Why Azur Lane Is My Favorite Gacha Game

[@Poi91]

I like Azur lane because the staff actually cares about their player and gives them what they want like North Carolina bunny suit

[@exudeku]

And Nimi's oath skin too!

[@96tax]

and it's fuking L2D!!!!!

[@TakonoTakoUwU]

@@exudeku I want Little bel oath skin :c

[@96tax]

@@TakonoTakoUwU I think it will be hard for little chan versions to get skins, they are already another version of another ship like the μ version

[@ItsAnderYT]

It was truly a blessed moment when they released her bunny suit.

[@dawned9947]

I love how casual it just is. No pressure, just let's you enjoy the game with ton of waifus. good civ

[@grid9343]

Casual and good Doujins. What more can I ask for? My eyes feel blessed every time I open the game. Thank you Azur Lane.

[@jojomaster7675]

The only issue is just too many waifus with not enough dock space for them.

[@xLuis89x]

the true problem of this game is the gameplay, it doesn't look that especial at all, and most of it is auto... so you only play for ship waifus and fanservice... unless Im wrong and the gameplay is better than what I have seen

[@jojomaster7675]

@@xLuis89x It doesn't have to be auto. Auto is for farming or people with overleveled ships who don't feel like manual clearing stages. The gameplay is mostly just easy dodging and timing, however it can be a challange in tougher stages, like challenge mode, chapter 13 or SP/EX event stages. Most people play it for the shipgirls, but you can be a meta player as well, focusing on creating the strongest fleets possible.

[@ijnmutsuki7031]

@@jojomaster7675 Mutsuki genki.

[@AzurLaneMeta]

Azur Lane is a great game maintained by dedicated developers and community. That's why I'm still here over 2 years later and still spending. You picked a good game as your #1 gacha game.

[@thewhatever993]

Hey its you

[@rednave4489]

I rest for 4months but if i dint ill be 5years in 5th anniversary

[@rainfyre2694]

Me at the beginning of Azur lane: OMG HOW DO I GET OIL! Me now: to much oil, now time to frick around with all SR/UR fleet.

[@iseeyou2854]

As a beginner, I can relate to this at a spiritual level

[@stab74]

@@iseeyou2854 Just buy that food in the dorm you get with oil if you have too much.

[@russiasgreatestspinmachine4096]

@@stab74 good idea

[@bell3287]

As an American, I'm happy to hear that there's a lot of oil. Now give.

[@resener2166]

I downloaded AL when it was first launched in global but I deleted it shortly coz of the gameplay. Soon I downloaded it a second time and as I was learning the ropes I came across your videos and it really helped a lot. The Devs are really friendly and active towards the community and the game itself is always green. I set myself to play AL till the end hope that nothing of a bad omen will occur in the future.

[@jellogecko]

Same I thought how is this game fun, then later I thought I'm missing out been on it for two years

[@hypezoneninga]

I did the same thing with guardian tales

[@JusticeFreedomDestin]

Yes these sum up everything I like about Azur Lane. I happily throw money at this game because I feel like it’s fair and fun

[@starflame34]

Dude, I think you're exaggerating. Azur Lane is not- Devs: "We're decreasing the XP required for ships lvl up between 101-120, introducing a weekly pack of resources for FREE, reducing the amount of times needed to clear Event stages, AND we're introducing an oil cap that will reduce the oil consumption of fleets for Clearing mode." HOLY SHIT, I LOVE THIS GAME!

[@XxAhriman65]

The Azur lane community is one that can respect the historical significance of a ship while, at the same time, express how much the want to bang it. In fact, the Azur lane community is so known for its high levels of libido, that once I saw a skin they were making for Arknights and people thought it was an Azur lane skin. Genshin community seems to be full of drama. At least what I have seen on Twitter.

[@EatHoneyBeeHappy]

I like Azur Lane because it has Atago. There are other reasons but you don't really need any more.

[@benphan5534]

Most importantly, AL is hardly even p2w at all. The only thing you’d spend on for progress is more dock space or oath ring.

[@gokbay3057]

Honestly, unless you are a collector (like me) you don't even need dock space that much.

[@jijas9780]

@Little Shy there is no such thing as playing AL wrong, unless you somehow hit dissapointed level of affinity on any girl. This action considered as a warcrime in 150 countries

[@d3fyre_rett]

Don't forget about the skins too! But seriously the fact that the gacha elements of azur lane is practically f2p for most players including whales makes it a superior gacha game than, say, genshin, even though I do prefer genshin's more dynamic gameplay and exploration elements.

