18th

Here we go again~ 18th anniversary of my blog url!

Also, HAPPY NEW YEAR!

[Almost post a WuWa draft post but I held back :P... well I might still make a mention]

It's not even a week into 2026 yet and I feel like so many things have happened.

*loooooooooooong sigh*

Here are some updates, I guess...

Random anecdote of the day: I was in my room when something flew around... I thought it was a cockroach. Had a screaming session, as one can predict. Then it flew out after I open the door. Back to my room... and something flew around again. So... there were two of them! Screamed again. Grabbed my glasses cautiously and realised... it's a moth. 😅 And it's only that one moth. I thought I saw one flew out but it probably never did. The thing I thought is cockroach outside was just a shadow 😑🤣
Received a book via mail yesterday. [will update later]
Tiny WuWa Update: I... finally... did... the last few 1.0 main story quests for my backup speedrun account! No speedrunning this time because I want it recorded. Now my Rover there can be levelled to 90. I was stuck at Level 70 for so long because I can't find a good time/space to record (mostly because I'm out of space LOL). I say record, but it's just gameplay without my voice XD. I just want to look back it whenever I want.

Bonus: I also recorded Jiyan's companion quest~ It's best played freshly from finishing the 1.0 main story quest while you're still feeling the impact of war with the Threnodian.
I've been writing in my diary recently... The need to use [up] my pens (beginner-friendly fountain pens, gel pens etc) helps with that a bit. Use your stationery!

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Last but not least... *sigh*
I'll never get used to this but here we go haaah...

One of my uncles in Tawau passed away early this year. Why does that sound awkward? It was just last week! It's practically still New Year so it's a very surprising news when his daughter informed in the family Whatsapp group. I did first hear it from my parents because I rarely check my Whatsapp anymore. Doesn't lessen the effects of reading those messages.

He was.. is.. one of my favourite uncles. It's not like we're close or anything but he's easy to talk to. Friendly and always full of smiles.

Rest in Peace, Uncle Yohanis.

Time: 2026-01-06T23:37:00+08:00
Posted by RuYanda
Labels: # Wuthering Waves , 2026 posts , blog anniversary , Books , Death , Interest: Games , Life: Anecdotes , Online Shopping Bag

WuWa Talk: Lynae

Posted in: # Wuthering Waves | 2025 posts | blog images | Interest: Games | My Fangirl Side

What better way to end the year with another Wuthering Waves post?

Convene

I WON MY 50/50!!!

It's another red number but at least it's a win! As usual, I'll try getting her weapon but I have no high hopes.* [updates ⇊] I do have an extra Static Mist (it was Ciaccona's) so she's practically ready... I still need to build her though. Haven't prepared much because her materials are the new type ones. The most I can prepare is Dreamless' (her weekly boss materials) and even that is limited to three times per-week. Practically had to halt Buling's skill-maxing progress to give way to Lynae.

My backup-speedrun has all the luck apparently... I think I never updated about it before but yeah that account was lucky enough to have Cartethyia and her signature weapon from months before. And in the newest patch, I pulled for Ciaccona (guaranteed, I think) and got her signature weapon early. And it also has Chisa, so I actually have a team ready. Unbuilt, though. I haven't done any 2.x main stories which means they'll stay forever Level 40 as of now LOL. Well, I can max out their weapons at least.

*Chose to leave that in. Yeah... I did a 10-pull after drafting this post and I got her signature weapon early!!!

Finally a green number after so many reds...
WAIT... just realised this. Why is Zhezhi's signature weapon suddenly recorded at 1st pull??? It should've been 16th pull (proof here & here)... Lynae's is the earliest ever I've gotten in the featured weapon banner. Huh. I guess that's because the in-game records only store like the last 6 months... so since the ones before that aren't available anymore, it counted that as 1st pull lol... that's so weird.

Fantasies of the Thousand Gateways update

The latest update has removed the echo boxes (but we can claim twice of tacet field equivalent of the usual stuff)... which, honestly, is fine with me...? Seems like people are really mad on Reddit. I'm just here thinking "How did they know"? It has been a bit tiring and boring to farm those from there so I'm kind of glad they did it.

