randomly generate a squad of 5 stars and clear event stages with them. Though I usually fail to clear the last ex stage of events this way, it still feels fulfilling to get there and try.

[@Kindi001]

yea *5 is more niche. i mean by niche is they really great in certain situation, Cantabile for is Crack DP boost when there something she can hit for 12 sec. thats also why i kinda picky what *5 im gonna raise.

[@fogheta]

Huh, Cantabile is considered broken, her and probably like Ely are exceptions to the traditional 5* rule, although that's mainly due to Bagpipe being Bagpipe.

[@Roman_the_black_cat]

​@@fogheta"scottish bagpipe's intensifies"

[@manwithabasicprofilepic]

The randomizing sounds fun, I might give it a try on the EX stages today!

[@azeria1]

​@@Kindi001I ended up with full prot cant during the banner so now's she my main vanguard

[@peterliu4349]

You play low-step to find interesting unique solutions to stages. I play low-step because I'm too lazy to activate skills. We are not the same

[@astupidlylongnamethatstoolong]

Just like me fr fr. JUST LIKE ME.

[@Xedllin]

praise be to afknights strats xD

[@123goofyking]

Honestly he thinks he's evolving, but he's just coming back to his AFK knights style

[@VlazeSkylax]

Last chance to look at me, Lemuen

[@dr_cword]

You play low step because you are lazy I play low step so my game can load faster even though just mere second We are not the same

[@TheOrian34]

I feel like this kind of burnout is a minority that is more hardcore. It's still as fun to just play around with the OPs that I enjoy with wacky skills and soak in some story/lore. Meanwhile I couldn't care less about doing max risk or challenge runs.

[@virgondust5562]

Same. Only reason Arknights kept me invested longer than other gacha was due to the massive world building of the lore, the unique tower defence style gameplay and the music... especially the music

[@faenights]

same. i get more excited for welfare operators than gacha ones. if i win something good in gacha, it's usually just luck because i don't really save or grind, and feels it more rewarding. i use vigil because i find him cool and like his character (wouldn't mind a nice module though). i'm just here for a good time, i find the gameplay fun, i enjoy the ops i have, and really love the lore and characters.

[@QuickSilverTAA]

The Fumo money ran out, thus he returns from on high.

[@izalith1717]

As a new player, after all this months, having a full roster that can do AFKnight is my only desire.

[@lilmagi]

Pretty much this. I look at all these veteran players having all kinds of 6* ops, and here's me just wanting to have 1 afk run. Or at least this "easy run". Having to go for low star clears sometimes can be stressful with timings.

[@elkindangen152]

lol me after playing for 3 months hoping someday I can play CC or Hard content without borrowing support 🥲🥲

[@izalith1717]

@@lilmagi fr fr. Here i am. I build meta unit like NTR and Kaltsit, hoping an easy win against Eblana on FC-8. Then just realized i don't have any wandering medic, and all of my operators turned into charcoal.

[@chaosdestructionlove]

I think this is one of the player experience disconnects yii is showcasing in his video. Some veteran nicheknights challenge players are sad about all the op units, some veteran players are happy about them bc big numbers go biiiiig, newbies & decently experienced players like you are just happy to be able to get new units to fill out a deficit in your roster. (Which as I understand, is a really long waiting game for newer players.) I'm sure there's a wide variety of folks who will always or never use these op units just like I have never used chalter, w, dusk or nian bc I do not have them. Though I'm in the "veteran player who got mentally exhausted by challenge maps and more often than not doesn't quite get newer mechanics (my downfall was dusks event lol) so goes looking for afknights videos for the second half of events and uses mylnar as a safety panic button" group lol. Esp as a husbando liker, mylnar is great for me to have another unit in my toolbox that I like aesthetically as well as mechanically. Tbh though this power creep started with chalter and mostly got worse bc they power loaded phantom's specialist archetype. I'm sad for phantom as a person who saved for him early on, it never feels good seeing your favourite characters or methods be relegated to the out of date toolbox. At the same time, I follow & love the afk guides of a dude who uses siege &normal texas all the time (renaitre), and I know for a lot of meta and challenge ak tubers using siege when bagpipe or saga is available is a terrible sin lmao. But, sometimes you just stick to a particular unit bc they're more in tune with your play style (I'm slow with placement so v few afk guides work fully for me(noticed this back during ceobe's debut), so often have to bring elysium or phantom as emergency body blockers or to get dp faster). Siege allows for that body blocking &dp generating with no frills but she works when all you're trying to do is work with the limited time or energy you have in a day and can invest more time in a different instance. Every players experience is bound by their own health, skills set, preference and roster, esp for f2p players who may well be struggling for a long time before getting a consistent physical or arts dps. (This was me in the beginning with casters, I was so so frustrated bc I didn't have a good anti air or arts unit for months. Kyostinv saved me a lot in those early days) so while these new op units don't cate to everyone i cant help but think they're added to try to address something at least one group is struggling with in the player base. Anyways my essay and captain obvious hat done, I hope you all can find the afk guides that work for you. Sometimes it takes a bit of digging but there's a lot of folks out there thank goodness. I went through over 20 before landing on the creator I gel with the most. (Hopefully easier for folks to find theirs nowadays tho )

[@desuvult1776]

Yep. After, i think, 6 months playing i finnaly started to have a more easier time with those contents. I finnaly have a good group of upgrated operators, and some 6 six stars (siege, bagpipe, penance, Ifrit and skadi, but the ones i use most are bagpipe and Ifrit). I still need to take supports units sometimes thought, like for doing this event 8 stage without seeing guides, i stalled eblana with guard amiya, but need to pick a nightgale to amiya be able to survive (i didnt noticed that eblana's shield is Just physical and arts 😅).

