Never thought I would see a day where I'm happy to lose a 50/50 :P

So... my main account lost to Verina which is totally fine for me! I'll aim for a guaranteed Brant~

Anyways... wow, so that's three losses back-to-back. Did Yinlin break my main account :P???

I mean... look! If I include the 4-stars - even the 4-stars were mostly/almost the 10th pull! Maybe it's related to doing mostly 1-pulls? That's crazy!

*sigh* Honestly, I wanted to pull for Phoebe too but I have to skip her for my main account. I will try for my other [one] account though.

I'm pretty much in introverted(?), procrastinating mode this week. Had to renew my library card so I sent my form online last Saturday. You have to go your chosen library branch within a week to pay the fee. I'd been procrastinating going out to do that since Monday. Didn't get a new card though, they just update it in the system. The whole thing was pretty much done in like 10 minutes. 

Anyway, it's February 5th! It's the 20th anniversary of me blogging!!! 

Here's to more blogging in the future! And I totally don't mean that by more blog posts... I guess just... just keep blogging... something. Oh well.

Just realised NEWS stuff is available on Spotify yesterday! Didn't think that would be possible...! Now I wish I could listen to V6 (geo-blocked, I think) and KAT-TUN older stuff...

It's the title but this might be a quite lacking Carlotta post lol

So... My main account lost the 50/50 to Encore (BIG SIGH) so basically the astrites I got through Rinascita exploration were all used to get a guaranteed Carlotta. I guess I could have just move on after losing... but I got really stubborn about it because my main account don't have a Glacio DPS (no, I'm not forgetting Lingyang on purpose! That account don't have Lingyang yet!).  

Fenn account was able to get Carlotta (guaranteed, if I remember correctly) and her signature weapon. I only got the signature weapon for my RuRu account (since Aalto & Chixia can use it).

Anyway~ haven't started her companion quest... soon!

27/30 for last ToA. It caught up with me lol. I've been using Havoc Rover & Xiangli Yao often in the middle tower so... yup, definitely, caught up with me alright. It's a big reminder for me to find another echo set for my Mortefi. He is still using Yao's leftover-unused Lingering Tunes set (hey, it works!). I did have a Moonlit set for him but the result wasn't as good as the mis-matched(?) Lingering set... look, these past few months, I've been prioritising building resonators and weapons over echoes (only sometimes, when I have enough materials) so I've just recently started caring more about echoes. Which, on second thought, is kind of a blessing in disguise because we get Nightmare echoes in 2.0!

I might be in the minority here about this but I like it just fine. I like the stories (including the lore) in 1.x so it's just pretty much "business as usual" for me. To me, Zani is just the new Yangyang - both are characters that I once in a while fast-forward their dialogues (after reading them myself). I do like her JP voice but I was too curious about what's happening next lol. I'm not doing that much in my Fenn account (English voice playthrough) since I already know the story. 

Anyway, I don't get why people have to talk bad of 1.x's stories (even call it the beta version) and basically put 2.0 on a pedestal and worship it. [Speaking of that.. wow, I really read too many RoFan manhwa with evil saintesses/churches/temples because I'm already very suspicious of them from the start. Like, f*ck, I have no chill regarding this - especially after going to Penitent's End - I usually absolutely hate those in manhwa. I'm totally one who will go on the Pilgrim's Sail if I'm a Ragunnesi. Of course, I would still listen to their side of the story (I'm expecting some plot twists here so I'm excited~) but I'm forever looking at them with the eyes that say "You're suspicious as f*ck".] Hmm... actually, I don't really care if they hate 1.x... I guess I'm more bothered about WuWa content creators arrogantly generalising that all players hate 1.x.

On being able to skip to Rinascita instantly, I recommend against it. I think Rinascita is more enjoyable after experiencing 1.x but that's just my two cents (oh well).

Quite off-topic: Oh yeah, I realised you can just block accounts on Reddit and you won't see their posts or comments in subreddits... so I probably won't need to avoid r/WutheringWaves (like I did during Camellya's banner) when it's Zani's turn. I don't hate the characters (more towards neutral/indifferent really), I'm just not comfortable with some of the community's reactions to them.

Yinlin is a monster
In a good way, of course! Damn! I guess getting her finally paid off? Pairing her with Xiangli Yao is so, so good. Finally got the 5-star rectifier from the standard weapon banner. Explored Rinascita with her (to max out her intimacy level) with Rover & Shorekeeper. I managed to kill so many red enemies with her help (although sometimes I had to switch Rover out with Yao) - it was a blast! And I'm still in the middle of getting her better echoes (well, for now it's the nightmare version of Tempest Mephis). My point is: she's still great even with eh-good-enough echoes... gosh, I need to reconsider getting similar sub-DPS like her for my DPS resonators (yes I totally pull for her just for my Xiangli Yao :P). Zhezhi has to wait for another rerun... I'm completely out of astrites because of Carlotta.

