THE CRAZIEST ARKNIGHTS STREAM YET. (5th anni reaction)

[@Zafang]

i didnt intend to upload this but i got bullied into schizoposting some parts are just me completely being silent so i cut them out LOL next time i'll remember to fix my audio tracks before a stream like n sub or something we love logos in this household!!

[@maxishmaxi8267]

Won't you be copyright striked for pv4 music?

[@Zafang]

​@@maxishmaxi8267copyright claimed for both pv4 and the animation but i dont really mind, all it means is I can't monetise this

[@nabilfullmetal]

@@Zafang Still thanks for uploading, man. Thanks for keeping the request.

[@EMPerror403]

Is this "Yii" in the room with us?

[@lenoon3814]

It’s almost like I can still hear his voice… I miss him

[@Qyoh3]

I feel a presence...

[@obetovan]

i really liked the moment when Yii said "it's amiyaPog time" and amiyaPog'd all over the place

[@macsenpai7006]

I don't mind even if Logos powercreeps Eyjafjalla and every other single casters to be honest. Lore-wise he's the strongest Rhodes Island Elite operator. I've been waiting for him for him for so long.

[@GranMaj]

The funny part? He still doesn't powercreep eyja. He is more of a utility unit. His s1 is good for mob clearing and S3 is good for some high level play. He still can't beat Eyja's consistency.

[@ShiroTheFoxrouge123]

By damage yes,but by utility...Logos has a slightly better use than Eyja.

[@frauflaw100edibleorganicco9]

​@@GranMajman... I hate to tell u this but eyja's been powercrept by GG on every single modes in AK. SSS? GG win, IS ? GG win, DOS? GG win, RA? GG win, TFN? GG win Now what im curious is, can logos beat GG on the utility department? Tbh hard to compete a massive QOL improvement of global range skill. His damage stomp her & both eyja ceobe tho

[@Yats6417]

So this is what Nicheknights leads to......

[@ebering4.039]

Just give it up, yii no longer exists, the voices in your head aren‘t real..... You have to let go :(

[@SEAGULLaahh]

the accident wasn't your fault zaf...

[@cielireneenjoyer8277]

I didnt find any reason for Theresa cant be operator. If its about she being already dead, the recent stories justified enough the situation. And its not the real theresa anyways.

[@Zafang]

thematically her sacrifice and amiya's journey in taking on civilight eterna (unwillingly) sours this addition a lot for me she's alive yes, but the whole point of that is that it's taboo and fucked up, resurrected theresa clearly isn't who she was. theresis himself wishes to respect the dead- it seems hypergyrph doesn't follow his ideals

[@huuphucnguyen6576]

​@@ZafangI don't think she's actually Theresa tho. Her codename comes up differently. Haimao did mention that "she is Theresa, but also not Theresa". Well all we can do is just wait for the event release then let's see what HG is cooking.

[@obetovan]

i remember reading somewhere, that theresa we see is not theresa, and actual theresa was inside amiya all along, and the rings only supress theresa's identity overtaking amiya's body and "soul" . although theres 0 way to confirm it till babel event gets to global

[@f.b.lagent1113]

​@@obetovan the body was Theresa's actual body, her "soul" however or traces of it is inside the crown,

[@fva1835]

truth be told i dont think that 'the' Theresa. it called the Civilight Eterna, its probably the crown will.

[@Absolute__Zero]

I always thought that the memes about AK players not being able to read was a bit exaggerated, but now I changed my mind after having seen the sheer amount of people being genuinely surprised that "Theresa" is now playable. ⬇ *Spoiler* ⬇ That is *not* the real Theresa. That is the Crown of Sarkaz, Civilight Eterna, manifesting into the form of Theresa.

[@Dagombrecher]

I undestand that EN will encounter babel story in 5 months from now, but bitching about why theresa should be playable when they don't know the full story is fkin laughable

[@Dr.GojoKun]

Walter ( heisenberg ) : walter we need to cook W(atler) : walter put your bombs away walter

[@nihility9996]

Jesseh prepapred to cook some crystals

[@SoulWhiteAngel]

Its a great day to be an AK fan.

[@zunwu8329]

2:36 "Who's this?"🤣

[@Qyoh3]

Let go Zafang... Let it pass...

[@narius_jaden215]

Some people are mad, but I take it this way; eventually ANY game with multiple characters or games like card games will power creep. It's impossible to avoid. What's really cool is how sick the skill sets look. There are some interesting things going on with ALL three operators revealed.

[@Archangels_righthandboi]

I’m sacrificing everything for Ascolon & Logos. God those two are goated characters

[@AWildRaito]

Limited Alter of a Limited. I can now expect Ling Alter without being bullied. But all jokes aside, I don't know how to feel about this...

