#love and deepspace open orbit

[yaxinqs]

don't underestimate my levels of simping and stubbornness if there's a will there's a way🗣️‼️

[hananoami]

I noticed this pretty early in the game, but did you know the color of the orbit trials actually give you a hint as to what type of combat you'll be experiencing?

GREEN- normal stage with wanderers with or without protocore shields. sometimes there's a protofield stellactrum. sometimes there isn't one. for the most part these stages are relatively easy to brute force and auto battle.

BLUE- special stages that challenge you including Frenzy, Break Crystal, Recharge Beacon, Tower Defense, or Boss Absorb Mobs. these stages are definitely damage checks to make you level up your memories and protocores.

PURPLE - the halfway check point when reaching x5 stages is usually a group of wanderers, ranging between 3 to 5, that are a bit more challenging with two protocore shields or super tanky without shields like the Elysian Lacertus.

RED - requires 2 teams. the first half with team 01 is similar to purple, where there are a group of wanderers with two protocore shields. the second half with team 02 is a boss fight going against one wanderer with 4 protocore shields. i've seen its HP bar count vary from 4 to 10, most likely depends on the stage level.

[zaynes-left-chesticle]

HOW THE HELL do I have 4 awakened cards (including an R3 and R1), another R1 level 80, and a level 75 equipped WITH ALL 6 STELLACTRUM MATCHED AND STILL

CANT

BEAT

THIS FKING LEVEL 🤬🤬🤬

[luminafights]

░ 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐎𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝟓𝟎 ⠀   𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟏.𝟎 ⠀   ① ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴀɴɪᴏɴ: Fresh Paint Rafayel ⠀   ① ᴡᴇᴀᴘᴏɴ: Hunter Firearm ⠀   ② ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴀɴɪᴏɴ: Linkon Doctor Zayne ⠀   ② ᴡᴇᴀᴘᴏɴ: Hunter Claymore

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Stats for Open Orbit 50!

𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲── .✦

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐬── .✦

𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬── .✦

2024-03-30 1:56 PM

My Raf is stacked so first fight was easy. My Zayne however is really pushing it, had to go quite a few tries to get the second fight down. I used Linkon Zayne to buy me a little bit more damage uptime with his resonance freeze. Every second counts.

[vibinsane]

Follow-up to that trial question, if it's not too much of a hassle, could you, whenever you're free, share your team details? So I can see where I'm lacking the most. I think I might've been neglecting the protocores a little 🫠 but thank you for responding! Appreciate it! ^-^

it's not too much to ask at all! i'm more than happy to help where i can whenever someone asks me about it these things!

so here are my two main teams for rafayel, depending on the stellactrum (if i can match it, otherwise i'm brute-forcing it, i'm a menace with leveled up 3* stars to match the colors)

i'll put them under the cut :) i hope it works out and that you are triumphant with rafayel in the deepspace trials and with xavier and zayne as well! 🩶

this is the team i had prior to obtaining his god of the tides myth pair, so i was running this exact time to get 11/12 in senior hunter contest and primarily in his directional orbit and open orbit

this is how my current team looks after obtaining his god of the tides myth pair and outside of the senior hunter contest and to this day i am still farming protocors, but only when the purple and pink stages are open

[lemurianmaster]

Requesting permission to make these fuckers extinct.

Just lemme kill wanderers without diving on me or headbutting me. Just fuck off and leave me to my carnage 😭

[retracingpoliphilo]

Pilgrims

Love, I have been hesitant to share this - for the expansive open multi-personed love i reference, and fear of your reaction to it and its implications. Silly scared. Love is.  This is my most cohered and articulated of my vision, and the run through the trees at the end is the core of the vision I have referred to wanting to share but been unable to find written, was sure I had written as part of this draft. There is more to it, but as I attempted to put words to in just now, it slowed and stalled in interpretation. This was drafted September 3, 2013. -----

Una inhaled deeply as the lander's hatch opened. The air of her birthworld was a scent unmatchable in its ability to put her at ease and restore her balance. But, for the first time, it carried with it also a hint of bitterness. This was her last obligatory yearly pilgrimage. Once she completed her apogica the rites of the pilgrimage would still be open to her, welcoming and indeed - hopeful to have her. But, she would no longer be required to take part but every 10 years. Well, so long as she succeeded in her apogica. The yearly pilgrimage was not a thing all, or even most, people ever passed beyond. It came as a reality as one advanced towards the core and heavier transaction costs in their value added commerce. To travel inter-system, or even communicate interplanet, levied a heavy fee. Releasing those who pursued …   

Una arrives to ancestral home, greets family. Sits down to work on her (culmination), is approached by a younger sibling or niece/nephew/etc, asked about what she is doing.   

