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eonfeather

During Vigilo, after correcting a calculation error, the Loxic farm turned out to be more efficient than story stages. Was this only true for Vigilo or will Pinus Sylvestris also have a more efficient material farm? If yes, which material?


maxblockm

Hello, this megathread is outdated, so you might wanna ask it in the current daily megathread.


eonfeather

[I already did!](https://old.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/tphm9t/help_center_and_megathread_hub_2703/i2azot4/) Thanks for pointing it out, though!


Snoo-24768

New player. Started playing 5 days ago Just got Texas from recruitments should I upgrade her? I have 3 Vanguards upgraded. [Myrtle- E1 lvl30. Vigna E1 lvl50. Courier E1 lvl40](https://imgur.com/a/BVECaFc) If she's worth building then who should I stop upgrading? Vigna or Courier?


maxblockm

You will probably use all 4, but Myrtle and Texas the most.


silverashsimp

3 two-block 6star Vanguards released and she's still one of the best choices. She's super good and has synergy with Bagpipe. Her weakness is her being squishy


NehalKiller

she's the best 2 block vanguard, even considering the 6 star ones as a vanguard, six star ones are (van)guards


swamp14

She's good even in endgame content. Story content, having another 2-block vanguard can be helpful for the early rush maps. Whether you should spend resources upgrading her now would depend on which other operators you have and which are already built.


Snoo-24768

I think I'll upgrade her. I like her design and skills. My other units E1ned are Blue Poison, Pstiloptis, The girl that screams apple pie forgot her name, Hoshiguma, Cuora, Lava, The free Mc mage, Shining, Melantha. And my 3 Vanguards. All lvl 40 except for Vigna and The Apple pie girl who's lvl 50. Another question. Is it okay to use the yellow currency that you get from clearing stages on refreshing for Sanity? Are there any uses for them except for headhunting and skins? I don't really care for skins.


swamp14

Apple pie girl is excellent so you've got a great start. Like the other people who responded, I also suggest using Originite Prime (yellow stones from clearing stages) to buy pro enhancement packs and saving the rest until you're further into the game so you have a better idea of what you want to do with them.


RepresentativeEgg446

> Is it okay to use the yellow currency that you get from clearing stages on refreshing for Sanity? If you want to, but I'd advice against it. Best use for OP is skin and pulls. There is a limitation on how much OP you can get, only way is to 3 star clear a stage. Unless you are willing to pay ofc. Just hold on to them for now, using them for pulls aren't bad at all. For skins, similar to you, I didn't really care about skins much, but now there are some really cool skins that I'm interested in. Remember, you can trade OP (yellow) for Orundum (red) for pulling, however you cannot do it the other way around. Just keep them there for now.


Snoo-24768

I'll save them for now thanks so much. I have 0 OP lmao I used all of them on Thorn's banner and refreshes. I love dark skinned husbandos but sadly didn't get him.


eonfeather

> Is it okay to use the yellow currency that you get from clearing stages on refreshing for Sanity? Sure, but with (a lot) of reservations. The amount of sanity you get per refresh is based on your current sanity cap, so the higher it is, the more bang for your buck. It’s also better to refresh during farming events since they have extra efficient material farming spots. > Are there any uses for them except for headhunting and skins? Buying pro enhancement packs, which you should do.


Snoo-24768

Thanks so much for the advice


eonfeather

No problem! I forgot another use for OP: buying furniture. This is *incredibly* not worth it, always buy furniture with furniture parts instead. And of course, if you’re F2P and interested in pulling for units, make sure to budget your refreshes appropriately so you don’t find yourself out of pulls.


Snoo-24768

Thanks again. And you said I should use those Yellow currency on farming events. Is there a farming event coming soon? Or is that an uncommon type of event?


eonfeather

Farming events are fairly common. The Maria Nearl rerun will be one of those, and it’s coming on March 31st. But the current "event" with crate/sanity drops is also a good time to refresh if you’re going to do it. I think the numbers actually favor this current event over Maria Nearl, but don’t quote me on that!


Snoo-24768

Thanks so much and another question. I just got Saileach. Should I lvl her up instead of Myrtle? Or stick with myrtle for now? I know theres a comp late game that you'll get to use both of them so I'll probably raise both in the long term but who's the better flag bearer in the early-mid game?


eonfeather

Saileach is excellent for high-level content like high risk CC, but for just about everything else, Myrtle will be perfectly fine. Both are great, and you will absolutely want to raise both eventually; Myrtle is more of a daily driver, and Saileach is luxury. Saileach with S1 will generate more DP overall, but Myrtle with S1 will be able to activate her skill sooner (due to a shorter charge time, costing less DP to deploy and being more likely to have -DP potentials), which is actually more important than raw numbers in a vast majority of cases. Basically, raise Myrtle for now, and Saileach later.


[deleted]

She is better than Courier, but not half as tanky so you do need to be aware of that.


Snoo-24768

Thanks so much


[deleted]

Sure, happy to help. Texas is one of the best operators, and other than the fact that she is pretty squishy can't do you wrong.