[@DiggityDawgDiggity]

Im frankly impressed arknights players manage to play this game without taking breaks. I take breaks all the time from pretty much any mmo/gacha where I just do maintenance and dailies then play another game

[@bermi2000]

It help that one can just auto some stages and just farm without focusing on it When i don't feel like playing much i just open the game super late like at 10 and just farm without focusing sometime i forgot i had it open and just resume farming, and since there Is a realible source of orundum in annilation, you can just come back to play fully and woah those are a Lot of resources So yeah this game Let you farm without commiting to it

[@virgondust5562]

Yh I just farm while I do other chores when I don't feel like playing much so when I start back actively playing I have me some resources

[@mutsukiaz]

I took a year long break. I'm quite smoothbrained so it takes me a while to clear stages. Thus, the need to constantly take a break (even if its a year)

[@hua..]

Game is very low maintenance in between events, and most events are done in a couple of days.. we basically take breaks while "playing"

[@salierihiyajo6596]

Good thing for me that I'm a brainlet. 1 year into the game and I'm still struggling to clear EX and S stages and it's great.

[@firstnamelastname7298]

i knew it was good when my m3lv90 texalter,mlynar and pozy couldnt clear a stage

[@DapimpBDSD]

I'm 7 months in and sometimes I struggle with them.

[@virgondust5562]

11 months in, I used E2 Saria, Gavalter, mudrock, gnosis, Kaltsit, texalter, mlynar, thorns and surtr in one squad and still got trashed by Eblana in the Ex 8 stage. It is beyond me how some people find this easy Edit* finally managed to beat the stage

[@HellecticMojo]

well, shit, any tower defense player could've told you that. There's a reason why tower defense is always a popular custom map for RTS's. It's relaxing to leisurely make a death trap that works on its own

[@runitsgc]

I've only been playing about 2 months, and I'm really enjoying the flexibility of playstyles. People get hung up on the meta operators too much, a number of my favorite operators may be mid to low-tier, but that's not going to stop me from using them, and it can be fun to build around their weaknesses, Sure, if all else fails, I'll use the meta operators and save myself the headache, but I want to keep some semblance of challenge.

[@hideandslide4586]

I feel you i play with an op squad that it only the Not so great ones and its so much fun

[@jonnevitu4979]

As a ~6(?)month old player, just dont block yourself by leveling up only your most favorite ops, something I learned is that completing a stage with your strategy while using your favs is fun but not having options for more specific scenarios or things that are in fact just... frikin hard doesnt make a good experience. I've never thought I would build Lee cuz furry but here I am with an e2 + module Lee cuz what he did when I tried a strategy with a support Lee against NL-EX-8 challenge mode and saw him easily keeping those dangeous blood blades away from the boss with ease. Also, if youre a f2p, dont go spending your OPs on skins, every pull is important.

[@virgondust5562]

​​@@jonnevitu4979s a 11 month F2p player with over 30 6 stars, I say you should invest in a few meta ops to E2 and all your 3-4 stars that are in classes or sub-classes that you don't have built to at least E1 lv 50. You won't believe how helpful it was to have a specific 4 star to help a situation such as ethan to counter the enemy flame remnant with his S1. You can do whatever you please so that you can play with your favorite characters and if all else fails you can still use the meta ops that you've built already. As for OP, I usually save them for skins that I like though I will spend them if the banner I'm pulling on is very appealing.

[@SilentSpica]

@@jonnevitu4979 I have been playing for almost 10 months and have cleared almost every stage (except the first 2 events when I started playing) and I only have raised ops I truly like. Doesn't matter how strong an operator is, if I don't like the design; the operator is going to stall forever at level 1 (looking at you Thorns). So eh... it depends of the player

[@Khroniclas]

I have been playing for years and I say just build everything and use it whenever the fuck you feel like it.

[@Nymphaea01]

Hey Yii! Hope you’re doing well and thanks for the video!

[@HiImYii]

:)

[@tortoise-chan]

It's funny, I've really been enjoying prepping speedrun strats lately. I've flirted with low-op optimization in the past, and it's always a little tiring because 80% of stages get pushed to the absolute floor of either a) 1 op summoner or b) 1 op per lane, but it can be almost anyone on the other hand, brainstorming real-time speedrun clears for tournaments has been really weirdly rewarding. brief context, the specific format of competition ensures that each stage is only played once per match - so opponents can preempt, but not respond. so what I've been trying to do is find unconventional or unexpected operators that simplify the stage as much as possible. There's some commonality with low-step, since staying on 2x is optimal, but its also good if the clear has plenty of wiggle room for mistakes and substitutions. I've found myself building and using a huge variety of operators just within these past couple of weeks that I hardly ever considered before. this process of discovery is kind of what drew me to 5 stars in the first place - they feel like Arknights' biggest toolkit, just a box full of weird shapes that only fit in weird holes. I think its great that even with how much powercreep has been happening lately, Arknights still has enough depth that playing around with different niches can make the game feel so different.

[@WONDERMALT]

on a side note... whens ur next video????

[@jonnevitu4979]

This would be so much more fun and complex if we had the pathing of all enemies before going into a stage(hell just make it a reward info for completing the stage or something).