Nowadays I've been doing the fields more because I've surprisingly ran out of echoes from 1.x areas (and I need tuners!). I've gotten stricter with my echoes so I've 'recycled' many that had sub stats I'm not fond of. I just wish the fields give more Cost-1 but I guess it's easier to get them in the overworld. And that brings back to why I do fields more now because I just kill the common TD on the way to the tacet fields.

Also, let's face it, the echo boxes stopped being relevant since the introduction of echo nests. Of course, it's the best way to prevent from getting over 3000 echoes in my backpack but at the end of the day... no use hoarding them if the sub stats going to be bad anyway. Definitely not easy to find the best one but one can start from just levelling up to 10/15 and recycle if there's no crit rate/damage stat. Don't even bother going to full Level 25.

Anyway, it seems like they also buffed Scar in the extra last boss stage...? He now has three stages (if I'm not mistaken)—two normal Scar stages + one Goat Scar stage. It's not easy to defeat him now so you can enjoy longer fight with your overpowered team :P

3.0 so far...

Oooh I like it just right. Sci-Fi vibes ♥

I had qualms about the school environment but that part is like, practically, lore. It's not like I have to go to classes XD (apparently you can enter the classes but I'm usually outside exploring lol; maybe there'll be quests later but since I haven't finish them I don't know for now). And I get it why the main story quests are kinda mixed with companion quests. Some people don't like it but I do. You won't get that much character lore if you're in a companion quest. They can show more in a main story quest and there's probably no limit (if needed). I do think it's possible to make a separate companion quest too which will focus on the more minor lore kind of thing. It does feel a bit weird that people is reacting like it's a recent thing. I think they've always have been "integrating" such stories in a main story quest since 1.x. I notice that it's usually, again, when the character lore is largely related to the main story. It just happen that there are a lot of them at the end of 2.x.

And again I repeat it here: To me, the big main story, has always been Rover getting to know about herself. That's the biggest mystery! The others are just side quests. It will always be Rover, Rover, Rover for me.

Anyway... what else... Oh yeah. I find Lynae's wish to stay in the academy a pure and endearing wish (considering her background). She just wanted to stay in school to learn and socialize with friends 😭—she loved being a student there, so I'm glad with that ending. The voidworm fight was super cool... it brought me back to those little moments of fighting Thresher Maw but only this time with a cooler-looking giant worm.

Motorbike

This is so fun! Didn't think much of it in the beginning but it's really a fun way to do exploration in Lahai-Roi. And the radio station feature is so good too. It gives you reason to just ride the bike so that you can listen to the music XD

Luuk's JP voice

My seiyuu-guessing game is kinda rusty but I think that's... Tachibana Shinnosuke??? The JP account hasn't posted anything about it and nothing from the seiyuu's side but people also think it's him on Reddit. It would be great if it's confirmed soon.

Time: 2025-12-31T11:38:00+08:00
Posted by RuYanda
Labels: # Wuthering Waves , 2025 posts , blog images , Interest: Games , My Fangirl Side

Revisiting

Posted in: 2025 posts | Life: Anecdotes

This topic has came up again recently—diary.

Well, it will be more of a minor update...

My 2018-Now Diary is Still a Thing

I mentioned this particular diary in a 2021 post and fortunately/unfortunately it's still usable. There are so many blank pages left. I seem to have added a few more entries in 2021–2023 (after that post; mostly near the end of year XD)... the most funny and sad one was in 2024. I probably was supposed to be extra excited about doing it for 2024 since I even made a "2024 cover". It's more like a two-page spread of just stickers and the number 2024 on it... but no entries at all after that. So sad-looking :P. Then I returned to it this year, and [always] in December... and kind of decided I'll write something again. Why is it always in December?

Anyway... there are a couple of things I would continue to do in the future regarding the diary. I really like using the date stamp (with red ink) so maybe I'll try looking for ones with its stamp pad ready on Shopee later. And stickers! The diary is the perfect place to use stickers! It's nice to see them when I'm rereading old entries.

Though I can't say for sure that I'll write in it more frequently next year but I will want to try.