[@jojomaster7675]

The only real issue with AL is dock space. It's an unnecessary mechanic which forces you to either retire unique ships or spend *all* your gems on it. Arknights does this a lot better with you not having to worry about it at all and GFL also has it done better, due to the consistent income of gems and cheap armory expansion as well as not being constantly flooded with new charaters.

[@leemilene]

I can't agree more with that because I always had this dilemma in Azur Lane. It's pretty stupid that dock space is something to be purchased with premium currency which I think it's too bad for f2p when they arrive at mid-game or even end-game while they could give more options that we could have gems in a consistant way after claming rewards for campaign or doing the mlb and getting rewards from the memento part etc. I still like Azur Lane gacha, but I kinda got tired that this game limited your experience if you don't have enough space on your docks Arknights really does it better and premium currency it isn't wasted for only one purpose in f2p scenario.

[@Hkkwb]

Welp, they have to make sure that you spend on the game. So yea, It had to be done. Well, at least a daily in this game can warrant you multiple pull, unlike *cough* genshin, which even with welkin and daily, still not enough for a single pull.

[@jojomaster7675]

@@Hkkwb I mean, the most money spent in AL comes from people buying skins. It's not like the game gives you many gems anyway, so having unlimited dockspace wouldn't lose them much. Tbh, I'd rather have unlimited dockspace even if it meant increasing the price of the other QOL stuff by 50 or even 100%.

[@melonabceru-san2742]

But you just clear chapter in campaign, you get gem and that useful for expanded docks (maybe your gem used for buy ring or skin, i don't know)

[@Hkkwb]

@@jojomaster7675 yeah, I only spend for that juicy skins, most of my dock space is from the main quest gems and apologems and also the gems quest, not having a dock space issue so far.

[@shawnkan7157]

I feel like the most important reason why anyone should play is how grindable currency for gacha is. I've never played a game where I can do multiple 10 pulls and feel like I didn't lose much

[@CMTechnica]

Exactly

[@erichvondonitz5325]

best part is the weekly and daily missions, just gives you an extra cube

[@dragoneater2596]

Azur Lane remains as the only gacha game that I've never dropped since playing it. There are days when I can just tell myself yknow what I'm gonna just do minimal dailies that take like 5 minutes then log off and not miss much and the feeling is amazing unlike most other gacha games that can penalize you hard for not logging in and doing a million dailies.

[@valdonious]

I like Azur Lane cause you can actually get the newest introduced characters relatively easily without having to shell out cash. Heck, the value from this game is outstanding. The fact they make their money by adding great-looking skins and other optional quality-of-life additions at reasonable prices without forcing players to really keeps me playing. (shame PGR doesn't do similar I'd play it more if I could actually get a better value out of it easier.)

[@erichvondonitz5325]

Their gacha system is generous af pulling super rare characters is not even hard unlike Genshin

[@ThePhilosogamer]

@@erichvondonitz5325 To any future folks reading this, the 0.5% pull rate mentioned in this video is hilariously misleading. PGR has a hard pity system with a 100% guarantee on pulling all new characters, and spaces the character releases out so that you will always have enough pulls to get every new character as a F2P if you play consistently. Second, lower rarity characters are given away for free through events. You do not need to engage with the gacha at all for them. Lastly, there are many banners in PGR and they all have different comparably good pity systems. There are two variants of every limited banner, one of which has a 0.5% S-rank pull rate and a low pity threshold while the other has a 1.5% pull rate and higher pity threshold. They do not share pity counters so you do not have to worry about accidentally ruining your pity. The two standard banners let you choose the reward on every individual 10-pull, allowing you to pick up characters and weapons you want when you want them. Lastly, the weapon banner has the choice system as well as a ridiculously low hard pity threshold of 30. For a gacha game with a smaller character pool, PGR really is about as good as it gets. Azure Lane's gacha on the other hand is one of the best for games with large character pools. And unsurprisingly they both utterly shame Genshin & Honkai which each take the worst possible answers of both pull environments.

[@dudge9669]

I still play Azur Lane since Day 1 cause I can pull on every new banner and still have left over cubes and I've never bought cubes before. Now I have a surplus of 1400 cubes and have every pullable ship.

[@StrategicGhost69]

The last few days I've been stressing about how AL is doing, then I realized that my Stress and worries are pointless. With JP's 4th Anniversary coming up, I have high hopes. I really love the Game and I hope it will last for years, I really need this Game. Life will not get easier in the future, only harder. Azur Lane is the only Game that keeps me sane, always welcomes me Home and cuddles up to me when I'm sad or scared. I really wish It will go on for many years to come. The Devs are fantastic and very supportive of their Community. The Gameplay is easy to learn and easy to Master after enough Playtime. I've sadly only been here for one Year now, but I plan to stay until the very End. Which I'm afraid of... Great Video, direct and on point. Liked instantly.