[@pepperoslice]

Wow, who knew firing your editor could actually make your video 100000x better!! im so glad you made that change. Be seeing more videos from you :)

[@HiImYii]

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[@SapphicShiro]

Pffft.

[@MichalZink]

As a small brained Abyssal Hunters what saved game for me were Dorothy and Stainless - they made game pretty fun again and doing stuff like turning Thorns/NearlAlter into machine gun operators is pretty hilarious. I really hope we'll get more operators like them.

[@m0narch1000]

Cannot wait for Dorothy to be available on a ticket.

[@patroka]

Yeah, I’ve been playing the game since about when it first released, and I don’t have nearly as much time to play it as I did back then, since I have a full-time job now. But, I still find the fundamental gameplay so good that I still really enjoy rushing through stages with my AFK strats, and only spending time focusing on difficult stuff when I am in the mood + have the time.

[@I-will-become-back-my-money]

HE BREATHES ONCE MORE

[@Lavi____]

So glad I genuinely play mainly for the story, setting, and characters. I can see how powercreep would bother long time players, I'm new-ish and I don't like it. At the same time, as others have mention, I feel like AK (from what I can tell) has for a long time been more about (outside of CC anyway) creating your own level of difficulty. If you want to steamroll everything and find enjoyment in that, or simply don't have much time to devote to clear, use meta 6*s (me most of the time; I have other games I like to play and other hobbies). If you want the game to be more challenging, force yourself to NOT use certain operators you feel make clears too easy; then, take pride in what you accomplished. I have raised Chalter, Skalter, T'alter, N'alter, SA, and other meta OPs, but I sometimes choose not to use them because I feel they would make a stage too easy. I personally enjoy using underrated OPs and FactionKnights. Do what is fun for you! Honestly, I am surprised people who play this game for gameplay haven't sooner burnt out of the game. As much as I love AK, the gameplay is pretty straightforward and the complexity more lies in just coming up with weird solutions to problems that usually can otherwise be stomped with brute force. I hope you find your spark for the game again. Your videos have been a source of enjoyment with their unique style since I started playing Dec 2022.

[@tridentgreen3346]

Arknights challenges have truly reverted to just becoming AFK strat optimizations lol. Fascinating. Luckly I'm still brain dead enough to be having fun clearing stages with both kinda on and off meta units (I spent 100 pulls on Harmonie I WILL MAKE HER WORK GDI)

[@godo2712]

"if it works - it works; if it's fun - it's fun"

[@hug-the-raccoon]

Not that I'm a top player, but I also looking for my niche. Even if I avoid using units like Surtr & Chalter, 70% of the time I feel like the unit carries the run, not my strats. It's been a while since I'm genuinely proud of my run. It's nice that the community is open about these things, and I hope more people do.

[@godo2712]

if you feel like a unit carries your run - then you probably still in a range of way-too-potent units there's 5*, and then there's 4* to switch to, or if your brain has reached maximum capacity - you might even ascend to 3* clears

[@84themonth]

Glad you found something to keep you engaged for the time being. I haven't felt the burnout quite as hard as you, but I've definitely noticed the powercreep when trying to push difficulties in IS#3. The mode feels DESIGNED around having Texalter (all the enemies with hovering including Highmore), which makes a lot of the runs feel same-y. The most fun I've had lately has been clearing events/bosses/IS/CC with only the 6 Abyssal Hunters. With the mod stacking they're certainly strong and can solve a lot of things with minimal effort (poor Eblana gets stalled permanently by Skadi/Specter), but a lack of consistent Arts/True damage, hard CC, and Anti-air can make some stages a big challenge. When blocking is off the table, you need to get creative with the limits of what AH can do. I've also started building out the Aegir contingent to do Aegir-only IS#3 pushes to give the AH some on-theme support. Best so far has been SW9, with Glaucus of all people being MVP (that bind is a savior so often). Of course, that includes Thorns but frankly he doesn't trivialize IS in the same way he does to most other content. A friend of mine does Country-knights based on events (Victoria-knights for CH 9/10/11 and Firelight, Columbia-knights for Dorothy's Vision, etc) which are fun to watch since he usually doesn't have access to the 'broken' members of each faction. Cheers to you, Yii, and hopefully we'll see something new in the future that gets the fire going again.

[@duskoirre]

Glad im not the only one whos a bit burnt out with this game haha. I certainly havent been playing as long as a lot of players have, but stuff does kinda get repetitive. Ive just been dealing with it with my Niches and using units my non-ak playing friends pick lol Hope youre feeling alright Yii! Take care

[@htdindra]

Glad you were able to talk about this. Low Step is a really interesting looking category actually, so I'm happy you can find some enjoyment again :3

[@hendrihendri3939]

1:06 "Specialist-knight hs become Texalter and KirinYato *making out session-"* Ladies and Gentleman *Our new Crack Ship, courtesy of Yii* Welcome Back, King

[@RoboMuskVsLizardZuckerberg]

1:08 Exusai: "Hey Lappy, look at this!" Lapland: *cry*

[@yokuutsu9097]

Amiya: "Throughout Heaven and Earth, I alone am the honored one."

[@roxasfrost3593]

finally, a yii video after so long

[@lucasmitchell9027]

I think it's more of an issue with the stages themselves than the new OPs being well, OP. Most new events are introducing mechanics that are just stat checks or are really straight forward. Of the events on these past few months, I think I had the most fun with the Gavial Alter one. The car might've been OP, but you had to plan around how to use it, instead of just deploying an OP unit and pressing the funny button till you won.