(Explains:) I am composing a biography, in fact, of the great biographer. What have you learned about her?   

(Child recites the basic backstory, replete with worshipful overtones). (Una responds:) Ah, yes. Thats very good, you're more intellectually advanced than most of your milieu (10 year generational cohort), yes? (Or have they accelerated the curriculum recently, she asked herself. There are the signs of it, in his tendency to worshipfulness in his recounting.) 

And how about biography? What have you learned about the core of our culture? (again, the child responds with a childs version of the accord - that journalism is a public service of maintaining a transparent view and awareness of reality for the general populace and that biography is the paired calling - helping people to not only step outside of their own shaping experiences and opinions but also to step into those of another, thus truly gaining understanding and insight into the broader reality that surrounds us, not winding ourselves into dark, blind, dead end alleys with no means of escape and a couple of big guys with heavy sticks. Yeah, sure, side passages could open up before the guys with sticks, or they could not. And, if they did, they could lead to escape, or they could unleash a totally unexpected danger on us. Perspective is gained by reaching a vantage point. A vantage point is composed of multiple views and is not only achieved, but as we live in a fluid reality, something that must be maintained and grown and evolved alongside that which it observes. 

The childs response was somewhat rote, but for such a complex concept, that was to be expected at this age, no matter their precociousness.   

And how about the (profession encompassing both trades)'s principles? Do you know those yet?   

And the child responds that they don't remember them all, but there is one, his favorite - because of the reality analysis exercises they do to teach it. It goes: Compassion is the core of culture and civilization, and is achieved through careful analysis and experience of reality. Accept and portray only reality, do not embellish it, do not apply insight or avenues to an experience that is beyond the years or experience of the subject being portrayed. This leads to false worship, unfair judgement, disconnection with reality and has the potential to stagnate a people, destroy a culture and decimate an ecology. In order to portray reality, one must have compassion, which is achieved only through continual work and engagement with the metier of one's subject matter. The ability to put oneself squarely in the mindset and context of another - to the extent of completely removing your own mindset and context but retaining your intellect and judgement in full operating order is hard fought, imprecise, and even harder maintained. It requires both a strong sense of self and an ability to be completely effacing as necessary, without distress, unbiased resentment or impossible expectations.   

The child looked puzzled, and asked, "But, if adherence to reality is such an important thing, why is the great biographer also called the creator of culture? Culture is created by those living it.   

Ahh, yes. and this was the tricky bit. Reality isn't simple, and there isn't just one - there are as many as there are sentiences in the infinite universe, which is to say infinity squared. This was one Una was currently banging her head up against in what appeared to be a somewhat altogether new way within her course of study. Of course, others had thoughts these thoughts before, and delved deeper into them, but more in the harder sciences, or the spiritual. Even the philosophical. 

Anyhow, it was time for her to head to her first husbands home and help prepare the pilgrimage supplies and equipment. Her first son and daughter were probably there already, preparing their year-name wear.   

As she opened the door her progeny both jumped her, reminding her of excited puppies. They both babbled incoherently at her in their excitement until all three split into grins and laughed. One last clasp and they released her. Aria automatically drifting towards the kitchen to bring refreshment, and Aidan settling back into his chair and picking up a book, Thoughtfully leaving space for mother and daughter to reconnect first, after the long months apart. Aidan had followed her into the inner systems for his trinary education - pursuing journeyman experience as a deepspace constructor and gaining access to the more esoteric materials and tools that could only exist in stable quantities away from the distortion of a planetary mass.

Aria had remained on the home world of her parents, pursuing a dizzyingly deep and broad wisdom of its ecology, and plying a myriad of artistic and creative trades through the seasons and her ranging studies. She sat down at the table next to her mother, depositing a tray of fresh and preserved snacks alongside two steaming mugs of spiced apple cider.   