[@hunt7533]

Exactly, I agree with you as well! Thus I wasted $1.2k on this amazing game to support the devs and try to keep the game alive as much as we can because it's OUR cultured game, I bought a lot of skins lmao, they're the best compare to most games I quit and still kept playing this one aside with Arknights. Keep up the videos man and help the newcomers because it helped me a lot in the past! Happy 3rd Anni guys!

[@CornballLyric]

I knew that Azur was very good with how the devs treat their fans but after your video Ander I have a whole new level of respect for them. I used to play Fire Emblem Heroes all the time but I got burnt out by the endless power creep. It was bad enough when a unit would be power crept once every year early in the games first couple of years quite badly but they began to power creep units drastically every dam month. Plus on to many banners I wouldn't be able to get a single unit I was trying to get little lone even one of the four to five units that where the focus units. Add to that a horrible boon and bane system on the stats and skills that got power crept every month it just got absolutely bonkers. As soon as I switched over to Azur Lane I was able to regularly get all the ship girls without to much fuss, no boons and banes on the stats and fixed skills. It was an incredibly fair system. I recently lost my account due to a sign in error and I thought I was a goner as I'd lost the only pic of my account reference. The folks at customer service helped me find the proof I needed and just 5 days later I had my account back. Yyaahh to Yostar.

[@TakonoTakoUwU]

I discovered Azur lane after years and years of St louis hentai, and i fell in love with the game! its extremely fun, rewarding, and the community is actually super chill and nice people. I love the nodders, i love everything abaut this game!

[@asiantryhardkid5173]

Weird flex but thanks for sharing your experience

[@ItsAnderYT]

At some point every AL player will find hentai of it, it's just a matter of when ;)

[@blind0wl123]

I've also played multiple gacha games and I agree with you. Its the most consumer friendly, fun game I've played and I've never felt like I needed to spend money on anything to make the game playable and thus I've never felt hesitant about supporting Azure Lane.

[@exudeku]

Twitter Genshin Fans: you know who they are Twitter FGO Fans: literally the fandoms are diverse, most are veterans of Salt, and if you made a gay shipping or changing a servant's race or gender we will just accept it because *it can be canon based on Nasu's* Twitter Azur Fans: we are all degens and yuri shippers

[@thirdsilhouetteofaverage7373]

idk about all of us are yuri shippers but sure whatever, let's just go with it

[@ed_hu]

tbh i get pissed at the genshin fans on twitter lmao.

[@yuugagazamee6020]

Twitter Arknights Fans: *insert Professor X brain waves meme*

[@phuct4980]

@@ed_hu well as a genshin and Azur lane player, just stay away from the Genshin Twitter, bunch of asshole anyway, as stay away from the Reddit, it like an echo chamber wanting buff but there no actual presents of Mihoyo in such sub so their negativity just went up in flame and basically done nothing but slapping a brick wall.

[@erichvondonitz5325]

@@phuct4980 The community...equivalent to MHA fandom to say the least

[@miredmind]

It's literally Harem Heaven here in AL, what more could you ask for?

[@BennytheSpinda]

I'm not really a gacha game veteran or anything, but I played Genshin a little and played Brave Frontier through school. Comparatively speaking, this game is incredibly generous with cubes(the summon material) and all the players who pay money really only buy cosmetics. I have deep respect for a game that lets you actually play the gacha for free.

[@clementsauvage6896]

I love how he displayed his nice l2d skins and when it when ti hipper NO SKIN epic. Love ur vid and love the game 😍

[@michaelbenson5677]

It's free-to-play model is so ethical, too: the developers give you a solid base of gems just for progression and a modest trickle as compensation and for events, and that's enough to get everything you actually need: dorm slots and dock space. With the technical exception of oath rings, everything else that you can buy with gems are either purely cosmetic or have free alternative methods to acquire.

[@LowerBlack64]

Been playing AL ever since new year of 2020 and I've loved it since the beginning. After being kicked and abused by FEH for almost the same time (and finally quitting), my attention on gacha games sits squarely on AL and now PGR, and I don't think I'll be quitting AL anytime soon.

[@blind0wl123]

I totally agree. I've dropped multiple games where I was a whale including fgo and feh because I got sick of how they treated the consumer and how gameplay was so affected by bad gacha rates. I honestly don't think I can play another gacha game after getting so accustomed to azur lane.

[@Asdsassin]

This is probably the most chillest gacha game I have played to this day. And I like it.

[@sir_ridley388]

I've played other games were it's all live2d and AL's quality blows most others out of the water. I appreciate that extra quality for some money and it feels special when you're favorite gets one

[@oscarpb190]

Is also really good that you can beat 80% of the game with the characters you like, unlike other gachas where lower rarities are absolute crap and you're basically forced to use higher rarities even in early game.

