FINALLY

Posted in: 2026 posts | blog images | Goodreads

I've seen a post about it on Reddit few days ago (& I guess it's officially up now?)...

The last time I blogged about GR was way back in February about them finally having an official DNF shelf. I mentioned (kind off) a bit about this half-star thing and honestly I wasn't hoping much—since they had no plans on doing it in the past— but then... I guess they had a change of mind. Someone mentioned on r/books that maybe GR finally felt the need because people are leaving GR to move to other reading tracker sites.

Anyway. I was so, so, SO ready for this!

Look, I have these shelves for books I gave such ratings to.

I didn't expect them to do quarters too but I did have them ready as well. The 4.8 stars rating will have to settle with being 4.75. That's as close as it can be.

I haven't updated my books ratings yet as of now because I want to blog about it before I forget lol. And I think it's good to let it sit for a few days first for any probable bugs before I go do a massive editing on the ratings.

Edit around 11pm same day:

As expected, at this time, I can't use the desktop version to edit the ratings. But I can do that in the mobile app.
As consideration for other people's feeds: Please turn this off in Account Settings > Feeds (of course, you can turn it on back later)
Unselect "Add a book to your shelves"

I usually have all of them selected (and you have the option to not add to the feed if you edit the rating on desktop) but since I'm doing it on the app, I had to turn this option off. This helps to not fill up other people's feeds on GR. At first, I thought it's the last option ("new status") but apparently editing is considered "adding" a book to shelves. Yes, you can delete manually later but I don't really wanna do that when I have over 100 book ratings to be edited...
Overall, the whole editing process is pretty fast. I can do it on my phone while I watch something on Youtube. Especially helpful that I already have them tagged/shelved properly for easy editing later.

Time: 2026-10-07T07:34:00+08:00
Posted by RuYanda
Labels: 2026 posts , blog images , Goodreads

WuWa Talk: Leftovers - Part 2

Part 1 is here.

This post is full of spoilers.

Thoughts on Story So Far
Honestly, it feels like I'm so behind a lot of things so I guess I'll just write down what I can recall.

3.3

I was honestly worried with how it started... like how would they leave it up to Rover easily??? Who is Rover anyway??? I love her as a main character but I can still play devil's advocate when needed. But that got easily solved with Mr Chase somehow knowing who she was.
The first scene Rover getting to Exostrider was so cool. I love every scene with Exostrider really. And when he(?) started talking, I just love him even more.
Was pretty neutral towards Hiyuki (her playing style does look fun)... but I fell in love with her sister, Gyokuro instantly. I love her design! Why do I always look at the ones that has left or leaving, WHY??? I've decided to get Hiyuki next time (well, not during the recent rerun because.. I couldn't spare any astrites) just because she's related to Gyokuro. Partially also because I need a Glacio Chafe DPS.
I love Denia's segue but I couldn't understand the sadness other players have around it. It seems like I'm a heartless b*tch (which I won't deny because I can be one at times) for not doing what almost everyone is feeling(?). From my experience of reading and watching stories my whole life, it was inevitable that she has to leave that way. If she stays with the others, she will surely die. And I think we've seen enough hints/foreshadowing that she'll return one day (even if one of the ways will be through that annoying Grand Architect). I almost feel like that time with Phrolova. There was a hint that clearly stated that Phrolova's still alive... why would you be surprised/mad that she returned in 2.7???
Anyway... I love and hate that horror interlude :P. It made Nivora so annoying for me.

3.4

The collab patch. I did try watching the anime (ep 1) but I never got back to it. Honestly, I'm not sure if it's my kind of anime... (I still might watch it one day) but the reality is.. Yes. I played the whole thing without knowing anything about the anime and game. Interestingly, you can do that and still enjoy the collab story. They gave enough context and spoilers that I can just treat the anime as the prequel if I have to.
Oh yeah, I cried. The grief was too real. I don't understand why some people says "How does Cyberpunk even fits into Wuthering Waves world~~~?" It fits just perfectly. It really just shows that you haven't been playing WuWa. And that's fine and all but... that can't stop me from looking at you sceptically.
And there are still plenty of moments I can appreciate Rover

Third-wheeling lol
I love Lucilla's segue. It's nice that they addressed the aftermath of the Exostrider going missing. Also, it's another reminder how "For Science!"-hardcore that place is.