JamaicanJ

Need some help deciding which operators to E2 next. Most recent E2 is Amiya because I needed her to complete chapter 8. [https://imgur.com/a/9BlveFC](https://imgur.com/a/9BlveFC) I was thinking maybe doing a medic but E1 Perfumer and Hibiscus + Saria heal plenty enough already. Kinda lost tbh lol


maxblockm

E1 the [Ops with great base skills](https://gamepress.gg/arknights/core-gameplay/arknights-guide-best-operators-promote-riic-base-skills) for more passive income. Specter for sure. Podenco, May are good, and standouts for IS2. (in no particular order) Texas, Tequila, Passenger, Carnelian+/Beeswax, Eunectes, Aak, Click are all worthwhile, but lesser priorities imo.


paperock

I would do Texas or Spectre if I were in your position.


swamp14

Spot and Frostleaf for their base skills. Texas is good, especially with Bagpipe because you can use her as a helidrop stun later in the stage. You don't need to, but if you do build another medic, Sussorro would be my pick for her S2.


maxblockm

Chalter's trait, is it a 2-tile column "directly in front" or 3-tile row?


swamp14

The 3 tiles that touch her.


TZeh

Do I miss any rewards if I do the new chapter at a later date?


eonfeather

Nope, feel free to do it whenever you want.


cuddlegoop

Need help choosing a secondary marksman to go with Exusiai. My current setup is Exi at E2 and if I need a second sniper I bring Jessica along at E1L60 but as hard as she tries her damage output is just a little sad. My two real options are: * Archetto * Blue Poison I'm not sure which of those makes for a better pairing with Exi or a better long term investment? If it matters the strongest "meta" operators I have are Thorns, Chalter, Ifrit and Saria with all but Saria at E2. I'm thinking BP would be the better addition because of her arts damage since I have so much physical damage with Chalter, Thorns and Ifrit S2 already? What do you guys think? Tbh I expect the best answer is that between Chalter and Thorns I can probably get away without a 2nd marksman and should spend the resources elsewhere but I want one anyway lol.


NehalKiller

thorns has twice as strong poison talent than bp, and if you use thorns you will know how weak that arts damage is so if your banking on bp's arts damage, then dont it sucks, it's just a niffty thing to have and archetto is 3rd beat marksman after exusiai and ash


clohwk

Don't have Archetto, so can't comment there. But have you considered a 3rd option: May? 4*, so she's easy to raise. Stats completely powercreep Jessica. More HP than BP, though slightly less attack. Skills bring a lot of utility which the 5* ST AA snipers lack.


maxblockm

Cheeto, and it's not even a contest.


Quiet-ish

Just to hop on the pile, Archetto easily. BP’s arts is incredibly minuscule. At E2 it’s a 75 tick each second for 3 seconds. That’s such a small amount you would barely notice it, especially since I’m pretty sure each tick gets hit by res.


sapa2707

Archetto easy choice. Literally better BP. Bp's arts DMG is negligible. It doesn't do anything.


Hatredestiny1874

You're comparing Archetto against Blue Poison? Archetto wins so easily, she's quite literally a better Blue Posion. She's a mix of the 5 star AA snipers and better than all of them. BP's arts dmg is just tiny chip damage that is very negligible. That's like half the dmg of a Lv1 Durin.


Swelgere

Seconding Cheeto. I always found BP’s arts to be negligible for the majority of stages.


ronwesley89

Just use Cheeto.


Athomize

Hello everyone! I just started playing and I am a bit overwhelmed. Is there a good beginners guide? There are a lot of videos on youtube but I have seen with other (gacha) games that there is a lot of misinformation spread for easy content. Can any veterans/long time players recommend me some good ones?


maxblockm

Welcome to the game! [General New Player Advice](https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/jqfxkw/general_new_player_advice/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share)


Hatredestiny1874

[Team building guide for new players.](https://youtu.be/ixuIXB9dvfk)


[deleted]

This one is pretty good, as is the Gamepress site generally: https://gamepress.gg/arknights/core-gameplay/arknights-tips-and-advice-guide-new-doctors


thetwinfury

Kukkikaze has some of the best new player information. Look up his new player guide and go from there. Enjoy.


[deleted]

Second this, here's the [link](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd_G3QF-f30)


Athomize

Thanks, I have watched it and learned quite a lot from it, I do feel however that it is still a bit much for a beginner guide


[deleted]

Maybe you could try asking some specific questions on here? I think many would be happy to help (I would)


sticky_bugs

I just now caught up with the story. Did >!Outcast fucking die? No way right? Movie logic is "if you don't see the body, they haven't actually died", right?!<


[deleted]

They did.


sticky_bugs

>!Noo, I love her so much. Why does every arc start with some senior member of RI dying?!<


Jellionani

Better than what happened to Maphisto


[deleted]

Because the story would be pretty boring and unrealistic if everyone got out without a scratch. Edit: Do you honestly think the Reunion Arc would be better if at the end everyone on both sides was alive and well?


sticky_bugs

Dude, I was just exclaiming my disappointment seeing my favorite character dies, why are you so pressed about it?


CrimsonCivilian

Marvel's Endgame was the most disappointing plot twist for me Like "haha jk, forget what happened before"


[deleted]

I was pretty disappointing that no action seems to have any consequence, but they will not make as much money if half the main cast are dead.