[@erichvondonitz5325]

Only in Azur Lane, rarity doesnt mean strong af

[@biscuit1595]

I'm seeing this a bit late but I started during the upon shimmering blue event, I got shimakaze in under 15 pulls and thats when I decided I loved this game lol. I've played about 6 other gacha games and this game continues to surprise me with how generous it is. The black friday sale is going on atm so i'm definitely gonna spend some money to support yostar (definitely not because im a degenerate and want to look at pretty women)

[@khuongduynguyen6290]

Agree with you, as a veteran of this game I would definitely recommend it to anyone with certain interests in anime/history/naval. But for me, after 30000 sorties things are getting dull and quite boring, don’t get me wrong, I love and appreciate everything the Devs made for the community and us actually chilling along these years. Shame that I can’t follow the progression further but it’s been a journey and may the luck be with you new shikkikans ingame

[@Witsuarunemetia]

Looking at this video reminds me I REALLY should've gotten that Peter Strasser skin

[@Knackebrodz]

I agree on your points. You can really tell that the devs love this game and keeps improving it and adding fun stuff or just keeping things interesting with different events. I feel that I can play this game the way I want and there's no stress. In Epic7 I always feel like there's a million things I have to complete every day and whenever there's a cool character I want it's impossible to get without paying.

[@jpog789]

I’ve been playing since launch and it’s just such a good game to play casually. I don’t play super often but it’s nice to go on and grind up events and have enough cubes to enjoy new events. I haven’t spent any diamonds on cubes because of how generous they are with the currency. If you’re really smart with how you summon you can unload on events and have a solid chance to get everything. I’ve bought crystals exclusively for skins, but also to support the game since the developers do such a good job of taking care of everyone.

[@rando7096]

For me I used to be huge into fgo as it was my first gacha, I’m getting back into it somewhat after that idolmaster event cuz that was a miss for me. Regardless, as a fourth year engineering student, we rarely have enough time to be hitting a million buttons every minute, as I am studying like ten hours a day and AL not only respects my time by allowing me auto farming etc, but imo systems like PR, and yes, even opsi to a degree, are more interesting and complex than a game like fgo in certain ways. Not to mention we have pvp!! I love the pvp. The rates are obviously a huge factor as well, as for example I just died over the past week trying to farm just to get summer musashi in fgo and barely got her last day. In AL I have so mang cubes I can literally roll whenever, not to mention drop SRs and elites. All in all AL is the best gacha imo, and I don’t have much exp to judge based on, but you saying the same should be proof for most people.

[@Malentar]

AL is super generous I feel like we have 3 anniversaries since we all celebrate each server launch (CN/JP/EN)

[@eric24567]

Legit we're bunch of cultured degenerates and we freaking love it.

[@CMTechnica]

The big reason I've stuck around with Azur Lane is the gacha rates. I came from FGO, and scrolling the subreddit for the event at that time I saw many people say they were ditching it for AL because the rates were much much better. And I agree! The staff is awesome, nuff said, you covered it. Actually, you covered most of why I love the game. (We just need a Hipper skin)

[@YuutaKyon]

Im just wanna say that im glad im playing this game from 2018 till now. Im taking one month break from the game bcoz personal problems and get back playing it again while my friends doesn't play much the game anymore. Wholesome community, caring devs and the games feel casually pleasing in many way. Old times, im only care about this ships and that ships power, stats whatsoever. Now im indulge in the game stories and each ship characters has their own personality and charms which wants me to know them better. Azur Lane for life

[@widchaponjearaphunt5452]

I had drop this game after play 1 year since game launch for about 6 months and get back to this game again, all I can say is this is the only game that is really F2P friendly, just 1 copy and any unit is enough, while other game you need multiple to max that units Nowadays I pay to this game just to support Dev. like 29$ pack and monthly card Most time I don't even have any costume I want, but I still buy 29$ pack (LOL)

[@rclsm1021]

Ah yes, Ander is a true cultured person like all of us here. Azur Lane was my first modern gatcha game after I stopped playing older gotcha games such as Ayakashi Ghost Guild after few gap years.

[@meowspark9]

Very cool video, I like all the cats in Azur Lane. Personally Arknights is my favorite, but that's because I love tower defense and all the media surrounding the game as well. I used to play Azur Lane a bit long ago and I'm glad that the players are eating well!

[@LotusPicker]

Woah an impressive gacha line up! My main gachas are Azur Lane, Arknights and FGO. I used to be a Kantai collection player way way back. When Azur Lane came out I jumped on it knowing it wasn't region locked. Nowadays it's a lot easier to play games from other countries but around 2013 I think it was a lot more of a hassle to do so. All the big changes you stated are really appreciated and they also did their best to make a 3rd anniversary stream entertaining with beautiful props, info, comedy, announcements etc ... You can count me in for further content to come!