This was about the Montelli family but for some reason it's relevant...?

As usual, don't really have much to say today. Oh! I did received my Kino order (that was cancelled and re-ordered)... which consisted of these two manga:

I'm going to commit to mood reading this year. 

Which is kind of a pity because Goodreads seems to have updated their reading challenge section...?

It looks like the reading challenges on Kindle (I guess they want to integrate these two more this year?)

(I'm still setting a goal this year but with a lesser number. Like, a "zero" less)

Ooooh I'm finally done with 2.0 main story quests for my main account. It ended with more questions (ahhh I'm so curious!!!). Now I'm going to do them slowly for my other accounts. So far, I'm having fun exploring Rinascita. It has a different vibe to it and the music is so nice!

Honestly, I'm not in the Zani camp (still not) but meeting her in the game was quite fun. She sounds like someone who takes off/rest day seriously :P... and she's so pretty! I love Roccia's voice (JP) and colour palette (lol). I wish I can get her but with my luck with sub DPS resonators... I don't know if I want to try. I might not even have enough astrites lol

Almost didn't post anything today but since it's going to be the first post for the year (and month), I thought I should drop in a for a little bit.

End of 2024 was... Eh... pretty much a meh mix of almost everything. I find myself busy with family matters and it has made me tired since Dec 30th. Yeah, this year started with me in tired, muscles-are-sore mode. SIGH. It is necessary "trouble", I suppose, so I'll just close one eye and let everything happen. 

My younger sister got engaged yesterday... so those were among the things I say necessary "trouble" (and I meant that trouble from the troublesome way). The ceremony was done at our church. Met some new people and long-time-no-see relatives... hugs & handshakes (THE HORROR!) here and there. Like seriously, who the f*ck was I yesterday??? I refuse to acknowledge that "social butterfly"(?) personality. Of course I kind off exaggerated but I was certainly more social than usual (unfortunately).

Returned home. Got into a sneezing fit (and the almost-sneeze pain). Pretty sure that's an allergic reaction... so tragically, my 2024 ended with me suffering from being in the state of sneezing and almost-sneezing. My nose & cheeks hurt from the sneezing.

And since I procrastinate so much, I couldn't finish some things I planned(?) because I had to be elsewhere. I say this without being grudgeful - just stating them as is. Firstly, had to cut down the amount of books I wanted to read last year to 30 books. It's an easy decision because reading has been slumping for months lol. I even plan to do less reading this year... so no more daily reading goals this year for me!

Secondly, I couldn't finish some of the events in Wuthering Waves (for my alternate accounts) because I was just too damn tired (and sneezy). I was dozing off in the middle of an Illusive Realm fight haha

Oh well.

2.0 coming tomorrow!

My WuWa updates are just these:

Main account is now UL80!
I just wanna put that here because it happened before 2.0 XD


Couldn't get Yinlin's signature weapon for my main account *sad sigh*... she'll have to make do with Jinzhou Keeper R5 for now (until I can get the 5-star rectifier from the standard weapon banner). Gosh, she's so mean to me these few weeks... it's enough to scare me from pulling on sub-DPS/hybrid resonators (because I lost 50/50 on all of their banners) in the future. Maybe my main account only has luck with DPS and support ones :(

Good news is, I can get Carlotta's signature weapon instead (because I was seriously near to getting one *sigh*). It should be good for my Aalto (and Chixia can borrow it when I start building her). Perfect timing because I was thinking of getting another Static Mist for them to share...

Oh yeah, as of today, I'm done with farming the monkey's rock fist... just in time for 2.0! It should be easier to level up to 90 now that I already got them readied for everyone that needs it (well I still need shell credits and resonator xp but that's a problem for future-me XD).

Lol this got longer than I intended it to be...

Time for another Wuthering Waves post!

*sigh* So. The lucky streak ended here lol. Can you believe it? I lost 50/50 both times on Yinlin's banner! Had to forgo the chance of getting another copy of Xiangli Yao. Haaah...

Crying in electro (T_T)

Amazingly, both my alternative accounts also lost their 50/50 lol... Both got Encore (new for the accounts), if I remember correctly. Then yesterday I tried again for my RuRu account and managed to get Yinlin (quite early?)... and her signature weapon(!). Gosh. I'm so jealous.

Tower of Adversity
Last ToA: 29/30. Found a new echo for Xiangli Yao and that made all the difference (apparently) because I actually cleared middle tower with full six crests!
 

Couldn't fully clear Crownless' floor in the right tower *sigh*

Level 90
After losing my 50/50 to Jianxin, I had a moment where I feel the need to have all my resonators be at Level 90. So I've been getting all the overlord bosses materials I need these past few weeks lol. As of today, I have the monkey's materials left to farm... 

And because of how hard it was to get Yinlin, I will focus on building her next. Fortunately, I'm done with maxing out Camellya's skills. I'll leave the echoes for last - I'll make do with what I have for now.

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...