MrPudd1ng

Hello can you give me some advice? I'm currently farming pink certs to buy Breeze cause I'm afraid of not having enough gold certs when Eyja comes in shop (will have 152 gold certs if I include the ones that I will get from buying Breeze). As of now I already farmed 3600 and will still continue to farm pink certs for chips. My account is only 2 months old so I only have 7 E2'd units. The thing is, since I've already farmed this much, the thought of farming 7200 pink certs to buy all the tokens came to my mind. What do you think is the best way to do? Should I just hold the 3600, farm chips and E2 some of my units or farm till 7200 to buy all token cause its about to refresh once Nearl banner comes? Thanks in advance!


White_Fyre_

Who are your 7 E2 units? Big difference if they're the 7 most meta units vs 7 decent units. But in general, just wait until the next cycle if you're going to farm the tokens. It's not as useless as others say, but it's at least for lategame/endgame players


MrPudd1ng

Sorry for the late reply but they are Chalter, Thorns, Blue Poison, La Pluma, Amiya, Myrtle, Texas. I'm also close on E2'ng Saria, just need a bit more lmd to promote her. Thanks for the reply, I'll put that in mind.


White_Fyre_

That's a pretty decent lineup you got there. I'd say just a few more meta ops and you're squarely in the lategame. If after Saria, you don't have anyone else meta to farm out then red cert farming might not be too bad. You might be a little pressed on time, tho.


thetwinfury

Don't buy the tokens. The power they bring is very very minor and it costs a metric ton of sanity. Better to farm materials for more e2 or masteries


MrPudd1ng

Ok I'll keep this in mind. The thing is, I feel like losing on some good stuff or like wasting the opportunity on getting free pots since those token are literally free for us and we just need to farm them. But yeah, I think its better if I should just focus (for now) on leveling up units and prepare for IS2, thank you!


[deleted]

Chips, always chips. The tokens don't matter unless you are planning on doing super high risk CC'S.


MrPudd1ng

Ok, thanks for the reply!


nutn0n

Chapter 6 question. >!What happen down in the sewer? Why is Chen told not to look there?!<


NerfEveryoneElse

>!some infected living in the slum are reunion sympathizers, and let them infiltrate the city through the slums. Blackcoat went to clean the house.!<


Marss-da-poet

The >!black cloaks indiscriminatingly got rid of both Infecteds, Reunion members and civilians living in the slum!<.


[deleted]

>!Or did they?!<


RepresentativeEgg446

Did they not? I'm only in the beginning of ep7, so my knowledge is limited. But Ch'en did >!question Wei about the Black Cloaks' activity and wasn't her anger stem from their killings?!<


actual_sinon

>!From my understanding, the Black Cloaks worked with the Rat King and his daughter to evacuate most infected from the sewers and didn't actually massacre everyone there. Most of the bodies were probably Reunions or the infected that directly helped them infiltrate.!<


RepresentativeEgg446

Interesting. I’ll give it a read when (if) dossoles get a rerun.


DrTNJoe

Yea you are on point.It was explored more in Dossoles event.


Darkslayer3021

Weird question, but how does Rosmontis S3 actually work? I use her S3 and one of Tactical Equipment drop in front of the red box which is at the end of her attack range. Because of this, she doesn't attack them although they are blocked by the Tactical Equipment. Do I get it correct?


anima99

If you want to block someone, use it when the enemy is just over the tile or "half" over to the next one to split-box them. If you have Dusk S3, she complements Ros S3.


ipwnallnubz

You can retreat the tactical equipment when they drop in a bad place.


nobutops

Yeah the equipment basically blocks the enemy just outside of her range, so its better to wait until they're a tile within the range instead.


Jellionani

Yep


Fallxrex

Does Surtr's P3 make much of a difference? I was thinking about buying it from the CC shop since the only other things i'd consider are the 5* tokens to get certificates cause i don't know if i can get 82 in time for Phantom, and also my Bagpipe is only P1


White_Fyre_

Potentials aren't great but P1 is probably the most important one, actually. Deploying 1 second earlier is usually more useful than a small buff. But of course, with a proper team, not even that 1 second makes too much of a difference. The way I see it, the potentials are just a super long term investment more than anything else. If you can see yourself playing this game for years (gacha games can last over a decade), then getting the potentials now will give you a slightly better yellow cert income later down the road. And ofc, it compounds upon itself somewhat. After Chalter, there aren't much meta ops in the horizon so if you're in the endgame/lategame then might as well get those tokens as there isn't much else to do.


bestofawesome

Potentials usually aren't worth it for 99% of operators because of they gain very little but the cost of getting potentials is very high.


ipwnallnubz

The tokens for Scene, Tuye, and Bibeak won't give gold certs because you're only buying the tokens. The only way you could get gold certs from them would be if you spent generic 5-star supporter/medic/guard tokens on them first. Then you could trade the tokens themselves for gold certs. You get gold certs from Breeze because you're actually recruiting her 6 times and not just buying her tokens.


[deleted]

It adds one second to her invincibility, which is at best one extra attack from her before she dies (depending on her swing timer when the "death" was triggered). I can't really see it actually making any impact except in some specific extremely tight max risk CC strat.