[@oblonghas]

azur lane #1 this game just feels so generous to the players. I appreciate how nice of an experience I've had playing this game compared to other gachas.

[@ayanelewd]

I love the Azur Lane Community so much 😂

[@PrimarchBentley]

Thanks, Ander, for continuing to put out AL content. Agreed with your points on why I keep coming back to AL and consider it my main gacha, and why I F2P the new 'cute anime girl on icon' gachas when they come out - experience has proven that I'll keep current on AL when stamina/timeouts/interest/etc run out for the 'new shiny' games and they fade away. Of course, AL is a natural fit for someone who likes naval history. KanColle was my first (and KC Kongou is still "burning love")... but seriously, there's no contest between waifu art.

[@cantfindmywilltolive657]

My favorite thing about azure lane is that the UI is simple and not a clusterfuck like other games also the fact that every time you log in it doesn’t span you with bundles to buy every time it just lets you play it and I appreciate that. Also it doesn’t fell like a casino full of micro transactions

[@mawile3037]

This man actually had me playing this at .25 just to see the loading screen 😭😭😭

[@ItsAnderYT]

hahahaha

[@konker420]

I agree with all of this. I hate f2p games and phone app games in general. I have 2 apps I use on my phone. Youtub and Azur Lane. I am a huge history nerd and love well endowed anime girls. Never in a million years did I think I would play an app game this much. I started playing after I saw the animated series. Love your videos. Keep helping out us noobies with your great content.

[@MazterHuntR]

At first I only heard of Azur Lane from a World of Warships collab. I immediately thought of it as a rip-off of KanColle since that was the only other "shipgirl" game that I heard off. Moving on a couple years later, another WoWS collab came, this made me more curious that I downloaded it myself to try it out, and oh god I actually liked it more than KanColle. To be honest, I never played KanColle but I've seen gameplay footage of it (which is admittedly, boring), but AL, is so much morr interactive and action oriented. I just love the variety of shipgirls you have along with their designs that make then stand out from eachother, unlike KanColle just having most of their characters wearing school-girl type uniforms that sometimes makes it hard to recognize each one.

[@96tax]

the thing that I like the most is that it is way more strategic and technical than luck based for a gacha game, you are rewarded by playing it well and not for luck, you can farm for everything in this game and that is amazing

[@Nomorehero07]

AL to me is the perfect niche that I was looking for in a mobile game. Plus I appreciate the devs because they actually cared about their fanbase unlike other game companies and even the triple a game companies *cough*Blizzard*cough*EA*cough*.

[@Slayer1106411]

Damn that first hot spring loading screen though.

[@feint6552]

Yeah and I really love the community like man the community is like you said they're not shy to be degenerates I mean that's the reason why we like gacha games right? Waifus.Azur Lane is by far my most favorite game of all time. It's just really cool playing Azur Lane.Yes we don't have cool story like Arknights or amazing gameplay like PGR and Genshin but damn we got em WAIFUS a bunch of WAIFUS. Ohh and also I like the fact that we Shikikans really feel like part of the game for example the cellphone thing I forgot what's it called and oathing system and the story lines we Shikikans are really in there,maybe it's not something big but it makes me feel more connected to the game and the ships.

[@tranminhnguyen6217]

Azur Lane is the type of gacha game others of the same genre should strive for

[@teemu3370]

Heeeey the man is alive!

[@avrilsteffan8933]

at last someone made this kind of video...i agree with ur opinions because its true the community and game system are very friendly to players...overall its a very good game that does not hold back anything...

[@Jm-ki4su]

i've tried getting into other gacha games, but azur lane takes the title for simplicity and more bang for your buck. I'd be lying if i said i didn't at least spend a small amount of money on the app, but the entertainment value is simply amazing here.

[@guavas2155]

bro how are you still alive from playing that much gacha games?? your a gacha god at this point

[@yemannwaiphyo8817]

I love Azur Lane because the Developers and The Staff really Care about the players. It is the mutual love between playerbase and the staff, that warms my heart.

[@genus5987]

For casuals it doesnt matter if the devs too much spoonfeeding. I see this is collection game than have a gameplay

[@justinhhp87]

It's also on of the most generous in terms of getting gacha currency and only truly charged you for cosmetics You get 4 cubes a day from just logging on and completing a few missions not counting missions On average getting 6-9 cubes a day by managing your missions means by the time an event rolls around you are stacked with build cubes

[@yuvrajpradhan522]

I agree with all the points you mentioned in your video, but you didn't mention the most important part to any gacha game , that is their gameplay and the main factor which is holding back azur lane rn.