3.5

Super happy to see Xiangli Yao and the others again lol
I love the sibling dynamics between Yangyang & Suisui
It's like being back to early days of 1.x. I love that they lean more into how unpeaceful the real world still is because I really think most players forget that it's a post-apocalyptic world. People are mad that Rover left Aemeath because of work like I'm sorry? If all the soldiers follow their feelings during war surely there will be no more country to protect. Seriously, are you for real? I really hope they keep reminding us that it's not a peaceful era.. I'm guessing we'll get a lot of that in New Federation and I look forward to that!
I'm happy that 1.0 haters/naysayers got their wanted(?) redemption(I'm not sure if I use this correctly?) for old times during this patch but honestly I, a 1.0 story lover, couldn't really feel the same. I love the way they handle the characters (their growth and the worldbuilding) but... I have mixed feelings on how they resolve the ending. It honestly feels a bit cringe to somewhat re-use the similar "people are united in this fight" which I just experience two patches ago. Maybe it's too early or something? Or maybe I'm just mixing up two things that are supposed to be different?
Also glad to see daily quests that involve characters I know but at what cost?

Love this scene!

3.6

I love getting to know Qingxiao! She's almost like Rover's contemporary with how she's an old soul even though surely Rover is older than her lol. I love how she's basically a Rover fan. It feels a bit awkward but I also like that she becomes Rover's master (shifu I think, it's not the kinky thing you're thinking about)
Muyu seems like a villain that overstay their welcome but I guess it's a change of flavour from the usual Fractsidus (I mean he did work with them)
Yeah... at what cost indeed. It didn't occur to me at first during 3.5 but I'm kinda sad that they've shorten the segue stories...! It probably means the characters will appear in other ways like through events and daily quests (apparently)... and probably future main stories too buuuut.... I wanted to spend more time with Jingran 😭.. I mean I guess I kinda get what they want to do (there's a Qiuyuan cameo too!). Like spread out their appearances throughout a few stories/arcs maybe but it's still so saddening.
This just makes me "hug" my favourite character more tightly because at least I can see Rover in every patches... (although it's not certain in the future... I feel like there's enough foreshadowing that kinda hints Rover will sacrifice herself for everyone... or maybe she already did and it had something to do with her memory loss. Don't get me wrong, that would be a hell of a story and I don't mind it but I can't imagine the game without Rover...)

Thoughts on upcoming 3.7

I cried watching Hsin's resonator showcase. Opposite to Cartethyia's, I love the showcase more than the cinematic short. Cartethyia's resonator showcase was totally overshadowed by that epic cinematic short. Anyway, I cried because it seems to confirm the few things I had suspicions on since 3.5. Hsin's powers are weakening. Although there are some other confusing stuff put forward in the showcase too. And of course it made me think of if that's what's happening to Rover too... hmmm. (Yes I will always try to find a Rover link to the lore lol)

Is Hsin dying? It's probably a very big deal if that's going to happen. Can I hope for some lore about Sentinels and Threnodians? Sometimes I feel like Threnodians were Sentinels... like fallen or corrupted Sentinels? Sentinels that have gone mad or insane. The idea that both have to co-exist from 2.x also makes it feel like one is the predecessor of the other...

Other than that... I'm so, so happy we get to re-play 1.2! FINALLY! Now everyone can experience it! I'm looking forward to replaying 1.2... I need to record everything!

And the echo-stacking feature is so clever! Now I don't have to worry about farming tuners anymore... I also need to do some exploration to "load" my shader cache back because I've cleared it once and I still get some stutters at places I haven't been to for a long time.

Time: 2026-09-30T10:14:00+08:00
Posted by RuYanda
Labels: # Wuthering Waves , 2026 posts , blog images , Interest: Games , My Fangirl Side , Need to Get This Out of My Chest

WuWa Talk: Leftovers

Posted in: # Wuthering Waves | 2026 posts | blog images | Interest: Games | My Fangirl Side

Just in case explanation(?) is needed. It's "Leftovers" (affectionate). In this blog, this usually have a neutral meaning. I use it often in posts where I talk about things from the past but I still want/need to blog about.

Oof. Last WuWa post update was from 3.2. So many things had happened since then.

Convene

The state of my main account is basically this:

3.3 - Finally getting Mornye & her signature weapon. Denia.

3.4 - Lucy. Free Rebecca. Lucilla(!)...& her signature weapon.

3.5 - Yangyang: Xuanling & her signature weapon(!).

3.6 - Qingxiao(!) & Jingran⇊(!). Denia's signature weapon.