How is your (culmination) doing? she asked. Una loved her daughters simple undemanding straightforwardness. She had the makings of a planetary leader, the way she was able to cut through any amount of noise and go directly to the heart of something without ruffling even one feather in passing.

All in all, really well, Una responded. I tracked down a neglected set of journals and work from Eva's late twenties and am elevating a number of seemingly odd notes to a fairly startling place, that is requiring me to delve into a surprising number of hard sciences and philosophies. That is all taking really fantastic shape, but I'm struggling to capture her mind in all of this. There is very little record of her activities during this time period, or, really, from that time period in general. …. Knox arrived, and embraced her in a way that was both as familiar as if he'd just kissed her goodbye this morning instead of nearly a year ago, while also conveying every ounce of missing each other that had passed and every iota of excitement, pleasure and anticipation at seeing each other again. And then, at the light undemanding touch on her hip, Una turned and similarly embraced her husband's home-wife and ruffled the hair on the heads of their two young children, as they scampered by underfoot after one of the cats.   

As she always did, she envied them good-naturedly their life, and appreciated her ability to be a part of it. Not all of those who moved beyond the orbits of their first marriages enjoyed such healthy relationships. 

She said a solemn hello with Miriam's older son Devereaux, while exchanging a secret wink with his mother. Devereaux had, at 12, declared his intentions to become a monk, not surprising for one who had lost half of his family at the age of 7. Miriam's first husband and daughter had perished in a freak space travel incident, and too much time had passed before their retrieval. Their last recorded consciousnesses had been forwarded in the chain, but energy and matter being what they were, the outcomes were always unpredictable. … I've had a link about Ica, Miriam told her later, over their traditional wives meal, sampling the best new eatery in the small town Knox and Miriam called home side Una's last visit. Her eyes shone with joy as well as the barely repressed dampness of imminent tears.   

My daughter has begun to re-emerge among a proto-herd of ilaxu and her parents have connected enough dots to realize what she was, thought it's not yet part of their repertoire, being a relatively new life form to (the cycle - give it a better name, mythologically related). As with all first children of first marriages, Ica was a new consciousness, and had only been forming itself for a scant 5 years when she perished with her father on a pilgrimage trip to his home world for her first formal rite of passage. Luckily it had been a long enough ship-board time voyage to require stasis, and the girls consciousness had been archived and copied through the parallels of (data backup term) for the first time since her birth.   

Recording a consciousness is not a pleasant experience, and was not done without dire need before a child's fifth year, and preferably not until after their tenth. 

Are you going to go visit? Una asked?   

I'd like to, and the her parents seem not only willing, but as if they would be happy for it. I gather she is somewhat of a struggle, unsurprisingly. But, the ilaxu homeworld is not close, and the cost necessitates a longer visit than I can reasonably accommodate for.   

Una clasped Miriam's hand, sharing her strength with the woman who not only shared her husbands heart, but also had a hold on her own. "Mir, don't even think about it. Plan the trip for after my (culmination). Take as along as you need, I will come home and step into your shoes. I'll be at loose ends anyways, and needing to take the time for reflection on my next move that this will allow me." 

At that, Miriam's control over her budding tears was lost, and she lowered her head and allowed herself a few deep shudders and re-emerged with glints of refracted light off of the tears rolling down her cheeks. The words "Oh, I had so hoped you would," poured from her mouth as she fully relaxed and ordered another round of raki. Her grip on Una's hand eased into gentle sensuality. … "Tyler and her family will be joining us," Una announced the next morning as she, Miri and Knox chopped, cooked and bound the meals for the pilgrimage. "Oh?" He asked, minimal with worlds as ever. 

"Yes, she's gravid with her first child." Una replied with some heaviness. Tyler was her mentor, the woman who had fostered Una's unusual talent and moved with her into the inner systems over the course of her education until Una entered her journeymanship. Tyler was an end cycle consciousness, completing her 23rd (number of chromosomes) form. She had begun her life in the central systems, and out migrated slowly over the years until she found a place to raise her final family on Earth, a backwater of the (culture) for sure, but also the home of its birth. She had been preparing for her second to last pregnancy when she encountered Una and took a detour to  foster her spark. Now, She had embarked upon her final forming, nearly 5000 years after her first awakening to consciousness.   