[@lain6578]

It's just the perfect game for me tbh, gacha system that is generous. Every week there's something new and i really love how chill it is to play this game.

[@rigatonacercigani404]

Azur Lane's Gacha Rates are fairly good, the stamina is abundant, the characters are beautiful, and you hardly need to spend real money in this game (unless you wish to oath your girls, expand your dock, or get skins). And compared to the other gacha games, this game is very simple and relaxing to play. And yes the developers are really caring and they know what we want. Props to them for being so understanding towards the community! Also, you haven't played Uma Musume: Pretty Derby? You should definitely try that.

[@karkovb1522]

I remember first trying AL when Girls' Frontline is still new on Global release. If I were to rate my top 3 gacha games it's going to be: 1. Azur Lane (Lots of shipfus) 2. Girls' Frontline (Lots of raifus) 3. Honkai Impact (Pretty generous on stamina system) Honourable mention: Bang Dream for rhythm style gameplay

[@silvion90]

You forgot to mention how generous it is with the amount of cubes you get

[@stevboy001]

I’ve been avoiding this game for the first two years it was out, since I played it last year there hasn’t been a day i haven’t played this game. There is a lot of catching up i have too do for being two years late but damn this game is rewarding as fuck! I love this game i don’t think I’ll ever put it down

[@mastersanada]

I have to agree. Out of all the gacha games I have ever played, Azur lane has been the most rewarding when it comes to getting characters I want/need compared to any other game. It also has the least pay to win out of the ones I've played. It's rewarding without needing your wallet. The BEST thing is that the monetization is heavily from SKINS, things which don't affect gameplay. And they don't throw constant advertising to buy stuff in your face either (alot of gacha games do that). For reference, I've played heavily: Epic Seven, Bleach Brave Souls, Genshin Impact A decent amount: Illusion Connect, Ark Knights I've spent unholy amounts on Genshin though. I just wish it wasn't so hard to get characters and that it isn't (basically) a requirement to spend hundreds to C6 a character. They could just as easily make some of that money by selling cosmetics imo. Also ander is a hipper guy? Flat is indeed justice.

[@makeitmodded]

Azur lane is the most rewarding and fun gatcha game I have ever played. I don't feel punished for playing the game like almost all other gatcha games out there.

[@HurricaneStudios]

Indeed! AL is the best Gacha Game... Most generous gacha, Wholesome community, Cool devs and staff, Interesting lore, and of course... Top-Tier Waifus.

[@rickm9244]

The skins are amazing. Only have a few paid ones. But you can tell a lot of effort is put into them. Also Ark Royal...

[@changjueren7]

I like Azur lane cuz of Prinz Eugen. then they release Aegir which is similar to Eugen in terms of physical appearance + voice = hell fking yessss

[@azure_paladin4706]

Kinda wish we got more loading screens like the second one haha.

[@ss5ringo]

Everything you said is why I've stuck with Azur Lane while other gachas fall away.

[@yuukiyunaSGM]

I agree with you azur lane is my most favorite game. And thank you ander for the amazing content always. I also love iron blood ships.

[@suffolk4418]

I was playing barely much for 800 days and i started getting into it this month again

[@GP01Zephy217]

It's kinda weird watching an Ander video without the Yuru camp bgm, but it's still a good video!

[@notmf21]

I love the waifu "design" in this game that almost other game doesn't...

[@etam8099]

What you mean?

[@HendraNurdiyanto]

some easter egg ... 2:27 and 2:32 Pause YT, then use " . " to move forward by 1 frame or use " , " to go backward by 1 frame ...

[@1DiscipleDragon]

The Azur Lane story has been getting better because I know they were trying to investigate more about where the Sirens came from so that's a plus.

[@VincentVanG0ch]

I love the Bullins! they are in my Mind the best thing in all Gacha... I dont have to pray to copies of the ship/girl/husbando to get the max potential. I sacrifice the Holy Bullins! Not like in Genshin, where I still wait for my 7th Yanfei to get her Constilation full.

