The weather has been good recently - too good - and I'm hating it *siiigh*. The humidity is not too high (around 50%) so the hot weather is slightly bearable BUT the sun is still scorching hot... it's so bad. I feel sticky from sweating during the day. And then I sweat again after taking my shower like.. what's the point of showering anymore HAAAAH

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Received this book few days ago.. It's a preloved copy but damn... it's very much in good condition. I mean it's expected (didn't know until I've seen it myself) since the paper is the magazine paper type.

I lost my 50/50 *sad lol*... I did think of wanting another copy of Calcharo (which I just realised is now S2) recently but I didn't expect I would get it this early!? *sigh*

I could wait for a guaranteed Cartethyia, I guess...? I dunno... I worry about getting into a similar situation with Yinlin's - which resulted in another loss in the next patch (Carlotta) - I most probably be better off with skipping Ciaccona this time around... 

Not Calcharo with the 10:10 eyebrow LOL

71st might be my magic number lol

The first time I pulled for Shorekeeper I got her at 71st pull.

Then in the recent rerun, I also got her at 71st pull.
And Zhezhi is also at 71st pull.

I think one of my alternate accounts also experienced this. I think it was for Phoebe...

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Oh yeah... received these books yesterday. 

1st: Book
Received this in the mail today.

Yeah. It's the version with the paper I like. I have a few of books in this series but I don't think I have one of Austen's work (for this version) before. 

For reference, the others are:

2nd: WuWa
Did one pull today and managed to get Zhezhi's signature weapon! 

[I probably should stop now...]

Early! *sighhh* I guess this means it will be hard to get Changli's signature weapon in the next phase

I know I don't really need to get it but I just love them having their signature weapons and... mainly, I'm just generally lazy (lol). I rather have it easy than go farm more echoes XD

Overall I enjoyed it. Loved the music performance interludes... including the orchestra performance at the end ♥! 

I've seen a glimpse of the chat during the stream so I already know there are going to be players complaining. I don't play a lot of gacha games but I know to always keep low expectations so anything extra (like a free Xiangli Yao) is just a bonus. This time I only look forward to what events we'll be getting & how it will affect my Rover, and I'm happy with what I see. So I'm one of those rare ones that can say "My expectations are met ♥"

Some random, happy thoughts about it:

The general stats stuff though... these caught my attention:

Because there are so many Fusion resonators XD.. the standard ones alone already include three: Encore, Chixia & Mortefi. I remember worrying about it when I was still getting 2-3 boss materials per fight.

Oh hello my eternal(?) enemy from when my Rover is still Level 80~ Oh well, main account suffered so that I can defeat you "easily" in my other accounts XD

LOLLLLL because there was a time where Rovers been buying at max amount from Mahe's shop. Seen so many Reddit posts about it haha. I love how he was even called the richest person in Jinzhou in that one event...

Anyway, I'm tired of seeing the community complaining so today I decided to attempt some hologram fights (while I wait for my waveplates get to 60 haha).

Well... partly it's also because of the new combat event. I realised the bosses are their hologram version selves (I think?) so I kinda feel "left out" (because I'm not familiar with their attack patterns).

...and surprisingly, it has been a great day for me lol

Completed all Difficulty 6 for Huanglong's!

The last time I shared my progress, I only completed Difficulty 6 for Impermanence Heron & Mourning Aix. Then another day after that, I got Tempest Mephis' done. And I attempted again after having my Aero Rover & Changli built (with decent damage; Rover is using Sierra Gale set for now). Yeah, Brant was a great help for those three... unfortunately I couldn't use him for Inferno Rider. Today I decided to use Spectro Rover on him lol. I've seen people use her for solo fights with Inferno so I figured it should be fine. And I was right! It was very comfortable fighting using her! I also use food/potion buffs and revive when needed (like, why would you not??? It's not like you can spam-use them in one fight, there's cooldown time duh). I'm grateful that I don't need need to restart so many times like what I've seen of others who attempted it.

My progress for Phantom Pain ones are this:

Triple healers team, let's go~! 😂

Only Sentry Construct is done for today... again, I'm thankful that I didn't need to attempt too many times like the horror I've seen on Youtube. Might try fighting Fallacy again later. Hecate and the dragon will need to wait until I get someone that can best use the echo buffs (Hecate and Lorelei, respectively) or ones with good stats.

Honestly, I'm not really a fan of Tactical Hologram fights because I'm scared of them XD (probably trauma from fighting Impermanence Heron for the first time *sigh*). Like, every time they announce new holograms I flinch in fear while cursing "F*ck" lol... but I guess I am skilled enough & able to fight them. It also looks like a good way to test how much I've familiarised with each resonators fighting styles so I should think of it as such... for study purposes.

I feel like I haven't done much blog-housekeeping recently lol

Books received these week:

Honestly, I was surprised by the size of these books. I guess it's the UK's version of mass paperback size (A-format)...

As usual~

It wouldn't be an exaggeration that Brant helped me get full six crests in the middle tower. Yeah, I totally used Brant and his weapon at Level 70 there which I don't usually do especially with new characters... It worked most probably because that tower was definitely for him XD (the healing and shield buffs) & my echo set was at least usable (I have 250%+ ER).

And I guess this will be like the last "regular" update on my ToA results because I also got 30/30 in the current ToA which got me this trophy:

Probably will only update anything related to ToA if I find anything interesting~

Well, the plot twists were kinda expected but they are still eye-opening I guess. Although, as usual, I'm left with more questions again in the end lol...
Wish I could go see any discussions on this on the official subreddit but damn, it's hard to lurk around there now.

The fight at the end was so cool though!!! I love switching between Rovers with different attributes! At the end of the day, it's just me obsessing over my Rover again lol

I like Cartethyia! I would try pulling for her banner if it's available.

I like it being mystery-themed although the fanservice(?) is kind of wasted on me lol. I just ignore all that and play as usual. Anyway, I guess... I guess not all Fisalia is bad...? The whole blessed maiden ritual thing though... totally messed up. Thinking back, the whole thing sounds like something I can read from a RoFan manhwa lol