[@novyknec1113]

this time is justified, W had no name, W was a borrowed name and now she has a new name and apparently some growth

[@zedeon6299]

​@@novyknec1113 It's still not justified, wtf is that excuse?

[@novyknec1113]

@@zedeon6299 its a supposition, the chapter isnt out yet how could I know? I'm just saying that W is gonna be the only limited with alter.

[@ammarshamsul1217]

@@zedeon6299She was our first anni 6 star, so i feel like it’s cool regardless of the story. She is not anymore Limited just bcs she is a Limited of a Limited. Only matters if you want both versions. W deserves imo.

[@dominustempus8969]

@@zedeon6299 how is it not

[@justkaze_ara]

schizofang arknight

[@bucketofoddities7070]

Is... that amiya alter? or is that a third form?? i can't tell anymore??

[@KrazyBean14]

It's a 3rd form.

[@bucketofoddities7070]

@@KrazyBean14 holy shit, AGAIN? not that's a bad thing but it's kinda funny speaking of, is anyone else going to get a second non-alter form at all like amiya or is it just alters

[@KrazyBean14]

@bucketofoddities7070 Probably just unique to Amiya. Usually, in gachas, the MC can fill out different roles, so that's the case here. At the end of each arc, they'll probably add a new class for her, I assume.

[@GranMaj]

​@@bucketofoddities7070that's the whole point of Amiya. Unlocking the crown's power slowly over time. I bet she will get another form in a couple of years.

[@momsaccount4033]

Imagine not being excited for Wiš'adel smh

[@taka_0012]

looks like you need to read more details about arknights, instead of blaspheming theresa playable.

[@hermanwillem7057]

what do you expect. she's been there since ch 10 and there's still many out there saying why she's back alive, coping that that isn't the REAL her bcs some idiots who read a bit speculate from fragments of info. and they never read to begin with so why tf they care about any of that now

[@tangzf9538]

well, end of the game is just a joke. HG have put out pv4 in the program. After the story of victoria, the story of ageir, and struggling with former civilization will begin.

[@ak_oneoneone]

can someone tell me what 'EoS' mean?

[@VikThib]

End of Service, basically the end of the game as a service

[@saltissalty3498]

End of Service, usually as a joke whenever a game got dead weeks or made controversial decisions.

[@ProtectorKelvin]

A term arknights will never know

[@LetMeFLY649]

W'alter and Logos Banner OP

[@ShiroTheFoxrouge123]

Welp,Civilight is free in a certain event.

[@niallk9336]

Everyone else watching Logos demo, but me just fanboying over BP skin.

[@alfsdotso76]

What will you do for 10k subs special?

[@SWindycator]

they made theresa playable i guess the destiny collab came early lol

[@macsenpai7006]

RIP Rosmontis, RIP all the casters and ritualists including Eyjafjalla. RIP Skalter (probably).

[@niallk9336]

GG still has global. I'm more curious if Reed2 is getting powercrept in all this, because she's my fav and been doing a lot of work.

[@YataTheFifteenth]

This stream left me feeling conflicted. On one hand, YEAH LORE, but on the other hand how the fuck are they going to justify Theresa being playable.

[@michaelkriston2516]

Because that isn't theresa, that's civilight eterna, the crown of sarkaz. The crown is just projecting her as a form to use.

[@Absolute__Zero]

@@michaelkriston2516 This exactly. I always thought that the memes about AK players not being able to read was a bit exaggerated, but now I changed my mind after having seen the sheer amount of people being surprised that "Theresa" is even playable.

[@hermanwillem7057]

​@@Absolute__Zero they join the hype thinking they care about theresa character or whatsoever

[@Alphagammabeta]

basic stuffs after only 5 yrs? rookie numbers :')

[@novyknec1113]

I think its hilarious how you care so much about "balancing" in a PVE game. Gacha games do this every time and they succeed, hoyo is the clear example of this model of having no balance in the power of the characters.

[@ggok]

Yeah they succeed but it kind of sucks. Obviously Arknights isn't gonna fail as a game or anything but it sucks for us, the consumers. Worst case scenario is if they continually release operators that are objectively stronger than any previous ones. Stronger ops means HG needs to rebalance the new stages so it doesn't feel incredibly boring by buffing enemy stats or using convoluted gimmicks. The latter option is difficult to execute tastefully and sometimes impossible. Harder "normal" content (excluding challenge content like max risk CC)--> people gravitate towards meta operators --> HG sees the sales and makes more broken operators. At the end, we'll be at a point where old units are terrible in comparison to new ones, and we're kind of forced to roll on every few banners. We're not that far in yet, currently if you miss an operator it's fine for the most part, it's just a mild annoyance. But my point is balance is still important to some degree for an enjoyable experience.