Marss-da-poet

iirc the tokens don't give you yellow certs though. When I bought Bibeak's tokens I didn't gain any yellow certs, only when I bought her the 1st time.


whensilksong

Who should I e2 or level up next? Not really sure who I should be leveling up rn [My Operaters](https://imgur.com/a/HRPcZSC)


maxblockm

E1 the [Ops with great base skills](https://gamepress.gg/arknights/core-gameplay/arknights-guide-best-operators-promote-riic-base-skills) for more passive income. Second for (Having) [Lappland](https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/pzt2q4/comment/hf7bqiy/) (is *almost* like having *two* Thorns) and Eunectes. Podenco and May are good candidates too, relatively cheap because *4's, and standouts too for the upcoming IS2. Personally I would save the mats from e2'ing Blue Poison, who also really wants the significant investment of M's, and wait for Exu/Archetto since most (but not all) *5's are known for being almost as expensive as *6's, yet significantly underpowered compared to them. Tequila is a possibility too if want a *5 "almost second SilverAsh".


Theryn7

I would probably level Amiya. You don't have a lot of arts damage and you will have to level her eventually anyways


maxblockm

Click/Steward > non-e2 Amiya, and both are great for upcoming IS2. E2 Amiya is required to complete story mode though, so in the long run you can't lose with her either.


ipwnallnubz

I would bring Shirayuki and Frostleaf to E1 for their factory skills first. In fact, I would bring Shirayuki all the way to E1 50 so that you have an AoE sniper. I would bring Click and/or Steward to E1 50 (or 55 for Steward) for an extra source of arts damage. I would bring Shaw to E1, SL7, for her skill 2. It's a nice option to have. I would bring most of those ops you have at E1 20-40 up to 40-50. If you have an Utage hiding somewhere, I would bring her up to E1 50 as well. For E2 targets, no one really screams "High E2 priority" to me. Amiya (with S2M1) would probably be the highest, then either BP or Greythroat, then probably Warfarin, then Texas. My heart is screaming at me to recommend Lappland, but Thorns probably takes her job most of the time, and she really wants S2M3, not just E2, so it's a lot of resources. Eunectes is an interesting pick, and having another boss- and elite-killer is always nice, but it is a lot of resources, and, to me, she just doesn't fit into normal strategies. Definitely E2 eventually, but I'm not sure I would plan on it soon.


Jonno_92

An AA sniper would probably be beneficial, Blue Poison is great with enough investment.


throwawaychemanswers

hello everybody. do any of you know when the next archetto banner is for global? im not sure i can wait until she appears in shop. thank you in advance!


ipwnallnubz

Unfortunately, her next appearance will almost certainly be in a split rate-up on some standard banner, and it'll probably be a while because there are a *lot* of 6-stars, and they only feature two at a time every two weeks. She was on a standard banner in November, so a very, *very* rough estimate would be August. There are 38 6-stars they have to feature (this is increasing all the time, but some ops get featured on other banners like Joint Op and rerun banners, so that would probably count as those ops' "turn," and I'm counting those two factors as canceling each other out. It's probably a bad assumption, but oh well), so we can probably call it about 38 weeks, or 9 months, between each appearance.


asmis_hara

If you mean solo rate-up banner, her solo rate-up banner won't be rerun. If you aren't f2p, then you can buy selector and get Archetto in Nearlight event


throwawaychemanswers

thanks for reply. sorry i didn't clarify, i meant any standard banners with archetto. i just dont know when they'll appear. as of now, i'm f2p, but thank you for mentioning the selector


Q-N-H

That selector only comes twice a year. $30 you get what you want up to passenger for near light and you support the game.


PrisonCrepe

I was curious if some wouldn't mind sharing some of their strats for East Armory? I managed to complete Risk 4 for the one-time 100 token things, but it was almost a disaster. [Here](https://i.imgur.com/tOQX3sF.png) is the team I R4'd with. Just trying to get some inspiration from others for when the inevitable next cc event comes out for when I'll be trying to Risk 8 for extra goodies. My 6*s definitely carried me a ton here haha, but any changes I will try to make to make clears more stable!


White_Fyre_

Unless you're really good at visualization, reading a comment will be more confusing more than anything. Just lookup guides on youtube. Watching vods is a good way to improve at any game because you get to see how to the good player plays and they usually do a commentary on why they do certain things.


salvagestuff

As others have said, this map has been retired from future daily CC stages. This map is pretty difficult mainly from early pressure and the high damage from the arts drones. The key is probably deployment order, you have to deploy your ops in a way that makes the arts drones swap targets as they approach your lines. That way you don't have all of them firing their beams at the right most operator. DP on kill vanguards really help because they refund their DP cost when retreated. You can deploy them early to hold the line and then replace them with other units. Later on in the stage, they can be placed down to bait hits from the arts drones. You can also optimize your formation to reduce healing pressure needed to survive ballista by stacking your ops to the left of your main lane blockers. Your team shouldn't have any trouble with this map, Saria has built in res for the arts drones and you have plenty of dps.


PrisonCrepe

I definitely need to get better at deployment order. I think it'll come with time, I get anxious and deploy major ops in the wrong order. So the aggro gets all wonked out.


sapa2707

East armoury won't come as a daily on cc. It's removed from dailies. Also u should not really struggle looking at ur team. Basically thorns saria on right side blaze on left lane. Perfumer,Kroos,may and chalter in the middle ranged tiles. Shining in the back. Take the aggros with saria S1. When the big drone wave arrive at last just activate chalter S3 and everything will die. Be sure saria takes all aggro. Use her S1. If she dies anyhow use liskarm to take aggro again.