"Does she know where she is headed yet?" Knox asked? "No, she's hoping her path will be illuminated by this final forming. Which would be grand, but not expectable." 

"Well, I'm glad she will be joining us for pilgrimage and birth. That is an auspicious conjunction, almost as if she'd planned it …" He trailed off. Tyler had a known penchant for structuring her world along major lines of larger meaning. Not just a 10 decade (yearly pilgrimage), also a centennial pilgrimage and won't that line up her final pregnancy to fall into the millennial pilgrimage? He shook his head in amusement. Tyler and he and an affectionate if occasionally strained relationship. Among other things, She had taken his first wife from him, if one chose to view it that way. Which he didn't, but also which he couldn't entirely avoid. … Una pulled her bowstring back and nocked an arrow, tracking the buck down the ravine. They had just made the third deposit of pilgrimage goods at their ancestral long home village and were now continuing their journey into the woods, subsiding on what they could forage in the autumn wilderness. She wanted to bring a deer heart back to camp for Tyler. Her patron was entering her final days of gravidity and the heart would prepare her and her child for the imminent birth.   

Loosing the arrow as the deer lowered its head to nibble a blade of grass poking through the mat of leaves, her shaft hit home, stopping the deers heart even as it entered the left ventricle. The creature dropped as it's consciousness left it, and Una walked slowly towards it, reciting the benediction of the slain, thanking it for its bounty and wishing it well as it traveled towards its new embodiment.   

As she worked her knife deftly through the process of field dressing, she allowed her memories to wander to her first experiences with the gentle creatures. Two years old, she played in the mud at the edge of the stream while her mother washed their linens in its cold water, a fmaly of deer had approached her, the fawn clumsily nudging against her looking for a treat or caress.   

As she maneuvered the bulk of the buck onto her shoulders and stood she heard a rustling in the brush, and before she had even turned around and begun to walk towards this evenings camp the scavengers had begun to pick at the entrails she had left for them. Tonight she would be scraping deer hide.   

As she made her way through the trees she fell into reverie, her feet moving nimbly along the ground, in flow with the world. She was running, pure joy expressed in motion. She saw a flash through the distant trees of another figure on a parallel path. Dark, unable to be made out. For miles they ran alongside, trees flashing between them, each intensely aware of the other, yet never taking their sight from the glory of the living woods and skies. Then the air dampened and the ground took on a throbbing and they came to rest simultaneously at a cliffs edge, overlooking a cascading thundering fall of water, shaking the earth. Una now raised her eyes to the dark stranger and was struck with recognition, memories of childhood runs of the same nature through the same trees flooding back into her awareness.   

"You” she managed to get past her paralyzed lips. Suddenly overwhelmingly shy, she dropped to her knees and lowered the deer to the damp moss, taking breath gulpingly into her lungs, attempting to tether herself against the sudden and entirely unexpected flood of feeling.

[hananoami]

[08/11] Deepspace Trials Prog

[08/05 to 08/11] WEEKLY KEYS USED

☆ XAVIER : 3/3 keys ; cleared stage 150 on Thursday, 08/08! ☆ ZAYNE : 3/3 keys ; cleared stage 150 on Tuesday, 08/06! ☆ RAFAYEL : 3/3 keys ; cleared stage 150 on Saturday, 08/10! ☆ SYLUS : 9/9 keys ; going to Stage 34 on Tuesday. ☆ OPEN ORBIT : cleared stage 180 on Sunday, 08/11!

THIS WEEK WAS BIIIG IN TERMS OF PROGRESS!! I manage to clear ALL 180 stages of open orbit as well as Xavier's, Zayne's, Rafayel's 150 directional orbits, respectively!! All that's left to work on is Sylus's directional orbits. Currently en prog to stage 80!

𝚇𝙰𝚅𝙸𝙴𝚁

Stage 148 was a Frenzy stage. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to defeat the frenzy wanderer in the second phase, but that's okay. I was still able to clear within the time limit! Which makes me wonder if you really need to get the buff from all three rounds? Probably not, but it sure as heck helps defeat the final boss if you do.

My post clear write up + VOD for Xavier’s Directional Orbit: Light - Stage 150 will be written soon. A link to that post will be included [here] at a later time.