Time: 2025-12-29T14:34:00+08:00
Posted by RuYanda
Labels: 2025 posts , Life: Anecdotes

#SpotifyWrapped

Posted this quite late this year lol

Unfortunately, I don't have Youtube Recap... Maybe it will be out much later or maybe not... Nothing interesting for my LibraryThing's "Year in Review". I definitely purchased more books than read them lol.

Spotify Wrapped

Honestly? Just the usual stuff really.

Also, isn't it amazing how every year I tell myself I'll listen more and I ended up doing the opposite...?

Not exactly my age but pretty close, I guess XD. Don't really get what's popular nowadays so I prefer to stick to the ones I'm familiar with.

So we finally get the exact place this year XD

Ohno made it to the Top 5 this year XD... I do have an Ohno-centric playlist (which of course included his solo/unit songs) which I indulge in from time to time.

Ooh the only new song here is "Against the Tides". First heard it on the video "Dawn Arrives" (which is a WuWa story cinematics that I consider have completely overshadowed Cartethyia's resonator showcase :P). Very haunting song.

It's a bit surprising to see an Ura Ura Best album on the top but it's a very me move I guess XD

Mini WuWa Talk

OMG I barely made it...

...and I forgot to screenshot the convene result again so here's Phrolova with her signature weapon at Level 1 (LOL)

That's too close (like 1+ days left) to the 3.0 update day on Dec 25th... (T_T)

Time: 2025-12-24T02:02:00+08:00
Posted by RuYanda
Labels: # Wuthering Waves , 2025 posts , blog images , Interest: Games , LibraryThing , Spotify

WuWa Talk: The List

We'll start this post with something random I want to list out...

Reasons I convene:

Male resonators :P
They buff resonators (usually male) I like including [my dear] Rover ♥
Healers and/or shield providers
Havoc - Honestly? This is somewhat related to Rover's attributes... so there are a bit of Spectro and Aero biases too lol
I like their gameplay
I like the resonator after playing stories that feature them
Weirdly, I have a soft spot for resonators that use swords or guns... most probably because I mainly used them in Skyrim (erm... bows). Well... it's guns galore in Mass Effect (personal favourite is the Black Widow, yes, I'm the sniper type) :P
Not exactly a must, but I usually want to get resonators of sentinels
Not always, but sometimes because of the seiyuu or voice actors/actresses

Of course, I'm a perfectionist so I wish I could get everyone for my main account but that's not plausible XD. I have alternate accounts that will pull for those I can't get in my main account so I kind of get that covered (I guess)...

Convene

I finally got Phrolova (well, guaranteed)... for my Heavy ATK resonators XD~

Got her to Level 90 and all skills maxed out on Day 1—I was so prepared I even had her echoes all ready to go. Used her in the current ToA's middle tower straight away and finally got full 36/36 crests for the latest ToA. I was hoping she would help in the last two floors and I wasn't left disappointed. I do wish to get her signature weapon but with my recent red numbers record, I probably shouldn't expect much. She's stuck with Augment (at least it's R5) for now. I do have Stringmaster but I'm not really a fan of sharing weapons so I guess that can be an emergency option later on (Yes, I still use Yinlin sometimes)... Augment seems to work just fine for her.

Phrolova joins the red number club XD...
Oh yeah, losing 50/50 doesn't hurt that much when it happens early (T_T)

Fortunately, along the way, I managed to get Buling (only one copy though)... I only got her boss ascension materials ready so for now I can only get her to Level 90... Honestly, I was half-half on whether I could get her because for some reason, whenever you're aiming for 4-stars, it will be very hard to get. I did some pulls in my alternate accounts but none have gotten Buling yet.

I also pulled for Phrolova on my speedrun husbando account because why not? I have Qiuyuan S1 there. Got pretty lucky in getting her signature weapon early... so it's back to hoarding astrites for Luuk XD

3.0 Preview Livestream

I'm low-key excited for the new area! It's very sci-fi themed and it makes the Mass Effect fan in me happy. One of the quest (exploration, I think?) also sounds like it's inspired by Death Stranding (haven't played it yet but I've seen other people's playthroughs).