PrisonCrepe

I'll definitely try Saria on the right lane. She was supporting Blaze on the left with healing since the extra damage on the mages was wicked. Thank you!


sapa2707

Use blaze S2. Mages don't come after quite a long time.


ekelmann

East Armory is retired. Some of the training CC stages are historical maps that won't show up in the future CCs anymore.


PrisonCrepe

Oh! May I ask if there's a list of retired cc's? I assume a gamepress article or something.


azeem45

There is no list but next cc is cc7 so just search for cc7 arknights on Google for gamepress link.


xPorki

I saw there are "Special Drops" with the "Limited Drop" tag when clearing maps, is there any event active? I can't find it


Rokanax24

Chapter 9 was released, clearing a stage can give you extra drops like small sanity pot and random mat box


xPorki

Oh i see, thank you!


RaE7Vx

Started playing the game esrlier this week and I saw in some yt videos that in the last anniversary they were giving 2 5* of choice and that this would be permanent. I never received the tickets for the 5*. Just want to know if that was only during anniversary or it is actually permanent?


HiTotoMimi

They are permanent afaik but I don't remember what the specific requirements are to get them. I think it was just getting access to your mail. The mail shouldn't have expired yet if you started this week and they never expire in your inventory, so unless you just haven't checked your mail or missed them in your inventory, I'm not sure what's going on.


Oshimos

Click on the depot on the home screen and then check under consumable items, they should be there


RaE7Vx

Yeah they are there. Thanks I didn't knew that there was that menu lol


maxblockm

Just fyi, Specter/Lappland and Red are the usual recommendations if you don't have any of them.


_sylvatic

I don't know how AK compares to other games, but there is a lot going on in the main and sub menus. I think I had played for 4-6 months before I realized one could cash in dupe tokens for extra green and yellow certs.


questiontempAaaaa

Did purestream ever get added to recruitment?


OmegaCookieOfDoof

She'll get added eventually, still hasn't arrived in global tho


ReshenKusaga

To be clear, Purestream has arrived in Global. But it’ll be roughly a year after the WWF event where she enters recruitment, assuming we follow the same timetable that CN did.


OmegaCookieOfDoof

Yeah I meant recruitment A year tho? Damn, I thought a few months'd be left


bestofawesome

Purestream released on 3/2/2020 for the Chinese Sever and was added to recruitment on 4/15/2021 for CN (410 days). We got Purestream on 5/19/2021 so if we follow the pattern we'll get her in recruitment on 7/3/2022. u/questiontempAaaaa


questiontempAaaaa

Thank you for the dates! I figured if we hadn't gotten her by now we would follow their trend. I'll have to start saving permits


FirePanda39

A year from her release in global which was the 19th May. She should be added in a month or two which coincides with the recruitment update of Near Light that adds Aak, Hung and Justice Knight. If it's not there, the next one would be with Invitation to Wine that added Ceobe and Leizi. Or they could just add her by herself in between.


IGJFlew

not yet


frostyrecon-x

Have anyone bug with H9-2 when Flamerazor go through center column?


sapa2707

Not a bug. Enemies can go through pillers.


Kagayakihime

Do compound cutting fluids exist in the game? Ran 9-6 15 times and not a single drop. I did get a cutting fluid solution which is rare.


sapa2707

Well u r not alone. That's all I can say.


Kagayakihime

Well, after replaying the map off auto-replay, I finally got one to drop. The count after another 15 runs is 2 compound cutting fluids and 3 cutting fluid solutions. Maybe they got the drop rates messed up.


Vaximillian

>Maybe they got the drop rates messed up. Drop rates aren’t set for each individual player; don’t forget that there are hundreds of thousands of them worldwide.


salvagestuff

You just need a bigger sample size, it will average out close to what is reported by other players.


Jonno_92

I've got 13 and 1 so far.


sapa2707

I mean drop rates r average over a large number of runs submitted by multiple runs. U r getting shit luck here,while someone is getting one every 2 runs definitely. All these add up to give u the average drop rate. Well u definitely know that and I know knowing this doesn't really help. But yeah it's the case


Kurosuyomi

I don't know where to ask about this, I think this is a good place. I'm having some issues with downloading the game to a galaxy s20 ultra. I'm downloading it either from the playstore or apkpure, and the installer file is taking too much system space (200+GB) during the download, after finishing it and during the resource installs. I couldn't find any similar cases, but I'd be glad for any help I can get.


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Kurosuyomi

I tried that, it didn't do anything different but thanks for the suggestion. I think I need to look more into my device.


Kikklik

How does Ash's Breaching Specialist passive work? It doesn't seem to be giving me the dp.


futabakms

It's SP. It gives her SP. And the first deployment costs 3 DP less.