Directional Orbit: Light Protofield Stellactrum

148: 5 emerald, 1 pearl (frenzy) -- rewards: 2k gold + 20 💎

149: 5 emerald, 1 pearl -- rewards: 2k gold + 20 💎

150: 6 emerald (team 01) + 6 amber (team 02) -- rewards: 4k gold + 40 💎+ 1x Empyrean Wish

𝚉𝙰𝚈𝙽𝙴

Stage 148 was a protect the stabilizer stage. Which doesn't seem that hard since it's a 5 minute fight with wanderers coming in 5 waves before the final boss. However, one thing I really hated about this run was the constant stuns... ugh, so annoying.

My post clear write up + VOD for Zayne’s Directional Orbit: Ice - Stage 150 will be written soon. A link to that post will be included [here] at a later time.

Directional Orbit: Ice Protofield Stellactrum

148: 5 sapphire, 1 amber (protect stabilizer) -- rewards: 2k gold + 20 💎

149: 5 sapphire, 1 amber-- rewards: 2k gold + 20 💎

150: 6 sapphire (team 01) + 6 ruby (team 02) -- rewards: 4k gold + 40 💎+ 1x Empyrean Wish

𝚁𝙰𝙵𝙰𝚈𝙴𝙻

For Stage 148, I also had trouble finishing off the frenzy wanderer before the buff dissipated. It seems to be a trend with me not being able to get the buff in time... Really hate that chonky wanderer lol but in hindsight I probably should've saved my burst damage for it instead of using it right away on the wanderer with two protocore shields. Ah well... I still managed to clear, but next time I'll try to plan it better.

My post clear write up + VOD for Rafayel’s Directional Orbit: Fire - Stage 150 will be written soon. A link to that post will be included [here] at a later time.

Directional Orbit: Fire Protofield Stellactrum

147: none -- rewards: 2k gold + 20 💎

148: 5 violet, 1 ruby (boss absorbs mobs) -- rewards: 2k gold + 20 💎

149: 5 violet, 1 ruby -- rewards: 2k gold + 20 💎

150: 6 violet (team 01) + 6 pearl (team 02) -- rewards: 4k gold + 40 💎+ 1x Empyrean Wish

𝚂𝚈𝙻𝚄𝚂

Aside from his Stage 30, which required 2 teams, most of Sylus's directional orbits we challenged this week were a breeze to clear. I'm enjoying this while it lasts...

My post clear write up + VOD for Sylus’s Directional Orbit: Energy - Stage 30 will be written soon. A link to that post will be included [here] at a later time.

Directional Orbit: Energy Protofield Stellactrum

25: 2 pearl, 2 emerald – rewards: 4k gold + 40 💎 + 4x bottle of wishes: sr

26: 2 pearl, 2 emerald -- rewards: 2k gold + 20 💎

27: none -- rewards: 2k gold + 20 💎

28: 2 emerald, 1 sapphire -- rewards: 2k gold + 20 💎

29: 2 emerald, 1 sapphire -- rewards: 2k gold + 20 💎

30: 2 emerald, 2 sapphire (team 01) + 3 pearl, 1 violet (team 02) -- rewards: 4k gold + 40 💎+ 1x Empyrean Wish

31: 3 pearl, 1 sapphire -- rewards: 2k gold + 20 💎

32: 3 pearl, 1 sapphire -- rewards: 2k gold + 20 💎

33: 3 pearl, 1 sapphire (activate beacon) -- rewards: 2k gold + 20 💎

𝙾𝙿𝙴𝙽 𝙾𝚁𝙱𝙸𝚃

Today I went from Stage 150 -> 180. I have a lot to cover from this orbit alone so a more detailed post about those runs will be linked [here] at a later time.

My post clear write up + VOD for Open Orbit - Stage 150 will be written soon. A link to that post will be included [here] at a later time. My post clear write up + VOD for Open Orbit - Stage 160 will be written soon. A link to that post will be included [here] at a later time. My post clear write up + VOD for Open Orbit - Stage 170 will be written soon. A link to that post will be included [here] at a later time. My post clear write up + VOD for Open Orbit - Stage 180 will be written soon. A link to that post will be included [here] at a later time.

