I'm still mad about it but I do have some updates...

• To get my money back, I had to fill a dispute form, scan it and e-mail to the bank. I did that on that day (11/26). Today I got them back... Took almost two weeks, I guess? Just a day short to full two weeks.
  [2024-12-11 edit: Thought I would I get an e-mail from them later... but I received a text message today instead about it. So, two days later after the money came in]
• I e-mailed Kino about the payment problem. I ended up making another similar order because early this month they had a 20% discount sale for their members. The previous order hasn't been cancelled as of today. I'm guessing they are going to wait for the "card rejected" status (?) to initiate cancellation...? They sound very busy. Hopefully they don't get confused lol
  [2024-12-10/next day edit: ooh just received their e-mail today about the cancellation~ It got a note attached with the new order number]

Mini WuWa Talk

Sometimes I see people on Reddit saying their weapon is at R0 and I was like, hmm? But the lowest (the first copy you get) is supposed to be Rank 1.. so shouldn't it be called R1? Is R0 supposed to refer to a similar weapon with lesser stars or something? 

I'm guessing that it's probably a familiar term used in other similar popular games, which I can't relate to lol ('cos all the gacha games I played in the past are of the niche kind).

27/30. Yeah... maybe I could have tried harder but honestly wasn't really in the mood after that 29.40 mess. I used Camellya in higher floors though... so there's that. I do need to find better echoes for her...

BONUS

So... apparently this is a thing on Youtube?

Oh yeah, I think another reason I'm enjoying her companion story is because it involves Rover's past and Black Shores

Took me some time to figure out how to score in this combat event. I notice it's mainly about basic attacks (makes sense, since Camellya's banner is running) and Havoc resonators. It's interesting that some hate the event on Reddit because they think it's only to promote Camellya. I have her but I'm still not used to her so that doesn't make the event any easier for me. 

Anyway, I think it doesn't have to be her... you can still use other Havoc resonators and anyone that make use of basic attacks. In Jiyan's case, I ended up using less Resonance Liberation skill because it takes too much time and the attacks aren't considered basic attack damage. So.. Jiyan isn't really effective in the higher difficulty stages. Xiangli Yao is great. I might experiment with Encore & Aalto later. Sometimes I even skip using the echoes or only use them when swapping characters. Oh yeah, sometimes I also skip having a healer because I just want everyone to give high basic attack damages. 

Amazingly, I've finally hit the inventory limit 2000 (several times, even!) recently. Especially after the double drop event for Tacet fields. I've started to mark them discarded more closely and frequently because of this.

Also, something I just realised... yes, building characters and upgrading weapons takes a lot of resources but I think building echoes will be much more expensive than those two on the long run. Especially when you can't predict what substats you get. It's also not easy to get the materials (in my case, it's the echo xp... my tuners are fine, at least for now). I always end up just going "eh, good enough" with mine lol... 

I'm mad.

Had to go out to the bank to get a new ATM debit card made because someone* in KL used my debit card for a Grab transaction (no idea what). I guess you would think it isn't much (see title, that's the amount) but the troubles it's giving me is so much more than that. 

[*that I hope will not live peacefully after this because I'll curse them in my head every time I recall this - seriously F**#$&^#@& ]

Gaaaahhhhh I'm so mad right now!!! Currently, I have an ongoing Kino order that used the old debit card that I most probably have to cancel... it was supposed to be a good deal - it was purchased during their 15% discount sale and I also used my RM15 voucher - and that will now mean nothing because that idiot decided to mess with my day (and it's Ohno Satoshi's birthday, of all days! Which means I might remember this every year because it's on his birthday F*ck).

So, so mad!!!! Since it's not time to replace my card yet, I also had to pay RM12... Such unnecessary expense! Just because of that idiot!! F*CK 

The whole thing thing is so troublesome!
I hate troublesome things!

....F*CK!!!

Though it's more like my updates since the last post...

Tower of Adversity

Surprise, surprise - it's 26/30! It's probably because I finally maxed out all Jinhsi's skills (FINALLY!) making it possible to get 12/12 in the right tower. I really should start taking screencaps of which teams I used last ToA because I don't remember much now lol. I think I used both Yao & Jinhsi for Inferno Rider...? Fallacy was still a pain to fight but I actually made it to two crests this time... partly because I finally got Mortefi to Level 90 (and I did a few upgrades to his skills).

Last time I shared my current UL here was at the end of September:

• Main: UL69 → UL76
• Fenn: UL53 → UL64
• RuRu: UL38 → UL54

Good news, my alternate accounts has finally caught up with the main stories.. Honestly, I'm glad it's done (for now). It has been crazy since 1.2 XD. 

I tried a few pulls before Jiyan's banner end the next day. No Jiyan (or not-Jiyan XD) but I did get another copy of Youhu and Sanhua (now she's maxed out). I couldn't go "now or never" with the pulls (not like I have many anyway) since the day I heard we'll get Xiangli Yao's banner again :P  

So I guess this must be why we don't have an Illusive Realm event last patch... the main story for 1.4 is basically all that. The things talked about in the main quest sound like foreshadowing to me hmm... (and why do I feel like we'll be seeing Zhezhi and/or Changli next? :P)

Anyway, I think I love Lumi! I didn't expect much at first but after getting the chance to play as her in the quest, I'm in love~ I've been avoiding hard any leaks so it was a pleasant surprise to know she's electro and uses a broadblade (I thought she's a rectifier user because she has some kind of creature/doll with her).  
  

Camellya
As planned, my Fenn account managed to get her (well, it's guaranteed) and her signature weapon.

AND... not as planned, I also got her in my main account (oops).  

AHHH wth am I doing??

Honestly, she makes me feel uncomfortable (understandable, because that's how her character is) but at the same time I'm curious about her story. Though personally... I'm more bothered/uncomfortable with some of the reactions to her in the WuWa community so I've been avoiding the WuWa subreddit & any videos featuring her on Youtube. 

Anyway... my point is, I pulled on her banner in my main account because her gameplay looks fun (spinning & spinning). I really want her signature weapon too but I most probably will skip that this time (might try during rerun).  

I haven't started doing her companion story - soon!

Got this sweet, nice reminder in-game while I was looking at which broadblade I have that Lumi can use later...

Didn't expect to post about another book haul (lol) before October ends because I used sea shipping for the delivery method. The estimated arrival time was early November. 
Been using sea shipping method on Shopee more these past few months because it's cheaper. Usually it's not that urgent anyway so I don't mind waiting a month or more for them to reach home :P  

So... here are some WuWa updates~

24/30 for last ToA. I just barely got 12/12 in the right tower after switching Mortefi into the team in the last floor. Fallacy of No Return was a b*tch to fight with in the left tower *tired sigh* (I seriously need to get better echoes for Jiyan...). Probably going to get less crests for current ToA because we have Fallacy (again) for last floor... and Inferno Rider for the right tower. *SIGH*