[@britishneko3906]

I like AL bcs it has big guns and great amounts of caliber to choose from (caliber as in firepower and chests)

[@smashfanatic]

1) The developers give the players what they want. It's not just the fact that they will fix bugs, or add in features that the players want. But what we perverted shitty kans want most of all are waifus, and Manjuu will go all out on that. And outside of China servers, there's only a little bit of censorship here and there. 2) The best monetization system of any gacha I've played. The pull rates are quite good and we get a lot of resources for free, if you just want ships you can basically get anything without paying a penny. And then you spend money on skins, which are 100% optional and just aesthetics so there's no pressure, and you buy specifically the ones you want. The skins are not cheap (they can be like $5-10 worth of gems), but it's still a lot better than other gachas where you could spend a hundred bucks and not get what you want because the units in other gachas are tied to glorified lotteries. Manjuu isn't operating a charity so it's understandable that the skin system is the primary way they make money. Really the best part of the monetization system is, I LIKE spending money on azur lane. I get the exact skins I want, I get a lot of really good ones to boot. It's a quite common feeling in other gachas to drop money on some banner for the shiny new unit, fail to get the unit, and go "Well that was a waste of fucking money", which is one of the worst feelings to get when playing a gacha. Not once have I ever had that feeling with azur lane. 3) The community is chill as fuck. Kind of a tie in to point 1, we're perverted shitty kans and we all want waifus. The azur lane reddit for example is like 90% softcore borderline hentai fanart. Compare to many other game communities where there's always a very vocal minority who complain about fanservice in their games (funny enough, that vocal minority is suddenly very quiet if male cahracters in their games get butt naked, wonder why???). 4) Low stress gameplay. The auto battle system has been upgraded multiple times and greatly eases the grind. It's a very nice deal to be able to set up an auto battle, set your phone aside for 5-10 minutes, and come back with a completed run. Then, poke your screen for a few seconds to set up another auto battle run, and repeat. RIGHT NOW as I'm shitposting on a youtube video I've got my autobattle going. The only real problem with azur lane you can say is that the gameplay is pretty basic. It's a shoot-em-up except your ships kind of move too slowly to dodge the faster bullets in the game so you kind of just facetank everything and push some buttons or whatever. But we shitty kans know that the real gameplay is poking your secretaries for an hour, so whatever.

[@gonzaloguerra2654]

Azur Lane is the best mobile game because not only what you explain in the video. I wanted to add that this game is sort of like gf for boys who doesn't have relationship with girls in real life. Since is 2022, most of them say "I have bf", "lgbtq", "Not into God stuff", I only date over 6 ft guy", "I don't date nerd", "I don't date ugly boy", and etc. This game is the best and I believe it should be the number one mobile game in the whole world.

[@gonzaloguerra2654]

@@LarryWater I mean is true, but fun begin when new or rerun event (For those who missed ships years ago) come and play for 2 days. Then fun begin to decrease and company and Yostar have to find a way to increase fun. So players can continue and bring some new players. After big events, small events can sometime get bored. But this game is still the best.

[@LarryWater]

I said Azur Lane was boring because I couldn’t get Honolulu in 10-2, but I got her recently so I’m happy.

[@jackjacny9498]

This is my first gacha game. And I told myself not to spend any money on it. After 6months of playing. I have already spent a few hundred dollars on skins. This is the most I’ve spend on a single game. On a side note, I wish they make more skin for Dido, my numba one shipfu

[@hx5525]

That’s an extensive gacha game list,impressive af

[@Akira14496]

this is probably the best Gacha game I've played so far the odds of the gacha is much better than most games like genshin/honkai which has low odds of getting a 5 star characters mostly its p2w also they actually lets you enjoy the game with the outfits they release Azur lane is best for f2p players

[@etam8099]

For Genshin yeah but for Honkai nope and they would actually give more outfits if it wasn't for Twitter bitching about it later...

[@Akira14496]

@@etam8099 probably higher than genshin Pity roll

[@etam8099]

@@Akira14496 what?

[@ritochkabasaev]

U forgot the fact that game so great that it's completely free and u only spend honey dollars on skins which is only cosmetic thing And also game so good that I never missed any day in game for 2 years. Not a single

[@Suirioujin]

There are beautiful fox waifu ( I hope i will get you one day Shinano )

[@reallty7354]

Ander upload truly a blessed day

[@sometime2530]

I love how try hard I can be in such a casual game

[@lacqs9129]

been playing it for 3 yrs(on and off because burn out) now, I started in AL jp(stayed there for more than a year) but sadly I need to drop it because I can't spend there and without spending I can't upgrade my dock space anymore T_T devs are great and not greedy/p2w, the only game I know where I can get almost every new unit in the banner and where the pulling resources are farmable

[@Knoloaify]

I've had a similar experience and just came to a simple conclusion after deciding to come back : You do not need every single SR Ship, you'll never have the time and resources to upgrade them, let alone use them. Just focus on your favorite ships. Hell I think Im probably going retire all the R and Elite ships I never use in order to make more space.

[@silver_sour]

the only game where i not regret spending money on. or maybe i regret it a little bit since my gatcha on costume pack still sucks like my other gatcha... but its not bad at all!

[@HankKD7]

I agree 💯 I started playing it a year back and writing stories of my ships I oathed.