[@てつ-z7x]

Just right after I rewatching your old videos man Daily dose of Yii

[@rancheck]

1:08 new crackship for me, rhank you yii

[@at-smile]

I enjoyed this video because I dont L90 every op and have had fun playing with lots of units with few 90s, but have been genuinely worried where my end game is. Like I know I like to optimize but I dont like hyper optimized skill activations because I cant know how often I failed because of a millisecond of burn. So low step is probably my end goal, because its going to allow me to trust farm everyone I want, while still allowing myself to inch towards the inevitable E2L90M3/6/9 team I will have. Thanks for sharing!

[@lintecassidy206]

Since the start of my time playing the game, I've tried to play guided by a set of restrictions to keep things interesting for me, and it's helped my continued enjoyment of the game quite a bit. My starting rule is that I don't use strong, meta units. That means no bagpipe, no chalter, no surtr, no silverash, no mlynar, no eyja, no texalter, no horn, etc. and recently I've started expanding that to no Nearlter, no abyssals, and other strong units that pop up. Following that, I think hard about how I raise units after E2ing them. I keep the majority of my units at e2 lvl 15-20, with exceptions made for underperformers and low-rarity units: for example, I have a S2M3 Mr. Nothing with a maxed module, and the same deal with Bubble. I spend the resources I save on raising more niche units. I've found that it helps to have my limitations be more concrete--in this case, built into the development of my account--and I regularly reassess my limitations to help keep things on track. It forces me to either engage with enemy mechanics or find clever ways to skip them, and it's made me a much better player.

[@nobutopschannel1366]

Questions: Wouldn't low step fall into the same "just use X" convergence of strategy as other niches? It sounds even more susceptible to new ops ruining either the feel of the niche or pull plans as so many new ops' powercreep often includes being easy more convenient to use. Is it actually brain dead when you still have some aspect to optimize? It sounds like your motivation for this category is to play the game less, but less actions for the clear doesn't mean less actions needed to figure the clear out.

[@blindtreeman8052]

For the 1st question. It does. Like 100% Eventually 99% of lowstep gets optimized to just be a variation of skalter,Murdock,exu,GG, blaze.

[@marielcarey4288]

He did it, he started following the KyostinV AFK guides 😲

[@brainfreasel9428]

Personally, anything that saves time is a positive change/update. I don't want to go back to the days when it took me hours and hours of thinking to come up with a strategy to beat the boss maps.

[@the0sanitydokutah967]

You know what keeps me going? The thought of having all operators in my account max level and m3 all skills and thats a dream that needs grinding a lot (without paying that is). Just the thought of scrolling down your operators and see them maxed out, i know it will be satisfying

[@byird7459]

Glad you found a new playstyle that helps you enjoy the game still, and it's also interesting to see this because I've never seen or thought about this, so maybe I'll try it out What I like to do is use less ops as possible while trying another challenge, like quick clears, low rarity, fav ops, and try to check as much as possible, I try to push the ops to their limit so it keeps my gameplay fresh

[@davidmg1588]

New banger outro too sheesh pulling all the stops here

[@watchfulalt]

I like playing it with my own little goals, like making the clear time as short as possible for runs. I think adding your own challenges to a game often extends it's lifetime

[@michalw0292]

Low steps is like thinking about it, the way of this doctor before amnesia in lore, a small number of operators for maximum effect. Sorry for bad english, I had to make it in google translator.

[@oberon5657]

This is one of the best ways to interpret kyo AFK clears - the challenge is placement and timing. Skalter is such a clutch healer for juggernaut lowstep ❤️

[@godo2712]

people just need to start doing Quartz towers for every event; this will solve all of the boredom problems real fast :^)

[@robuxbuyer7523]

It’s 1:30 am Yii I don’t need enlightenment I need sleep and maybe some orginium

[@Zapatote]

>goes through the whole game like their life depends on it >suddenly no more game weird

[@1Kapuchu100]

I am not in the top-1% of players, nor the most strategically minded person... but I do kind of agree, that it's a bit boring to just use the most OP operator to solve a problem. I do like Texalter and such, but I've found that I usually avoid Surtr and Chalter, and Mlynar. They're just too strong, and make my entire strategy revolve around them, instead of being part of the team.

[@jonnevitu4979]

He is back lets goooooo!!!

[@koro5555]

I get the joy from doing hard stages. I remember about getting stuck at Talula's stage for a week. Then the satisfaction of getting over it flood me with joy and triumph! But I also appreciate the fact I have these strong operators that allow me to sweep through events since Im too busy in real life Im glad that it gave me options to either finish it quick or restrict myself and have some challenge

[@EKTOS]

The guy is alive Now about the content of the vid i do agree with it on a bit like before i feel accomplished when i beat is2 2end now is3 is so easy to cheese i beat all ending without noticing it im very casual but the game is getting easy maybe bcause of powercreep or maybe bcause player bcome more experienced with the game or maybe a combination of both either way im kinda lucky bcause what a love about the game is not only the gameplay but the world itself(and nearl) either way im happy u to find a new niche have fun

[@ketsura3618]

Its funny how I actually do that most of time without noticing. I bring Texas or Mlynar to a lot of stages, but I either end not deploying they, or if I deploy, I use their skill once in the entire run.