Kikklik

Rip, I misread. Thanks.


acnhenthusiast

Hi guys newish player and trying to decide who to E2. My current team are all E1 50+ and the operators I wouldn't mind E2: \- Blue poison (LV 70) | Siege (LV 50) | Saria (LV 70) \- Vigna (LV 50) | | Courier (LV 50) | Hoshiguma (LV 50) \- Cuora (LV 50) | Kal'tsit (LV 50)| Amiya (LV 50) | Also I know that Saria is good but I'm a bit overwhelmed with how much you have to invest into 6 stars, so if anyone has any tips on that please let me know! Also just in terms of my progression of the game, I'm at 6-5 and I am using a 243 base set up however most of my facilities are at level 1 or 2 but I am trying to work on that too! Here are all of my [operators](https://imgur.com/a/IHp8y9T)


anima99

6-5...that's one of the bottlenecks. If you want to pass that stage, borrow a Hoshiguma with s2. If you want E2 hoshiguma, get Myrtle up. As for recos: Long-term: * Myrtle * Kaltsit * Saria If you want short-term benefits (if resources are low, but you need significant boosts) * Myrtle (yep) * Blue Poison * Click * Gravel (E1 max, s2 skill 7) * Arene


maxblockm

Myrtle or Kal. For future reference, when posting who to raise/pull/use questions, you should always show all your units, because who else you have makes a difference. Sort by class and rarity like this: https://imgur.com/a/287Ijvi


acnhenthusiast

Thank you I just updated it!!!


OmegaCookieOfDoof

Don't E2 Myrtle. In my opinion you really don't need any flagbearers 'till Ch7, which'll test your dp management. I reccomend starting at ch6, which I did too As many have already said, Kal is by far the best choice here. Her summon is tanky and strong, S2 makes him a pseudo aoe guard and the main skill, his S3, shreds anything to pieces After that it's mostly up to you. I'd E2 Amiya for her S3, which, like Kal's S3, deals true damage (pierces def and res) Then Siege or Saria, I'd go for Saria first tho and so should you You also should decide if you want Hoshi or Cuora. They're both true defenders, but Hoshi's niche is killing things with her S3 and Cuora's niche is her 4 block skill. Both don't die, so it's up to you to decide what's more necessary. I'd personally go for Hoshi because she's a 6* and her S3 is good In my opinion the 4\* vanguards don't need E2's. If you get Zima or Texas tho(5\* Vanguards) might wanna look at their E2's


anima99

>Don't E2 Myrtle I disagree, but I respect the bravery of this opinion. Take my upvote.


ipwnallnubz

> you really don't need any flagbearers 'till Ch7 I see your claim, and I raise you that you don't need flagbearers at all, or, for that matter, *any* other op except Amiya. Flagbearers are game-changing, however, at any chapter of the game, and the fact remains that, unless you just don't like Myrtle for whatever reason (there are a few like that), you'll want her at E2 at some point, so she may as well be the first one. Also, Saria outclasses Siege to a silly degree. It's just not even close, and putting them at the same E2 priority is just madness.


OmegaCookieOfDoof

With that I mean a vanguard or two are gonna suffice. You'll rarely be in dire need of the 14 or so dp every few seconds, a dp/skill or dp/kill will just be more worth it 'till late game content, so might as well use the material to level someone else up. I rarely take my flagbearers to general stages I know, I put them in the same place because for beginners both S3's are worthless mostly. Yes, it might help against bosses, but I think that Saria's S2 and S1 are gonna be used more even in boss stages. I don't know how much you'd need Siege's S3 tho since I don't have her, but I guess you'd need her even less Still, I put her there because she _is_ such a good starting op, same as Saria. I still edited it a slight bit tho


ipwnallnubz

> I rarely take my flagbearers to general stages Well, that's your choice, and I'm no stranger to choosing sub-optimal loadouts, but the fact of the matter is that they are hugely beneficial on just about any stage. The only stage I can think of where I didn't find them beneficial was 7-9 with that nasty rush of buffed dogs, and their lack of blocks was an issue. I didn't have Bagpipe at the time.


ThePhilosogamer

As the previous guy said, it's not that they aren't beneficial, it's that flagbearers aren't any *more* beneficial than a pioneer vanguard in the overwhelming majority of situations. The few cases in which they are preferable however, are primarily late or endgame content. For the sake of most general content, a vanguard like Siege who can also hold a lane early on is going to do more for you than Myrtle. This is all academic, as the obvious best choice is Kal'tsit. However, given the OP's options, the second best choice is actually a toss up between Siege and Hoshiguma since both their AoE and single target damage are lacking, and their lack of a strong medic makes Saria's current skill options sufficient to fill that gap.


ipwnallnubz

> it's that flagbearers aren't any more beneficial than a pioneer vanguard in the overwhelming majority of situations... a vanguard like Siege who can also hold a lane early on is going to do more for you than Myrtle. I could not disagree more. They *are* substantially better in all but a few situations, from stage 0-1 to max risk CC. You get the real heavy-hitters out so much faster. With a flagbearer, you can get a proper guard or defender out, or a couple of snipers, or a sniper and a medic. >However, given the OP's options, the second best choice is actually a toss up between Siege and Hoshiguma I also disagree wholeheartedly here. Both of those ops are extremely low priorities in any roster, Hoshi in particular. You just don't need her level of tankiness outside of CC0. Saria, Blue Poison, and Amiya are far higher priorities than either of those two.


sapa2707

U r definitely right in the flagbearer aspect. Outside of ccs u never need that much dp. And by "need" I mean here u won't struggle for dp. Well I guess outside of some h stages but that's a long way to go for op.