[@Thanekay]

I started playing since 2018 but basically was just a log in warrior for 2 years. Only login for daily, gacha event. No PR grinds. Didn't play campaign stuck at 3-4, didn't do hard stage, didn't even do event stage. Just started playing for real last year, got my first PR ship and now at 12-4. Doesn't matter when you start, it's a very forgiving and generous game. At your on pace. I love it.

[@PublicBus09]

I decided to download Azur Lane because I got a bit fed up of the ads, and I gor curious, so I tried it. Safe to say that the gacha has a decent chance of getting SRs compared to other gacha games like *cough* Genshin Impact. I built Prinz Eugen and Monteplier (I think) on my first day of playing, which was cool.

[@LarryWater]

There still Azur Lane ads going around?

[@aname6794]

I've only really seriously played 3 gachas so far. I started with Girls Frontline ( GFL ), then picked up Arknights ( AK ) and lastly, Azur Lane ( AL ). Must say, AK is my favorite, but AL is my close second. Meanwhile, I've grown to dislike GFL. Gameplay wise, I like AK because, in comparison to the other two, I find it to be more entertaining - the gameplay is more fun, since, in my opinion, you have to actually play the game. In Azur Lane, I mostly just let them auto-fight, unless the fight is very difficult, since the gameplay is in all honesty, pretty simple. At least it does let you do it manually, GFL is just fully automatic, the most you have to do is just move your squads around. I like AK's and AL's XP systems. AL is the easiest one to level your characters up, thanks to the dorm and the lecture hall. Arknights is the second, since you can literally produce EXP and money in your base. These systems are great, as they let you level up pretty much any character you want/like, relatively quickly, while also not really impacting the rest of your game. I oftenly find myself leveling up characters in AK just because I like them - since even if I do, I still have enough resources to level the actual meta characters if I want to. GFL though just ... no. Once per month, you can buy supplies in the forward basecamp, which is enough EXP to fully level two characters and a half to maximum at once. You CAN make EXP in the data room, but it's a very small amount, even in a fully upgraded one. The only other way to get EXP, is by just straight up farming by playing maps. Pair it up with the fact that GFL has the slowest game of all three, and it takes much, much longer than the others to farm XP, while also needing way more attention, since you have to manually set up your route. Lastly auto-battles in GFL just suck and aren't good for farming XP. Story wise, though, GFL tops both of the other games so far. Though, it's not really a fair comparison. Arknights hasn't been around for as long, so they haven't developed as much - BUT, they are getting there; furthermore, each character in Arknights has a detailed lore behind them, that you gain access to by playing the game. Meanwhile, GFL characters may have lore, but they are mostly locked behind temporary events - they don't really have an in-game lore section where you can learn more about your doll. Outside of the main teams, GFLs characters really lack more background. And I have no fucking idea what Azur Lane's story is and nobody I ask seems to know either. And lastly ... fan service wise. I know many people don't really like too much fan service, but I do, and if there's anime girls, I want fan service. Azur lane wins hands down of course, they have loads of live 2D costumes too, and they're kinda cheap. GFL comes in second for sure, but they certainly do not have as much live 2D, and their BOOBA aren't as big as the AL ones. Meanwhile, Arknights has barely any. Which fits their world ig, but doesn't fit my dirty mind. TL;DR: -AK best gameplay. AL OK gameplay. GFL bad gameplay. -AK good EXP system. AL good EXP system. GFL bad EXP system. -AK good story. AL I have no idea story. GFL best story. -AL best fan service. GFL good fan service. AK bad fan service. I play Arknights because of the gameplay and story, I *used* to play GFL for the story, but dropped due to lack of interesting gameplay and characterization of secondary characters, and I play AL for the booba. I know this doesn't have too much to do with the video but it's 3AM and I just wanted to rant. If anyone wants to discuss anything just reply and we can have a nice and friendly chat :)

[@haveachocobar]

It's a good game, and I do love it, but I've deleted it many times to play newer games that come out. It's a game that I'll always come back to to check on my waifus, but I soon find myself just letting it sit in my phone doing almost nothing. If I had enough space for this and Arknights and one more (i have a 16gb storage phone) then this would definitely be a mainstay. Anyways, Azur Lane is a great game that rewards a casual (but daily) player. Definitely one of my top 3 gacha games (maybe not franchises though...).

[@zeroone2731]

one thing I like about AL is about its generous gatcha rate of course you can't get them all and there will be a point you can't get a certain ship but compared to games like FGO and Genshin which are honestly greedy AL is better overall

[@redisondyaz4265]

I love how Azur Lane enables you to play at your own pace which is also stress free with that gacha rate. Long live AL. ♥️