[@SuzakuBlitz]

I just did rhe latest Annihilation with Blacknight S2 as my only source of DP generation, so i can relate to the carpo tunnel syndrome immensely, lol I do enjoy low step clears myself as thats how i challenged most annihilations in the past year, usually with the added restriction of no or low amounts of 6*. I never tried it on actual event maps though. Anyway, welcome back and hope all is good with you. Thank you for the content!

[@plazole]

Didn't know it was called low step specifically, but I've also found myself falling into something similar. For like the last year I've resigned myself to clearing stages with 3 ops, only ever going up to 6. I only really use the ops I like since they're strong enough on their own as is for most general content, and it's never totally afk, but it helps keep the game a little interesting. Easiest example for me was FC-7 in the latest event. All I brought was my, at the time E1, Reed alter, Hoshiguma, siege, and guard chen. Had to replay the stage like three times to get my placements right, but it was fun to actually be surprised by the boss. Literally the next day I saw a streamer face the boss for the first time and Młynar killed it in no time at all. I think I've used Młynar an all of four times and I don't get why people use him, he's so boring

[@blindfoldedchaos]

i didnt realise low step existed, and now i feel seen, as someone with a bad arm and autism stress/anxiety doing CC and hard maps really fucked with me so i just tend to go with afk strats/steps but never thought it would be a niche thing. also man, burnout sucks i feel you there. i missed my one CC gold medal from it because i missed 1 daily cause of burnout T_T

[@RawBread1173]

Yii back Yii back. I know you're recovering from my Siege copypasta so I made another one. When im lying in bed alone after a long lonely night of debating eating the last instant ramen packet i like to imagine that the pillow on the side of the bed is siege and she's angry at me for some reason and we've just finished an argument that i technically won but i know that we both lost. I want to call out to her but i know she wont respond and it's late and i just decide to pretend to sleep so she can sort out her anger by the morning. Then i imagine she gets up suddenly and i pretend to be asleep so she doesn't think im lying awake to taunt her and then i feel her press a hard pillow over my face and hold it down as she screams about how much she hates me and regrets every decision she made by my side and i try to struggle but she's too strong and my strength fades as she continues to smother me. i hold the pillow over my face irl to simulate the feeling of being choked to death slowly and once i can physically see stars and my body is trembling end to end i let go and imagine siege collapsing into her hands in fear of what she tried to do. is there any hope for me

[@HiImYii]

why is this one way more violent

[@alifakbar4232]

@@HiImYii it is what it is

[@Inifroyo5459]

Unironically just use 4 stars. In my opinion, general stages are and were never based around 6 stars, even when it first came out, there were absolutely busted 6 stars that completely nullified stages. 6 stars are like trophy’s you keep around, they’re fun to use and a source of pride, but nothing more than that (except CC, but I don’t play CC that much). I’ve been clearing the new event with only 4 stars (except for Amiya and Texas, the reason for Texas is because I don’t feel like raising another vanguard) and it has been very rewarding, the 4 star pool is wide and diverse enough where it doesn’t feel like a challenge run, but you’re actually managing real soldiers instead of eldritch horrors and MEGA Gods.

[@Orhan6125]

Yesssss yesssss embrace my favorite Arknights niche. What is everyone's favorite Low Step operators? I have a thing for Platinum ever since I started playing the game. Her attack-per-hit is high enough that with Skalter buffs she can still deal with high defense enemies, and Ifrit's Defense shred also enables her. With the range of Ifrit and Plat they generally murder anything before they get too close to Mudrock, and if they survive they still have to deal with Mudrock.

[@OhHeyItIsNano]

I too have been a bit burnt out from playing AK lately. Last I've heard of Low step was back when ITW Annihilation came out on Global. I should probably look into it more.

[@genesicsavior9381]

I can kind of see where you're coming from. I recently got some friends of mine into Arknights, and watching one of them have to put significantly less thought into stages than I had to back when operators like Texas the Omertosa and Pozymka didn't exist yet has made me feel a little put out from time to time.

[@HazleRe]

To comply with powercreept they also raise the difficulty of the stage, so the powercreept got balanced.

[@getampedmiku12]

i have always been a fan of auto trigger and infintie duration skills

[@ncrnmcn]

Low step is actually what I want most of the time unless ofc my brain cant work it out and the pro guide makers are being forced to use Chalter

[@OleanderGardenGhost]

Amyia using Gojo's power is terrifying.

[@zepacolis7108]

Rejoice for he has upgraded his office

[@timmutaja5687]

I have recently found enjoyment from using ops, who don't have max trust. It's because you'll be using ops you usually don't and they usually are not quite well built, meaning you sometimes have to find nice solutions.

[@zhangqetuo4480]

Lowstep, AKA trustfarming. Literally how I’ve played the game for 1.5 years now

[@daiohmaou4874]

Never thought Yii would do Afknights.

[@Homoerectus1548]

Challenge in AK for end level player is mostly self impose. If you tired of meta operators then just dont use them or dont build them properly. My account is lvl 119 but none of my operators exceed E2 lvl 55 (except for Dorothy for waifu reason), no mods for 5 stars and 6 stars, and M4 at max. Much more interisting than that way.

[@Pika-sp9cs]

lowstep sounds like my cardio fitness regimen

[@langroror1835]

Low steps have been useful for me when it's the last day of the event and I haven't done 3 CMs and the EX-8 stage.