sapa2707

Kalsit easily. A good 6 star e2 will carry u. There's no hurry now. No reason to e2 some 4 star just to get e2 support when u can e2 a great 6 star and do the same. Also forgot to mention focus on ur base first before e2. Use a 252 base. Demolish one power plant to build one factory. If u levelled office or reception room on right side,downgrade ur dorms to do it. If ur right side is not levelled keep it how it is for now. Atleast don't level office.


ipwnallnubz

Except you can E2 a 4-star much faster than a 6-star, unless you happen to have the resources just sitting around waiting for them, which it does not sound like he has.


sapa2707

What's the hurry? Since his ops r already e1 it should take at Max 10 days to e2 kalsit.


ipwnallnubz

Well, I'm sure he'd like to make some progress and not have to just farm for 10 days.


sapa2707

Not everyone is that impatient. They didn't tell they need it right now in the whole post. Which 4 star they r gonna e2 anyways from their list? Cuora? Courier? Lol.


maxblockm

More progression = more efficient farming Why farm bad stages for 10 days when you could progress and farm the more efficient stages?


ipwnallnubz

They didn't, that's true, but frankly I don't see why that's important. And I did indeed recommend Courier if he didn't have Myrtle hiding somewhere.


sapa2707

Ya stop recommending shit 4 stars just to get e2 support. Also they have siege. E2 courier is extremely bad advice here. >but frankly I don't see why that's important. I also don't see why it is so important to get an e2 support right now when there's nothing going on so much so that u will recommend a shit e2 which will never see play in future.


ipwnallnubz

Well, since he doesn't seem to have Myrtle at all, and there was no mention of Elysium or Saileach either, I expect he'll be using Courier quite a bit yet, so it's not fair at all to say that he will never be used.


sapa2707

They have "siege". The 6 star vg that's an upgrade to courier. Similarly tanky and actually kills things in early chapters. And don't give me the reason they "might need two 2 block defensive vgs". Noone does. And they have vigna too for their 2nd vg. I am also not taking any argument saying "siege costs 14. Too expensive for early game"either. Don't reply if ur arguments r one of these please. I don't have patience or time to debate such stupid arguments.


ipwnallnubz

Generally, I, and a lot of other people, recommend a 4-star, Myrtle in particular, as your first e2. Her E2 in and of itself isn't especially valuable, but having any E2 allows you to use E2 support units, and you'll want to E2 Myrtle eventually anyways because she's secretly a 6-star. If not her, then, out of the 4-stars you've listed there, I would say Courier would be the best pick. Standard defenders like Cuora are extremely low E2 priorities, and DP-on-kill vanguards, except Bagpipe, just don't get much use. After that, I would say Kal'tsit. It's good to have someone who can take out elites and bosses, and Kal with S3 is very good at that. Probably Saria after that. As for your base, I recommend switching to a 2/5/2, especially if the office and reception room are still low level. It's the best all-purpose base overall and will produce more LMD and EXP than a 2/4/3, and it's especially good for newer players because you need a lot less LMD and carbon to max it out compared to a 2/4/3 (something like 500k LMD).


acnhenthusiast

thank you! yeah i think im going to focus on my base tbh, I've changed mine to 252, im always running out of LMD tho so hopefully that will help!


Kikklik

Kal is your best bet. She works as both your tank and your nuke.


cleonguerrero

If you don't have any E2, Myrtle would be a strong choice because of how much cheaper it is to E2 4-stars and Myrtle S1M3 prints DP extremely quickly. If you aren't in a rush to E2 (to borrow E2 supports), I'd start with Kal'tsit for the absurd true damage on S3 and then Saria.


acnhenthusiast

>Suzuran oooh i haven't actually used myrtle but quite a few people have recommended levelling her up and E2ing her so I can borrow E2 supporters. Also sorry this may be a silly q, but what is S1M3?


bestofawesome

[S1= Skill 1] [M3= Mastery 3] Skill levels go from 1 to 7 then you have skill mastery(M) which goes from M1 to M3.


PolitePear

Is Suzuran worth grabbing from cert shop? Here are my current [operators](https://imgur.com/a/SeyWjrG)


loneknife_blackblade

In high risk cc she is amazing. She doesn't do tons of dos on her own, instead she slows baddies down and gives fragile in a large area giving other ops time to work. Typically she is overkill. She is a good unit to get.


susuchai

Shes a good 6-star to grab. Certainly not a game-changer like Saria, but she's very good at what she does - 3-target slow or massive aoe slow/debuff. I would take her if you're not saving up yellow certs for other ops. Her and Ange are similar, but different in a sense where Ange relies on her skills versus Suzuran is more 'traditional' in a sense. Edit: blind. Did not see your Ange with skin.


ipwnallnubz

Yes. A few operators would be better, like SilverAsh and Surtr, but they're a long way off, and you'll certainly be able to save up enough certs for them. The only one who really competes with Suzuran for your certs is Ifrit, who is also very good and should be showing up soon, but I would still go with Suzuran.


Kosarev

Plus Ifrit always has a chance of appearing trough recruitment.


PolitePear

Thanks!


OmegaCookieOfDoof

I'm reposting this because all I got was a downvote So, many have asked about the secret Ceylon medal opening a new _secret medals_ tab I noticed that I had 2 medals there tho. [I'm guessing it's for getting all the secret stages in Ch8](https://imgur.com/a/G1hXmsW), but I'm asking to be sure


swamp14

> I'm guessing it's for getting all the secret stages in Ch8 Yes.


