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 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.

♦ Not done with the book yet, but I'm pretty sure I can finish it by tomorrow. Hopefully.

♦ I almost made it one of my goals this month: I'm trying to spend less time on reddit... the main source of me doomscrolling in bed :(... 

♦ Finished "Alien" last night (I don't remember watching this before or I didn't finish it so I had a great time worrying about Jonesy the cat) and suddenly hit by the thought that the alien is basically a space cockroach - it's hard to kill them!

♦ Read a bit about someone else's rabbit hole on Reddit(!) and one of the articles I found online mentioned the short story "The Yellow Wallpaper". Was going to read from here but realised I have it on my Kindle so.. yay for free e-books (I mean it's free both ways but it will be more comfortable to read on the Kindle)

♦ Been binge-watching "Answer in Progress" videos recently... It's fun and very rewatchable! Side note: Sabrina sounds like an INTP to me (because I relate to her thinking process a lot).

Checked my draft posts and realised I have one that I should've posted last November. Oops.

(Also, I'd been tagging several posts from this year with "2022 posts" hahaha. Edited them yesterday with the correct label XD)

Just saw this on Reddit (lol)... Obviously I don't read the news (hah!). Hmmm... if this was before (like maybe a decade earlier), I would be very worried. If we're talking about now... I'm not sure. Maybe my Amazon [JP] purchases will be affected... and Book Depository...? Are books included?? (Will check again later. On reddit there's a comment asking this too) If yes, oof! I mean, yeah, it's good for the country but it is not fun paying extra...*sigh* I guess it is time to buy less stuff from overseas.

Probably because I woke up well-rested. It was very missed-my-breakfast late, but peaceful. 

Or maybe it's just because that I started reading a really nice shoujo manga after I woke up. Manga is soooo nice, everyone should try read them at least once - just let yourself fall in that manga rabbit hole (please).

Saw something from the r/books subreddit today: Literature Map

It's just the kind of thing I need because it has been hard to find other authors that are like my favourite authors. I'm seeing some unfamiliar names for Diana Wynne Jones so might want to consider their books next time...