[@Xari.04]

I've felt this too honestly, even though I'm mostly a casual player even clearing the normal stages isn't challenging anymore so my meta is waifu right now. I understand the feeling of wanting to challenge yourself for the best and most optimized clear but the game is filled with so many interesting characters that aren't nearly as broken as most of the new ops. Hell my new favourite character (which costed me most of my funds for Muelsyse and I'm still not over it) is Reed alter, not because she's particularly good or broken but because she is freaking cute and fun to use. And yes with all that said you can now call me waifu over meta trash player.

[@BlahBlahFreeman]

I feel the same way. Generally what I do to keep the enjoyment of AK alive given the current trends HG is taking with the game is to pick an operator I haven't used very often, and then make them the focal point of whatever strategy I can. For the ItW rerun coming up, I'm focusing on bringing Dusk and making sure she's a core component on every clear. That's basically where I'm at with AK now. If I just played normally, I'd stop playing out of sheer boredom. Playing with restrictions is mandatory now.

[@theysisossenthime]

I think I get what Yii is saying in this video. One of the things that drew me to Arknights was the sheer variety of solutions available, even within the use of any particular class/niche. Even after someone posted the first max clear of this or that, someone else found a run that ran smoother, faster, few operators, or just with entire different units. At some point in time though, the game had operators released that were simply superior to other solutions. The amount of variation to themes has grown quite small. It goes so far that when I do my own blind meta strength run on high/max challenge content and then look online at what others have done, I've found nearly identical runs from others. This wouldn't be so bad if not for the fact that those same combination of operators is also used on challenge after challenge. For me, what started as a means to maximize the efficiency of trust farming has turned into my niche for playing the game. How few operators can I bring to clear the content. Unfortunately here, too, I had come to embrace "Just use Ling" (outside of high/max risk content). Although I still use Ling, I've pushed myself to try a greater variety of operators. But isn't this what all games are? No. Just no. Most games are trash. They are overly derivative and not focused on strategic gameplay. Games that achieve what Arknights has are infrequent. And for better or worse, Arknights' monetization scheme makes this even harder to sustain. I'm impressed at how well the game has been maintained. Again for better or worse, the addition of the Backbone banners has only emphasized that if Arknights was not a gacha game, we would probably be playing Arknights 2 right now with a whole new cast and game balance. I try to remind myself of this from time to time. It is worth calling out that I still enjoy Arknights for the stories as much as I did form the beginning. That has a value that is hard to replace. It is easy to be hard on your favorite game and a lot hard to find another that is as good.

[@patrickH206]

I think Yii can talk to Apple about a potential collab - how to use laptop without arms, VR power.

[@PlainOlSoapBar]

So far, IS3 has been my go-to for difficulty. Most of that difficulty kinda stems from rng, but the fun (but sometimes frustrating) part is trying to get through whenever your rng is at its lowest. The difficulty levels (I've only just reached level 7) have been kicking me the balls quite a bit.

[@darkxl2008]

I play this game since 9/2020 and in this year i level up all my 6 stars ops and now i don't play anymore with low end and i never will be more happy. But well i started on CN server this year and man... i'm leveling up the six stars ops as fast as i can. maybe you have a big brain for this game and it doesn't let you enjoy it. you are neo knowing kung fu.

[@yautl1]

Personally, I try to do most content with my OG team, the newest of which is W. Using old-school tactics relying on defender blocking, good placement, and carefully-timed skills instead of just unga-bungaing the latest DPS monster onto the field definitely makes new content harder to clear but feels a lot more rewarding too.

[@darkdude1996ify]

I think burn out is inevitable in any game that has a consistent stream of content coming out, especially if a considerable amount of that content is only available for a limited time. Personally I just defaulted to following guides for most things, and only very occasionally I clear a stage by myself when I feel like trying to figure something out. For permanent stages, I just do them whenever, there's no pressure to clear them quickly, so I just do them when I feel like it, and there's no reason to use a guide unless it's the kind of stage that has a mechanic I dislike. And for when I don't feel like doing something myself, AFKnights and channels like Oyuki are great. They let you turn your brain off and clear stages without thinking at all. A little rant: Some guide makers out there complain when people don't think for themselves and make minor adjustments, and I do understand that many of them aim to teach you how to solve a stage rather than just showing you the solution, but many of their viewers aren't stupid. They just don't feel like thinking at all at that time and that's why they resort to using a guide. If I was wiling to think for myself, I wouldn't be watching a guide to begin with, I'd just do the stage myself

[@hannasaynwittgenstein-berl6931]

it's exactly that, yii just felt burnout because well if he's been playing AK for 3 years something close to that. you'll burn yourself out every now and then especially certain aspect of it is something you dislike or hate. raising difficulty won't solve it at all also a little reply for your little rant, if you aren't using brain at all then you are stupid. case closed there's 263 total operator and the chance that someone who's playing accidently raising exactly the same OP as the guide probably closer to 0,09% so if you hate so much to adjust and dont want to get complained, just raise exactly what the guide maker raising beforehand there's no way that guide maker making 117 videos for each stage to match every single possible combine operator to match whatever each player own because they "don't want to think" that just insane demand

[@darkdude1996ify]

@@hannasaynwittgenstein-berl6931 Nowadays I do exactly what you said. I basically have most operators used for these kinds of strategies leveled. Took me quite long time to get there though. Also I'm not saying that I'm expecting guide makers to make videos for many different strategies, it's more of a complaint about their complaints. Some guide makers just don't understand that quite a lot of their viewers don't want to think at all and they get upset about that, even though that's just something that happens and there's not much you can do about it. It'd be like My Little Pony animators being upset that their audience is comprised of a not-insignificant number of adult male viewers.