[hananoami]

WITH THIS FINALLY CLEARED, I DID IT!

I am now liberated from all of the available deepspace trials - 180 open orbits plus all 150 directional orbit: light / ice / fire!! 🥳

All that's left to challenge are Sylus's Directional Orbit: Energy. As far as I know there are only 80 stages available? Currently on 31/80!

My post clear writes up for x0 stages from 120 to 180 will come soon-ish. I'm a little behind on all of them since I've been busy irl, but I should be able to work on them now that I have more free time to do other things than slave/grind away in game!!

[hananoami]

[09/08] Deepspace Trials Prog

[09/02 to 09/08] WEEKLY KEYS USED

☆ XAVIER : cleared stage 150 on Thursday, 08/08! ☆ ZAYNE : cleared stage 150 on Tuesday, 08/06! ☆ RAFAYEL : cleared stage 150 on Saturday, 08/10! ☆ SYLUS : 9/9 keys ; going to Stage 67 on Tuesday. ☆ OPEN ORBIT : cleared stage 180 on Sunday, 08/11!

I should honestly re-title this as Sylus Trial's Prog because he's the only one I'm still challenging these orbits with... but for the sake of consistency I'll continue using the same format I've been using since 2.0 launched. It'll makes it easier to reference.

𝚇𝙰𝚅𝙸𝙴𝚁

Xavier’s post clear write ups + VODs from stages 140 & 150 are coming soon.

𝚉𝙰𝚈𝙽𝙴

Zayne’s post clear write ups + VODs from stages 140 & 150 are coming soon.

𝚁𝙰𝙵𝙰𝚈𝙴𝙻

Rafayel’s post clear write ups + VODs from stages 140 & 150 are coming soon.

𝚂𝚈𝙻𝚄𝚂

My post clear write up + VOD for Sylus’s Directional Orbit: Energy - Stage 60 will be written soon. A link to that post will be included [here] at a later time.

Sylus’s post clear write ups + VODS from stages 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 are coming soon.

58: 2 emerald, 2 sapphire (recharge beacon) -- rewards: 2k gold + 20 💎

59: 2 emerald, 2 sapphire -- rewards: 2k gold + 20 💎

60: 3 emerald, 2 sapphire (team 01) + 4 pearl, 1 violet (team 02) -- rewards: 4k gold + 40 💎+ 1x Empyrean Wish

61: 4 pearl, 1 violet -- rewards: 2k gold + 20 💎

62: 4 pearl, 1 violet -- rewards: 2k gold + 20 💎

63: 4 pearl, 1 violet (tower defense) -- rewards: 2k gold + 20 💎

64: none -- rewards: 2k gold + 20 💎

65: 3 pearl, 2 emerald -- rewards: 4k gold + 40 💎 + 4x bottle of wishes: sr

66: 3 pearl, 2 emerald -- rewards: 2k gold + 20 💎

𝙾𝙿𝙴𝙽 𝙾𝚁𝙱𝙸𝚃

All of my open orbit post clear write ups + VODs from stages 130 / 140 / 150 / 160 / 170 / 180 coming soon. This one might take a while… so please bear with me on this.

[zaynes-left-chesticle]

Zayne wondering why I haven't played in 2 weeks... YOU. YOU ARE MY ISSUE.

[zaynes-left-chesticle]

The fact that I've been playing this game since launch day, and I'm just now awakening a memory for this first time is kind of sad...

But y'all, ASH HAS FINALLY AWAKENED HER FIRST MEMORY!

[hananoami]

[08/25] Deepspace Trials Prog

[08/19 to 08/25] WEEKLY KEYS USED

☆ XAVIER : cleared stage 150 on Thursday, 08/08! ☆ ZAYNE : cleared stage 150 on Tuesday, 08/06! ☆ RAFAYEL : cleared stage 150 on Saturday, 08/10! ☆ SYLUS : 9/9 keys ; going to Stage 49 on Tuesday. ☆ OPEN ORBIT : cleared stage 180 on Sunday, 08/11!

I forgot to take a screenshot of my end of the week progress, but we here now.

𝚇𝙰𝚅𝙸𝙴𝚁

All of Xavier's post clear write ups + VODs from stages 130/140/150 coming soon.