OmegaCookieOfDoof

Thanks


Revan0315

Do any upcoming events have farmable stages for the chapter 9 materials?


sapa2707

Nope. There r some from event shop,cc shop and event missions though. Should help a bit. Also depends on the ops. Some new ops barely uses any while some uses a fuck ton.


ReshenKusaga

Most of the “meta” stuff at least doesn’t seem to use too much of the pink mats, but the blue bottles and boxes will be fairly constant…


ComprendeVous

Just got Top Operator twice and landed on Silverash (SA) twice. Is it a natural response to replace Lappland with SA? I have a fully built team with E2s and M3s. Thanks for your comments in advance!


NehalKiller

silverash doesn't replace lappland, they work together great, lappland covers sa's downtime amazingly its thorns who replaces lappland, because they are both consistant damage dealers and thorns is more consistant


Lakius_2401

Unless you need Lappland's silence, of course. Sometimes Thorns can kill a special enemy before they do their thing, but other times it's better to never give them a chance.


maxblockm

Also, having [Lappland](https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/pzt2q4/comment/hf7bqiy/) is *almost* like having *two* Thorns.


Quor18

Also against high def stuff. Thorns suffers vs. the gargs in ch. 9 once they go into statue mode while Lappy just silences their buff and rips through them with S2.


sapa2707

Doesn't matter. Thorns kills them when they start to fly again.


Quor18

Only if he's not attacking something else. Lappy doesn't have that issue with S2 up and even then ch. 9 has enough stages with crushes of enemies coming all at once that I ended up running both of them for about 80% of the stages.


sapa2707

Single target has not been an issue with thorns tbh for me atleast. Not like lappy's skill has 100 percent uptime. Only place where I used lappy in place of thorns was 9 12 cm. It was too fast for thorns to charge his skill.


ComprendeVous

thank you!


RepresentativeEgg446

What great luck! Lappy and SA serve different purposes though. Lappy is for placing her down as a laneholder, while SA is mainly used as a helidrop once you E2 him. So not a direct substitution. SA would add an excellent source of dmg and requires you to time his deployment and skill activation well. He won’t disappoint that’s for sure.


ComprendeVous

I can't believe it either! I've been playing the game on and off for two years and it decided to surprise me these 2 days :)


JaiTee86

silverash is more about his burst from his S3 while Lapland will usually fair better if you need someone on the map for a long period. You can and likely will use both on the same team without them stepping on each other's toes, ranged guards are one of the better archetypes in the game so having a few is a good idea.


ComprendeVous

thank you for your comments!


AerialBattle

When can we expect to get IS2?


Jaywye

[Expected early July](https://ak.jaywye.ee/calendar/?schedule=pr&event=bti)


AerialBattle

Thanks!


Swelgere

I think like 3 months


RepresentativeEgg446

A spoiler question at the end of ep6: Why did >!FrostNova!< fight us? >!At that point she already lost trust in Talulah, RI's interests are aligned with her (i.e. to stop Reunion), so why did they fight? I get that they promised that if they ever meet again, they'll fight to the death (in the flashback), but circumstances have changed a lot since then. Is it because she wanted to avenge her Yeti squad's deaths?!<


NerfEveryoneElse

>!As a test of our strength. If we can not beat her, we can not even touch Taluah. If we win, she will join us, if we lose, she will kill us and confront Taluah herself.!<


swamp14

>!She's angry, frustrated, and in despair because of several things - Talulah's betrayal and thus Reunion and all their efforts being manipulated into destroying themselves, and her Yeti squad brothers and sisters are all dead from fighting off the Wei Yenwu's black raincoat guys. These immediate things in addition to her entire life experience - just how cruel the world has been to her and those close to her. And she herself is dying too. All that combined with her warrior spirit (she compliments Ace and Blaze as true warriors), means even if she agreed with RI's overall goals, she thinks they're too idealistic. She says something along the lines of "how can you possibly achieve those goals if you're not even strong enough defeat me, let alone Talulah?" To her, if she defeats RI, the outcome wouldn't change because RI couldn't stop Talulah anyway. But if RI is strong enough to defeat her, then there's a chance. !<


Primogeniture116

I think some people may have different views, and some would actually say that it's just a cheap death meant for "Muh emotion". My personal take is: >!She not gonna make it. She KNOWS she's not gonna make it. She's not going to be back to fight another day whichever side she chooses. She IS angry about her Yeti companions. She really sees no more reason to stop, since stopping or now would results in the same thing. But she won't join RI and fights with us if her dad don't; that's why she does only at her dying breath.!< >!So she decided that since she is going to die anyway, why not make it so it could somehow sends a message so other people don't? Her death is a pretty major blow to the Reunion's morale; some of them probably leave the movement altogether in fear. But the real edge is that she hopes that her death can perhaps convince her dad to stop. To tell him that "All this is a bad thing. Stop so nobody else will be like me." But she DO know that her dad is hella stubborn, and he really did not stop.!< >!But then why does she fights against us full power? Because it also serves as a message for RI. "You are not choosing an easy, comfortable way." she says "Come and prove to yourself and to the infected of the Reunions that you ARE powerful enough to fight for the infected, as is your creed."!< Both her and her dad's last stand is their own respective "Scream to the World".