[@hannasaynwittgenstein-berl6931]

@@darkdude1996ify i mean it's a "guide" not "handholding", it supposed to help people not play the game for said player. they won't complain if they didn't get bombard and called their guide as useless. obviously they would retaliate, even your teacher gonna defend themselves if you start punching them in face. "there's not much you can do about it" i mean you could do something about it a.looking for variation guide until it match to your team comp b.level up the same unit as the guide maker you used their video reference a lot so no brain required c.not playing the game until you felt like you want to pour some effort into it. it's really simple solution, i think people really need to stop being egotistical and trying to make the world resolved around them "It'd be like My Little Pony animators being upset that their audience" bad comparison, i don't know anything about my little pony but it's clearly for kids. so if the animator felt strange if lots of adult watching it then it is justify. their target audience are kids while guide is meant well, to guide player to clear a stage. so if player didn't make effort to either match the team comp or adjust by using their brain, they are plain stupid. case close. it's like if you goes to new city and you ask me for direction, i give you clear direction how to reach your destination and you get lost? it's not my fault, im just stranger who give you minimum help and its your responsibility to get yourself to your own destination i just don't get it,man. i think you are just trying to shift the blame

[@darkdude1996ify]

@@hannasaynwittgenstein-berl6931 I think you're not really understanding my point here. I personally don't really care about how guide makers make their guides, and I don't really care about people who complain about the guide. They can do whatever they want. All I'm saying is that it's pointless to get upset about _some_ viewers that don't want to think. It's going to happen no matter what you do, and it'd be better if guide makers understood that and learned to ignore those kinds of comments instead of getting upset at them

[@hannasaynwittgenstein-berl6931]

@@darkdude1996ify and you dont understand my point too, I already said they only retaliate because they got bombarded and said mean stuff. No smoke without fire They don't try to dictate, they just teaching But your teacher still will trying to defend their own if you just punch them in the face

[@arazu_mx]

New outro, new arc upon us

[@AquaticIdealist]

I really hate calling CC easy, but CC 11 was surprisingly so. We received so many tools, from Horn to Dorothy, that basically solo the map. You're right about stages becoming weirdly balanced these days. New bosses are all about disabling or debuffing ops in some way, FC EX 8 CM Eblana was actually hell, but I can only imagine how newer players might face frustration with newer bosses unless they succumb to the DPS meta. And according to the comments, even then... But whatever, people will say you can just not use certain units. The way stage mechanics have changed otherwise is blissfully ignored. Guess the game should just release Vigilo 2 with legions of Emperor's Blades and Werewolves so tryhards might face something difficult. (As a microscopic brain, the werewolves probably die in Ifrit lanes, so maybe that's still easy for people) But honestly, if you're truly burnt out to the point of doing AFKnights with extra steps, might be healthier to leave this gacha behind. Seems gachas will inevitably be powercrept, all meta becomes dps in the end. ..... At least we have copium of stall, harmacist, status effect rng still being viable ways to clear stages. Hopefully more weird units like Dorothy, Stainless, or Silence alter show up, Typhon seems promising unless she creeps Pozemka or some shit

[@raymond7873]

I honestly can't imagine clearing any of the recent events as a new player with a weak roster and little knowledge of the game. At least without borrowing one of the big three and or resorting to a guide.

[@boi7709]

Depression

[@PlatinumKrown]

My goal from early on is to get good enough at the game to be able to build any operator I want. Take Genshin for example, I have enough resources and powerful characters to beat most challenges and be able to grind out / fully build a new character within a week. That has been my philosophy for this game too: build the strong characters first, let them carry me through events / farming, and then I can build a fun / not-meta operator like Whislash or Indra or Skyfire. But for gameplay reasons, Mountain or Eyja are just too good so I'll build them first. I haven't hit my 1 year of playing this game yet, but I can't allow myself get burnt out as long as there is new characters to get or build. Also the story / writing is pretty good in arknights.

[@blindtreeman8052]

I've gotten to that point where I can upgrade whoever the fuck I want. Surprisingly you still run out of LMD. (Still not gonna famr the ce stages cause that's a waste of sanity)

[@PlatinumKrown]

@@blindtreeman8052 So the lmd shortage never goes away? Guess I better get used to it.

[@blindtreeman8052]

@@PlatinumKrown it only takes 2 6* to deplete 1m+ worth of lmd. So yeah, its pretty easy to eat through months worth of base LMD if you get lucky when pulling on a banner

[@PlatinumKrown]

@@blindtreeman8052 I know all about that now, I got and E2'd Texalter, Penance, Skadi alter, and OG Skadi within 2 weeks and I still haven't recovered from that.

[@ScarletStarManor]

As someone who is getting tired of the anti-operator enemy mechanics or buffs, and some of the new balancing ideals of the game? It sucks. I want to be able to reasonably clear content with things that aren't hyper dps or special units. I want to play with a team of defenders, or a team that has a good mix of all the classes.

[@Skepticalraven]

Thank god I'm too stupid for this game. It's actually challenging and fun and I haven't gotten better in 3 years. Yeah I have skill issues but I'm not burning out like everyone out there.

[@Tater_Toot]

I still can’t fucking beat IS3 surging waves 12. It’s taking me more than 10 tries and I’m losing my mind :’)

[@FioreFire]

Some games aren't meant to be played forever, and there's nothin' wrong with that

[@No.I_Dont_Moo]

Glad to see Mr. Editor got re-hired by the, Yii Arknights.