[@novyknec1113]

Nah, if an unbalanced game like Nikke prints money, what makes you think gacha players care about that stuff lol Also I dont know about that one lol DOS S-3 no buffs core strat used year one ops like Saria and Suzuran (still to this day) if anything the "mild annoyance" came by the fact those ops are very hard to get at the moment as a newbie. if they powercrept them then new players that wont pull in the kernel banner might have a chance of getting them with a new unit, the problem with that? Only the nitpickers. The content in AK isnt even that niche to begin with tho, I have never faced a stage where i regret not pulling for the new operator, there are even guides that still use low rarity units just fine for EX, S and MO stages with convoluted gimmicks and tanky mobs not even a mild annoyance as you say. How are you generalizing the consumers to just a bunch of old doomposters that feel salty the game isnt going the way they want? do you realize gacha players are casual no? @@ggok

[@garytee8945]

​@@ggokyou are welcome to not pull if you don't want to. Its not like so many other video clears have been using older operators to clear new content despite the stat increase overtime Also saria, suzuran, ceobe and even caster eyja still see use because their overall kit can still fufill their roles. Logos doesn't replace ceobe because she still can shred through high defense enemies and targeting priority. Logos has res shred+arts amp, but in a swarm that talent will just bounce randomly and might not even hit the enemy you want it to. Then pitting him against a lone elite, it'd be the same when you use ceobe. W alter still has innate shortcomings as a flinger sniper on top of her bomb talent being rng (only except s3 onskill), meanwhile mlynar is able to hit multiple enemies anywhere in his range and still do monstorous amounts of damage (plus airborne)

[@ggok]

@@novyknec1113 **For the record I'm not really talking about any of the operators shown in this trailer, W alter seems ok. I was talking about the general direction of the game unrelated to the 5th anniversary.** I was mainly illustrating how bad it could get, that Arknights would be better with at least some balance. It's ok right now tbh to answer your questions: -Higher popularity and profit doesn't always equal better quality. Kinda like Drake & Kayne. I don't really play any other gacha games, I like playing for the gameplay, I don't really like the gacha system as a whole. -Yeah some Kernel operators are still good but they're a lot more accessible compared to relatively new operators. We have celebration "make your own" banners where you choose a 6 star you can pick & buy with 180 gold certs. -I'm not really an Arknights boomer who gets annoyed because the old units get powercrept. I'm annoyed because the accessibility of these new units is shit. -Unlike the kernel ops, many of the strong operators are usually limited or at least non rerun. Limited: Texalter, Yato Alter, Eyja Alter, Virtuosa, Shu, Ela Non Rerun: Mylnar, Surtr, Typhon, Degenblecher With the main ones people want being Mylnar (big burst DPS) & Texalt (very useful fuck up remover + extra dps). If you are a newbie you 100% would've missed several units. Spending 300 pulls to spark Texalter while hoping to get her with the small rate up, or spending a random amount of pulls to get Mylnar from a dual banner or something just sucks unless you're rich. -Low Rarity Clears exist yes. But nowadays if you look at tutorials, for EX 8 CMs you usually need 2 meta 6 stars to comfortably beat it, sometimes you can manage with 1 (usually it's Mylnar) but you're required to have very well leveled 4 stars. -Leveling up 4 stars high enough sucks, if you're a veteran with a built base it's no problem but for newbies? It sucks ass dude. The variety of materials (locking recipes behind late chapters) and lmd you lack makes it so difficult to have a fully built team. Realistically you would have to wait for an event to farm the mats you need efficiently instead of farming whatever you want. So ideally you would want a guide with 1 6 star and a bunch of 3 stars. -They always make a bunch of the 4 units kind of cruicial, like click's extended range or arene targetting drones. For the record, I was unsuccessful in getting click and arene for a LONG time. Yeah I did save a bit to pull for certain banners, but I'm not spending pulls to get 4 stars. -I would call myself a casual player, and I'm relatively new. But it was really annoying when I didn't have any good 6 stars. Thankfully I was pretty lucky and got Mylnar from a dual banner, I was pretty comfortable from there. Before that though I was losing a lot of sanity because I kept failing stages due to certain operators missing. But many people aren't as lucky, if you read some comments on low rarity guides there are a bunch of people saying they gave up some stages due to the stat blot. Right now, I can beat any stage comfortably, but that wasn't the case when I was a new player. And I'm disappointed to see the general direction HG is going makes it looks like it's getting worse. To be fair, it's not really my problem anymore lol. I'll be fine but a bunch of new players will probably suffer unless they pour money into this game I guess I'm salty because I didn't get click for like half a year and KyostinV always makes guides with her extended range

[@ggok]

@ggok I ain't reading all that

[@TheGarbageChannel]

:concerned:

[@bigshitpoofartface]

my favourite 5th anniversary reaction ever I absolutely gooned to this