The exclamation mark means it was a surprise. Lucilla was... I was just doing a few pulls to make the count to 15 and there she was. It's a won 50/50. I also won my 50/50 for Yangyang: Xuanling; and got her weapon quite early (30ish). Qingxiao & Jingran were quite a surprise because I also won my 50/50 for their banners.

That's like four wins back to back. In the current patch (3.6), I was so ready to [hopefully] lose my 50/50 to an S6 Jianxin. Yes... I lost to her during Denia's banner. It's so funny that I lost to Jianxin for Aemeath & Sigrika's banners too. Anyway. With those wins, I think I'll be fine if I lose my 50/50 for Hsin.

Oh yeah, I lost my 50/50 to Verina during Lucy's banner. I guess my S3 Verina just became a stronger healer lol.

⇊ Last minute update --- I managed to get Jingran's signature weapon! Crazy luck! Like less than 2 hours before the banners end!

30th pull.. so early-ish.

I'm so happy!

Alternate accounts:
Rough updates because I don't remember much lol... I'll just mention in future posts if I do forget anyone.

Fenn - Suisui
RuRu - Lynae & her weapon, Hiyuki's signature weapon, Lucilla, Hiyuki (rerun)

Speedrun-Husbando - Denia & her weapon, Luuk's S1, Jingran & his weapon

Backup Speedrun - Hiyuki & her weapon, Lynae, Suisui

*Of course, all accounts have free Rebecca.

And... lol my RuRu account finally lost to Lingyang after over two years not having him in the account. Luckily, guaranteed Hiyuki was early.

Random rant: I skipped doing 2.x to get to Lahai-Roi for my Speedrun-Husbando account and let me tell you, the summary they gave for 2.x was full of spoilers! Damn. Surely that feature is functionally only useful for people who already done the whole thing?! I wouldn't skip those if I haven't done them! I do understand there are story skippers but seriously... damn! Crazy stuff! If only these skippers aren't so loud about bad stories and non-existent lore/worldbuilding... like WTF are you high on when you skip the whole thing? Did you forget your brain somewhere?

Other Stuff

Honestly I'm not sure what to include (damn I really didn't update anything for so long) so... I'll start with some snippets from the last WuWa post I did:

Anyway, Sigrika needs new BFFs, seriously.

Eh... Denia is alright. I had fun getting to know her and kinda came to love her personality.

I don't think I've seen enough of Denia to want to pull for her but I'm considering it... since I like her colour palette.

Well, the segue in 3.3 remedied that. And I did pull on her banner. Although part of it was because she's part of Luuk's team XD. Was only able to get her signature weapon during the the first rerun.

I have Sovereign left, I think? Unfortunately, I'm not used to his attack patterns yet.

Good news, I did it with my SK-Qiuyuan-Galbrena team! I'm now stuck with the ones in newer areas. I managed to finish Difficulty 6 for some of them... but...

Lahai-Roi's

Mengzhou's

Oh yeah, there was another Virtual Crisis combat event and unfortunately the highest I could get is 130.

It should had been "easier" to get the full 160 stress level because they added this mechanic where if you can survive for 5 minutes, your team gets super-buffed. It was probably to prevent people spending too long in a fight lol but yeah... I've seen mixed reactions to it. I got lazy so I just did as much as I could... and honestly, I never recovered from my elbow pain in 2.7 so I take what I can get. I had to forgo doing the weekly "Fantasies of the Thousand Gateways" nowadays for my alternate accounts (when I'm in mood, I do the alternate weekly task instead because I can use a controller for that). Sometimes, even the seasonal stuff (Tower of Adversity, Whimpering Wastes and the new-ish Endstate Matrix) can get too taxing lol. I've had days where I couldn't score full 36 crests in ToA and get at least S in WhiWa.

Electro Rover

I'm still low-key obsessed with my Rover XD. ERover might be my next favourite after HRover. I can't get enough of that four-attribute attacks! The crossbow-like weapon! And look how cool she is in 3.5! I. LOVE. HER.

As usual, I completely maxed her skills out. I even decided to get the shortcut ~~bundle~~ for the weekly boss materials because I can't stand fighting Denia anymore lol. It probably didn't help that [the free] Rebecca's weekly boss is her. I even had to face her in my other accounts for so many weeks, just leave me alone already omg 😭...

I was actually about to add my supposedly brief thoughts on the story from patches 3.3 to 3.6 but realised there's no way this will be short. Had to make a separate post lol.

Anyway, Part 2 is here.