Hmmm... It's worrying that Iuno is one of the rerun banners but I'm going to pull for Lynae first. Then her signature weapon, if possible. Lynae's JP seiyuu is Inoue Marina (she voiced Kyoko in Skip Beat! anime) so that made me more motivated XD. I always forget that she's in PGR (Vera) too lol. Gosh... dare I hope that they'll get Konishi Katsuyuki too in the future?

I do have interest in Mornye but I've decided that I'll try getting her next time. Might have to skip Iuno if Luuk is coming in 3.1...

Time: 2025-12-15T03:32:00+08:00
Posted by RuYanda
Labels: # Mass Effect , # Punishing: Gray Raven , # Skip Beat! , # Wuthering Waves , 2025 posts , blog images , Interest: Games , My Fangirl Side , Seiyuu Love

A No-Sleep Post in November

Here I am again.

Uh-huh. No water supply during the weekend (back to normal today). Had to take a raven's bath yesterday (either that or no bath at all lol).

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Received a book in the mail last Nov 13th. Hanna Alkaf's "The Hysterical Girls of St. Bernadette's". It is kind of... a compulsive purchase so I'll try to read it as soon as possible :P

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Mini WuWa Talk

2.8 Main Story

It's okay, I guess. Very reminiscent of Phrolova's patch and Cantarella's companion quest combined. Quite fanservicy, in my opinion, but for Chisa fans and surprisingly, anime fans..? It's a bit of a me problem: I just recently recovered from my anime-watching slump so I'm still kind of sensitive to things that could bring me back to the slump (T_T).

BUT we get some Rover lore in the end so I'm very satisfied! I can't wait to get to the next area (Lahai-Roi)!

Convene

Wasn't planning to pull for Chisa but I find her gameplay quite fun so I decided to go for it. Unfortunately, I got another copy of Jianxin (now she's S2)... & I'm fine with this result. Next time!

*gosh my wishlist just gets longer and longer lol*

I'm going to keep the guarantee for Phrolova~

My backup-speedrun account got her (guaranteed) but in the same 10-pull, I managed to also lose my 50/50... so I guess it's another guarantee for whatever future banner I will pull. I decided to get her for this account because I wasn't confident that my Fenn account will be able to. I was proven wrong lol because that account won the 50/50 lol... Good thing is I think I can do the 2.8 main stories without finishing Rinascita's...? (haven't tried it yet though) So I should be able to level her up to Level 90.

Time: 2025-11-24T09:14:00+08:00
Posted by RuYanda
Labels: # Wuthering Waves , 2025 posts , Books , In Zombie Mode , Interest: Games , Need to Get This Out of My Chest , Online Shopping Bag , Our Water Woes , What is Sleep Anyway?

WuWa Talk: A Pre-2.8 Post

Gahh... forgot to post this before 2.8 is out (today)!

I had this draft from early October so I'll just leave this here XD

Super random stuff: So... I found on Reddit that there's a bird named Phoebe, so that prompted me to look for others.

There is Charlotte's bulbul (which is Bulbul de Carlota in Spanish—I think that is close enough to Carlotta's name)
Didn't find any Roccia though but Google suggested me Roc, a legendary bird of prey in Middle Eastern mythology. There's also a bird genus called Rukia..
There's Brant Goose...
... and Eastern Phoebe
No Zani but there's the Zanni mask that's bird-like (it's like the plague doctor mask)... so bird-related again.
One of the subspecies of Eurasian Skylark is cantarella

I know it's far-fetched, but I'm amused that the names of the featured resonators in the beginning of 2.x (until 2.2) seem to be related to birds... very interesting.

Back to present...

Convene

I tried getting Iuno for my main account but no luck. Fenn account has her but no Augusta XD so I had to arrange the team creatively. At the end of the day, as long as any of my alternate accounts have a resonator that my main account don't, I can count that as I "have" them. So far, I haven't missed anyone.

Then continued to Galbrena's banner (gosh I really wanted her after I did the main story) but alas... Encore S2 appeared. At 72nd pull. So mean (T_T). *sigh* Then I had to keep the guaranteed 5-star for Qiuyuan. Oh well. Next time, I guess.

