Board 8 > Honkai Star Rail Topic 10: Well I'll be Forked

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I saw the subreddit practically meltdown saying the Swordmaster silhouette reminds them of Xiangling in Genshin

That legendary new swordmaster definitely seems like March to me.

Would you call March a Xianzhou characters though?

....Unless the transformation isn't the result of some secret revelation of her unknown past and is just some Xianzhou power which would....suck.

...Of course her being from the Xianzhou could BE the secret...which would also suck!

I was sad when Penacony wouldnt let me pair up with March

It would suck but that doesn't mean I think they won't do it.

(I think the second of those is more likely)

Or maybe it's just that it will happen in the Luofu with a follow up quest after the Fu Xuan thing

I think this is probably part of it but like also the swordmaster in the silhouette has that same sword stance that Jingliu and Blade have

I've been going under the assumption that this was just going to be March finding a cool new sword, being all "Watch this awesome move!" and now she has a new playable form. I don't think there would be anything inherently wrong with that, not every form change needs Dan Heng levels of plot relevance. They can be fun, harmless ones as well. It still feels too soon for anything more profound with her, sometime in version 3 seems like a good time for a Total Recall pt. 2. Although of course this is all essentially baseless speculation!

Spent this morning making a color-coded needs chart, based on the Relic Scorer's grades.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/baf95ad8.png

Kinda curious how this compares to where everyone else's relics are at.

I can tell you how mine is. Topaz is solid enough other than SPD & everyone else sucks ass :(

The 8 characters I use for my two primary teams are all at least A overall, minus Aventurine who needs better Planars.

Truthfully I dont know what any of them register as since I havent used anything to check ever

Normal video game: Players are cheesing SU by closing the game when they're about to lose, we need to patch it so they can't do it anymore.

Star Rail: Fuck it we ball

If there's one thing I'm hoping for out of the return to Xianzhou it's more fuel for my Fu Xuan/Qingque headcanon. Please at least give me this.

I actually like the Xianzhou cast a good bit so I'm looking forward to more of at least some of them.

pyresword posted...

If there's one thing I'm hoping for out of the return to Xianzhou it's more fuel for my Fu Xuan/Qingque headcanon. Please at least give me this.

Oh you can just go to Ao3 they've got you covered.

This is not an unpopular ship lol.

Apparently Lingsha had a different silhouette on the Korea stream because the others made them think she was doing the smol pp sign LMAO

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/b5036be4.jpg

Literal joke country lol, at least the male population.

new legendary swordsperson on SGF

(its March)

https://youtu.be/NQJP3keZCI8?si=LZjNSu14N6E6UT40

Please be free

I believe in the 2.2 show they mentioned that it would be similar to how TB swaps paths, so I assume she will be free

Yessssssssss though its kinda sad how March 7th alt is more hype than any Penacony character or those silhouettes too

Here's my guesses.

Since this is a mode change thing, this is actually still a 4* March. 5* March will be something else entirely later.

This will be earned in a quest. Maybe the eidolons will as well, we'll have to see how that works.

The quest you earn this March form will actually unlock much earlier in the game for newer players, 1.3 or earlier.

Speaking of early unlocks them just letting people unlock Harmony Trailblazer early is kinda wild.

i'm kinda meh on Sword March's design, honestly. Maybe it's that it's Luofu inspired and I just want to be free of Space China.

From purely a character design perspective I'm pretty sure the Luofu has been my favorite area so far. Never really agreed with the community complaints about that aspect.

This probably means bad things for my stellar jade savings.

We always go back to Liyue every year. I expect space china will be the same.

Yeah I mean the main plot of the Loufu kinda sucked but I liked the rest of it tbh including the characters and sidequests.

Also Chinese outfits are great

Looks like new March is a 4*

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/99cb331e.jpg

First new Hunt 4* since the game launched, Imaginary. Obviously she'll have to be very different from Ratio.

Dps March eh nice

It would be interesting if they end up doing this with several old 4*s as a way to bring them up in the meta. You can't patch them once they're out, but you can just make it so they can turn into a different character.

March and Stelle finally 2 Imaginary types for me to use.

Finally finished Penacony. Man that just did not want to end for what felt like forever

tcaz2 posted...

Yeah I mean the main plot of the Loufu kinda sucked but I liked the rest of it tbh including the characters and sidequests.

This, some of the most memorable sidequests in the game were Luofu. Plus the ghost story influencer event was silly fun.

Here's hoping it's more like that.

Being in the Luofu just makes me feel like it's Space Genshin. It's why I greatly prefer Belabog and Penacony.

Im glad to be done with Penacony for at least a while. If the characters were better for me Id have ranked it high if not the best area, but because everyone registered as a meh at best its my least favorite. Definitely in the minority there Im sure

What characters already in the game are ideal teammates for Harmony Stelle anyways? She seems pretty good so Id like to use my main character again

Xueyi and Boothill.

Just them? Ive got Xueyi at least. With it being Break focused I figured you could throw in Topaz or other follow-up attack types too, but if thats all it sounds like I might be better off not even bothering :(

She's more of a niche pick compared to dedicated Break characters, but Sushang is surprisingly good when built to deal break damage. I used to her clear the second half of the current MoC 12 with the standard HarmonyTB/Ruan Mei/Gallagher comp.

I dont have Gallagher. I did get a E3 for Yukong today from standard though so that was kinda neat. Poor girl hasnt been on a banner in ages

The meta break team right now is DPS (Xueyi/Boothill/soon Firefly), Harmony MC, Ruan Mei, Gallagher. You can replace Ruan Mei or even the DPS with a break build Silver Wolf.

Firefly is gonna be another one here in a week.

Id heard that about Firefly, but Im not interested in her at all. I was thinking I was smart by figuring I could use Ruan Mei in one team for Break and Stelle in another to have 2 good Break teams, but with what I have/like to use it doesnt appear to be the case for now

To make a dedicated break team really good right now I think you need the Super Break damage which only Harmony Trailblazer can get.

Firefly makes her own Super Break Damage now in the current beta, which doesn't seem to stack. You still get great Break buffs, but she's not as important in a Firefly team as she once when the 2.3 beta first started.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxNWio3ihUM

UshiromiyaEva posted...

Firefly makes her own Super Break Damage now in the current beta, which doesn't seem to stack. You still get great Break buffs, but she's not as important in a Firefly team as she once when the 2.3 beta first started.

It stacks and if you use ff without hmc she is the worst dps in the game. Like absolutely tragic