Time: 2026-09-30T09:28:00+08:00
Posted by RuYanda
Labels: # Wuthering Waves , 2026 posts , blog images , Interest: Games , My Fangirl Side

I'm Here!

Posted in: 1st post | 2026 posts | Birthday

Practically had to drag myself to post this lol

Well, I'm here! Haven't been posting since *let me check*.. April?!!

Huh.

My official(?) reason is that I'm still socially exhausted from events in May but it has been months since then so at this point, I don't really know and want to explain more.

But hey~...! Maybe I'll get in more blogging mood this month (birthday month, let's go!) so let's wait and see, I guess?
Unfortunately most of them might be Wuthering Waves related lol (well, it's not like I have much to say really but surely it would be lengthy... I'm like four patches behind regarding my account updates)

Ooops sorry it doesn't sound much like a celebratory post but that's how it is. Everything is low-key–this post and today–and I like it that way.

Time: 2026-09-01T22:49:00+08:00
Posted by RuYanda
Labels: 1st post , 2026 posts , Birthday

WuWa Talk: Sigrika

Posted in: # Wuthering Waves | 2026 posts | blog images | Interest: Games

Damn... my last post was in March 19th!

Well. Here we are. It's already the second phase of 3.2.

Convene
I lost my 50/50 to Jianxin.
Now she's S4... (kind of looking forward to S6 lol)

BUT... I got guaranteed Sigrika early so that worked out pretty good. I did try getting her weapon but no dice. She'll have to make do with whatever I have in my backpack for now.

I'm so unprepared with Sigrika because I wasn't sure if I can get her or not. I did have a few of the boss ascension materials. Didn't even have a usable echo set for her lol. But there's enough time. After I max out Luuk's intimacy level (though this team might stick around longer since I've recently added Buling, and Luuk's gameplay is fun XD), I still have to do a Galbrena team... so I can take my time to built her echo set. *sigh* My tuners keep running out XD... I have to get back to Tacet Fields now because I've only been doing the forgery materials lately

Fortunately, I was very lucky with my 4-stars! I got my Buling to S5 (one more!). Interestingly, one of her copy was from when I did the convene for standard weapons...

My other accounts weren't as lucky with the convenes but... I did manage to get Qiuyuan for my Fenn account (since that account has his signature weapon lol).

For the second phase, my backup speedrun account won the 50/50 again with Lynae. And I'm trying to get Lynae for my Ruru account that has both Aemeath and Mornye.

Other stuff

3.2 story is okay, I guess. Honestly though, it's very relatable... and I'm glad I'm not in that position/place anymore. It is a phase one has to go through in life (I would argue it's something akin to a rite of passage). Anyway, Sigrika needs new BFFs, seriously.

I don't think I've seen enough of Denia to want to pull for her but I'm considering it... since I like her colour palette. But I might change my plans depending on when the collab thing is happening.

Oh yeah.. I made a small progress with one of the holograms in Rinascita. Finished Difficulty 6 for Arsinosa. She's actually kind of fun to fight but you have to be good with the timings for counter-attacks (there are so many of chances which makes it really fun). I have Sovereign left, I think? Unfortunately, I'm not used to his attack patterns yet.

The rhythm game isn't that easy... I think it's easier to play with a controller though. Good thing is the scoring system is pretty lenient/forgiving so I only aim to get enough for the rewards...

Time: 2026-04-10T19:35:00+08:00
Posted by RuYanda
Labels: # Wuthering Waves , 2026 posts , blog images , Interest: Games

The Waiting Post

Posted in: # Wuthering Waves | 2026 posts | blog images | Books | Online Shopping Bag

Hey, it's the semi-obligatory waiting-for-maintenance-to-end post lol

Books

I have an RM50 Popular voucher and wanted to get "Strange Buildings" in the local Popular stores but... I couldn't find it at all. I even went to three branches (Suria, City Mall, Imago). I guess their stock ran out or maybe the books aren't here yet... So I ended up getting the book from their store on Shopee. Of course, I couldn't use the voucher there. *sigh* I'll probably get something else (locally) next time since the voucher expires in May.

Received it two days ago

PC Monitor

Had a monitor crisis(?) that fortunately got solved before the new patch arrives. I'm grateful that the local PC Image store has the one I wanted in stock! I don't really want to buy it online because I'm paranoid and the shipping is expensive/takes too long.

Had to take this photo using phone because it's really a monitor issue. It will not show up if I just take a screenshot locally. It probably could mess up with my sight (or head?) if I use it longer than the few days I went through...