[@syazaplays3303]

Welcome to AFKnights, yii

[@zotokirisage8891]

Hmm.... He's somehow close than usual...

[@friskpichmir]

I didn’t know this was a thing like dang i just wanna achieve the ability to make Mudrock and Penance truly immortal but I don’t have Skadi alter so it’s harder than I thought

[@davidjula7432]

I agree with the burnout cos I've definetly experienced it multiple times but at the same Arknights will continue to be driven by its story and its gacha elements and not its primarily by gameplay. It's what these types of games are made to be. If it was all about the gameplay then Azur Lane, GFL, AK and more would be long dead.

[@jonnevitu4979]

Oh wow, I usually prefer to use less ops first until the stage makes me deploy more units, didnt knew it had a name for that, cool.

[@terry5183]

You pretty much nailed it. I feel like a dog who has been chasing the car and now that I got it I have no idea what to do. So I got all those OP 6* operators and... I got bored. Even if I somehow mess up a stage, like I did not now what Reed sister could do, I get it right at the second attempt, like no need to sit down and think it's just: slap Młynar here for optimal dmg, throw some Poziomka here and there, slow them with Passenger, artillery strike them with Horn, anyone still kicking? Oh there NTR waiting with her TRUE DMG and Texas Alter has been jumping around the entire stage for all this time. Sometimes I just slap Gavial Alter and Młynar and they cover each other's downtime perfectly so yeah. I still like to deploy MudMud and Penance but stalling is not really as enticing as slowing enemies down and deleting them with one or two abilities. I lterally stopped whaling on the game as there is no point anymore. It is actually better if I get less new OPs since I don't want to break the game further. God knows what would have happened if I had Reed Alter with her S2 on Texas and Yato(in the future). Sheesh. Guys never EVER whale on a gacha. You get so OP it defeats the purpose. Do you know when was the last time I checked Eckogen or Kyo? Me neither.

[@charlesyu9765]

This is a suprisingly important skill for arknights pvp being able to shrink the selection of operators at the start before going into a stage and also decreasing the amount of micro required by a certain stage such that your able to clear the stage faster and more efficiently, of course needing to speedrun some kill gates is a top priority, but otherwise, especially in vifers current format as the stages so far arent too difficult, except for a select few leaving a lot of operators open to deal with a lot of problems, this is a sought after skill.

[@johnsonnguyen6046]

NEW OUTRO HYPE no more miscounted fumo

[@maniacmohawk5513]

*Return of the King*

[@amirunsyafiq]

The thing is though HG has a big question in their hand but doesn't know the answer to it, What type of game that thier supposed to make here, a game for casual or a game for tryhard? For you, CC and events being easy and streamlined makes it unfun as you are craving for the challenges and creative way to beat it, while for me, the event being streamlined and easy is what makes me keep playing it as I mostly came for the characters. Obviously, both of us aren't wrong on how we want stages to be done, but HG can't cater to us both.

[@123goofyking]

Has it ever occurred to those end game players to just NOT use the obviously overpowered 6* units? In your anni auto footage EVERYONE is a 6*

[@2ndThought_]

He has returned. Praise be to AmiyaPog.

[@MereleFerele]

One thing Arknights players always do right, in my opinion, is coming up with ways to keep the game fun. I love watching niche clears even though I don't really play it myself, just because the community is so creative and scarily good at this game (not me tho, I am very small brained.) I've finally gotten good enough at the game that my waifu team can do all the content I want to do, and while it's nice to see my favourite units finally come into their own, it's also made the game a lot less interesting, gameplay-wise. I've never been interested in optimization, so maybe low-step isn't for me, but the afk only anni at the start of the video was intriguing. So thanks for the lazy inspiration!

[@eriktheos6022]

and so continues Yii's decent into madness

[@luminary69revision2]

I agree with your sentiment about the game becoming too simple thanks to silly broken ops Thankfully for people like me that don’t always play as consistently, there’s still a bit more to the game since I straight up don’t have Pozyomka or Spalter for instance and don’t have the resources to level Kal, SA, Chalter, Młynar, etc, or to give anyone skill masteries LUL What you said is true if you’ve been around for a long time and have more or less everyone in the game That said, I think the greatest thing about Arknights is that it even now gives you plenty of freedom to figure out an above all _enjoyable_ way to play the game for yourself Regardless of your experience, intelligence, raw knowledge, or preference in playstyle, the tools are present for anyone to have a reasonably fun time in Arknights, and I think that deserves respect even with powercreep going the way it is now The powercreep may make using new stuff boring, but it doesn’t lock you out of using more enjoyable setups It’s one thing to derive enjoyment from doing something a certain way, and another thing entirely to feel like there’s some material reward or other obligation to do stuff in a certain way, and I’m of the opinion that people who feel some obligation to play games a certain way even if they don’t enjoy it or will only play games if there’s some kind of material reward (in game or otherwise) simply don’t understand the value of games and what they are in the first place Games can of course be made to tell a story or send a message, and to incredible effect, but at their core they are entertainment, things to be enjoyed however you want to enjoy them

[@kosigisa]

Welcome Yii

[@ricoanmf]

As a Warframe player the most optimal way to play the game is to not play the game at all which is why for every event outside of maybe CC where I go for high risk runs I pull up a Kyostinv video and afk so I don't have the stress of playing it for 2 weeks and can do other things