BTW, 56th for Qiuyuan? Progress. I think.

I waited until I got his signature weapon to include it in this post. And I got it at 69th pull... *I'm so tired* It has been three reds back-to-back for the weapons (T_T)

My Ruru account did managed to get Galbrena (with her weapon)... but that account couldn't afford Qiuyuan XD. My speedrun-husbando account of course got Qiuyuan (and his signature weapon). I used one weapon pull in my Fenn account and managed to get his weapon LOL. What luck!... indeed. I guess I'll get him next time in that account :P

Team Not-Enough-Tuners

I'm officially out of tuners~! Now I don't have to worry much about my echo XPs anymore because that will build up in my backpack. I guess this is the true Tacet field grinding.. oh wait, I might do more of the weekly one (Fantasies of the Thousand Gateways) just because I don't want to fill up my echoes inventory again XD

2.7 Main Story

True story. Doing the whole Rinascita finale gave me Gamer's Elbow LOL. I was so locked in because I needed to know the ending. Fortunately it wasn't as bad as that one time I was too immersed into playing ME3 Multiplayer—that time I had very weak grip and I can feel lingering pain the whole time I had it. It was on my dominant hand/arm too. Started using vertical mouse since then.

Anyway... can't really say that I remember much of it, I feel like I'm still digesting the story XD. Avidius was memorable! Nah, I still don't hate Cristoforo that much. I love the final fight with everyone... that Fenrico (and the past Primuses, I guess) scene was great too. BTW I don't think of it as his redemption (it's more like fulfilling his duty from beyond). Sigh... sometimes I can't help but think that Rinascita arc is full of tragedies. It's probably partly due to having more Threnodian influence.

But, hey, I do like an ending where everyone in Ragunna can be depressed(?) with me about Imperator. I seriously thought no one will know about Imperator so I love that we see a conclusion(?) to that.

Rover Lore Drop

Damn! It's just a brief scene but I super love it! I guess it's more like Abby's lore...?

The last speech by Fractsidus in the end sounds like another hint to Rover's relation(?) with them.

I'm not sure if it's reincarnation, regression or alternate world kind of thing but there's the lingering idea of having multiple lives throughout the world of Wuthering Waves. This is why Camellya's companion quest is one of my favourites because it showed that it's possible(?). Maybe, in one of those worlds or lives, Rover helped the creation/development of Fractsidus... as one of the possible solutions to her mission. Oooh I think if they ever make their lore/backstory as part of the main story it would be a major flashback kind of thing. If it's a flashback, they are free to make Rover as evil as needed... that would be exciting to see!

And I also feel like making the civilisation less dependent on Sentinels is a running(?) theme. Because with their presences, we also have their opposite equivalent: Threnodians. They both exist together. If you remove one, you remove the other too.

The But Part

It's all nice and great but again, I feel the same as before. 1.x main stories (yes, including 1.0!) are already great for me... so the whole 2.x main stories being good are just "business as usual" for me. It is as I expected them to do. Yes, there are some patches that I might like more than the others but they all pretty much got high scores from me.

Maybe it's because I'm looking at this in a very eccentric way: The whole thing so far is just Rover's big main story... The big main story is about we getting to know Rover's past... whatever Rover do to help the people is merely side main stories.

I WANT MORE ROVER

I also love getting to know the world & history so I do hope they'll go into more about Black Shores... and Court of Savantae.

2.8 Preview Livestream

Honestly? I'm looking forward to a cozy patch! Last year they had Illusive Realm in 1.4 and I actually couldn't finish them for my alternate accounts. End of year is usually a busy time so I'm hoping it won't be too heavy this year. Apparently there are those who complained about lack of combat events and here I am feeling glad because I've filtered out those content creators :P.. If I don't see it, I'll just pretend that it doesn't exist.

Time: 2025-11-20T15:24:00+08:00
Posted by RuYanda
Labels: # Wuthering Waves , 2025 posts , blog images , Interest: Games , My Fangirl Side , Need to Get This Out of My Chest

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