Now I'm still getting used to the new monitor resolution and settings... including getting used to that "fish-eye" effect that apparently is something that can happen after switching from a curved monitor to a flat one. Read on Reddit that it will go away after some time (one said it took them a week, while another one took a month).

It's such a weird thing! I guess the only thing to do is getting used to it by constantly using it (I don't really get headaches or eye strain, at least for now). But it's really a very strange experience! After getting used to it today, it goes back to that fish-eye effect the next day... like my eyes got reset overnight lol

Mini WuWa Talk - 3.2 Preview Livestream

Yeah... still the same "Eh, not feeling it" about Sigrika. The feelings will change, surely(?), after I finish her related story. Don't get me wrong, I'll totally do some convenes. I know it's not good to aim for 4-star BUT hear me out, did you see? Buling is there! I need to get some copies of her!

Anyways. I do feel like the next patch is for me... those puzzles and mini(?) games lol.. ME. Oh, and rhythm game? Excuse me? It doesn't look as complex as the ones I'm used to (which is just UtaPri stuff, for a recent example) but I'll take it! I don't play many of them but I love rhythm games!

Time: 2026-03-19T09:35:00+08:00
Posted by RuYanda
Labels: # Wuthering Waves , 2026 posts , blog images , Books , Online Shopping Bag

WuWa Talk: Luuk Luck

Posted in: # Wuthering Waves | 2026 posts | blog images | Interest: Games | My Fangirl Side

Posting this before the 3.2 preview livestream tonight~!

Convene

Since I had the astrites to spare after getting Luuk and his signature weapon, I decided to pull for Galbrena... Honestly, wasn't really expecting to win my 50/50 but I'm glad I did :P

...and I also went for her signature weapon. 75th pull, but can't really be mad with that especially after getting 3 greens before :D

*sigh* It balanced out...

Meanwhile, the Luuk luck(?) continues in my backup-speedrun account:

Well, Luuk was a guaranteed 5-star but getting two copies of his signature weapon was a complete surprise XD

NVIDIA

Had major problems (it was so hard to move around in WuWa) with their latest driver update (the 595.x ones) and had to go back to 591.71. I actually even went far to get the hotfix but that didn't help. This is the first time ever I'm using DDU to remove the installed problematic update so that I can re-install an older version. Fortunately, it all went smoothly without problems.

Luuk

I love Qiuyuan's segue arc so I was expecting something similar but what I got was a bit different. Still fun to play though. Unfortunately not so Rover-lore heavy as I wished (well, we get something about their friendship though so it's fine) but I'm happy for those Fractsidus lore. I feel like there are a lot of foreshadowing for future patches: The mention of New Federation and Mengzhou... and some new [code] names from the Fractsidus side...?

"Hydra"
I wonder if the red colour means that person is a fusion resonator?
"Siren"
Spectro?
"Zashiki-warashi"
Aero???
Eris (might be an NPC for future plot?)
Christoforo's codename is Arachnos... so spider-related? (Or other arachnids like scorpion?)

Also, I love that we get to see what he sees around him:

Anyway... so Court of Savantae and Mengzhou... can I wish for a Xiangli Yao cameo please????? It's so sad to see new players not knowing about him because his story is a limited-time event. I half suspect that they are reluctant to bring back that event because they might be expected to give another free copy of him/or another character. But they really don't have to do that, those who chose to stay got rewarded so I think it's fair... they do have to revive that event though, I don't mind doing it again if given the option... (gah, I love him!) And I guess it doesn't hurt to rerun his banner too if they ever revive/rerun the event again.

So... what to expect in the next patch...? Hmmm.. I think it would be similar to 1.2 where there's an ongoing event (school cultural festival or something? If I remember correctly, I see something similar mentioned around the academy) and we'll get some mini quests like before. Maybe Sigrika's story will be a companion quest that is tied to the event like Zhezhi's...? Or it could just be like Phoebe's where we do the fishing event with her after doing that exploration quest (which also featured her).

I have a favourable first impression for Sigrika but I'm not sure if I'll be pulling for her... the short scenes I saw of her don't really make me want to lol. And I'm out of astrites really. And when is collaboration happening? I need to save for that (I want one copy for the character(s) because they probably won't rerun ever again).

Time: 2026-03-13T17:00:00+08:00
Posted by RuYanda
Labels: # Wuthering Waves , 2026 posts , blog images , Interest: Games , My Fangirl Side

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