𝚉𝙰𝚈𝙽𝙴

All of Zayne's post clear write ups + VODs from stages 130/140/150 coming soon.

𝚁𝙰𝙵𝙰𝚈𝙴𝙻

All of Rafayel's post clear write ups + VODs from stages 130/140/150 coming soon.

𝚂𝚈𝙻𝚄𝚂

Thank goodness for having his 4-star pearl solar pair because it made challenging his stage 40 a lot easier since I could use his 5-star pearl solar pair for the second half of the fight. I was able to clear both fights on auto battle since I out level the minimum requirement, but more details on my team set up and stat attributes will come later.

My post clear write up + VOD for Sylus’s Directional Orbit: Energy - Stage 40 will be written soon. A link to that post will be included [here] at a later time.

Directional Orbit: Energy Protofield Stellactrum

40: 2 pearl, 2 sapphire (team 01) + 3 pearl, 1 violet (team 02) -- rewards: 4k gold + 40 💎+ 1x Empyrean Wish

41: 3 pearl, 1 violet -- rewards: 2k gold + 20 💎

42: 3 pearl, 1 violet -- rewards: 2k gold + 20 💎

43: 3 pearl, 1 violet (frenzy) -- rewards: 2k gold + 20 💎

44: none -- rewards: 2k gold + 20 💎

45: 2 emerald, 1 violet -- rewards: 4k gold + 40 💎 + 4x bottle of wishes: sr

46: 3 pearl, 2 emerald -- rewards: 2k gold + 20 💎

47: none -- rewards: 2k gold + 20 💎

48: 2 emerald, 1 violet (boss absorbs mobs) -- rewards: 2k gold + 20 💎

𝙾𝙿𝙴𝙽 𝙾𝚁𝙱𝙸𝚃

All of my open orbit post clear write ups + VODs from stages 130 / 140 / 150 / 160 / 170 / 180 coming soon. This one might take a while... so please bear with me on this.

[hananoami]

[ Open Orbit ] Stage 120 Clear VOD

I was previously hard stuck on this stage for quite some time; since 04/21 according to my earliest blog entry about this stage here. What originally started off as a meme attempt run turned into an actual CLEAR!! After a few attempts in the second half that is... (ᵕ—ᴗ—) Before I go in depth about my experience some notable information about this fight-- Stage 120 is the final stage that's currently available in the Deepspace Trials until the next big update in July. Like all x0 stages it requires two teams: Team 01 uses 6-Emerald memories Team 02 uses 6-Violet memories. TBH, I'm still in shock over this clear. I really didn't expect to clear it using the memories and protocores I had equipped. Literally awestruck as I'm writing this, reflecting on everything. Below are my thoughts and reflection about this wild adventure, as well as my final team set up and stat attributes.

BEFORE AND AFTER

Here's my before and after team set up for Open Orbit - Stage 120. I want to note this change was made as a meme/suggestion amongst friends during Xavier's Shimmering Moonlight limited-time banner. It was due to me getting super duper lucky with my pulls, which I will write about soon. Originally I wanted to respect the Protofield Stellactrum and match the colors for the perfect match and additional bonuses. I usually try to match the stellactrum because every bit of stats helps. However, I also want to mention that there have been instances where I opt to go off color and attempt to brute force it. For the record, this would be the most notorious one I have ever brute forced. It's not that I haven't attempted to brute force this stage before. I have. My Violet build with Rafayel was lacking in CRIT and I wasn't entirely satisfied with the protocores I rolled. So I tried to brute force it with my Zayne foreseer build, using his highest leveled memories. Usually that build carries me hard since it has a duo rank i bonus. however I still wasn't able to clear it due to lack of damage. My plan was to farm for more protocores. Specifically look for better delta cores with CRIT rate as its main stat and upgrade the ones with better substats to swap out what I currently had equipped. It's a long grind. Protocore farming is the true gacha in this game, unlike the wish pool where you're guaranteed a memory from pity. You never know what you'll get or if you'll even see what you're looking for. Well, like I mentioned earlier I got really lucky with my pulls for Xavier's banner and came out with his new myth pair at Duo Rank 3. I had cores from my SN build I could have used, but since I didn't need oath recovery anymore (duo rank ii bonus replaces having to equip that stat) I had two options to choose from-- Expedited Energy Boost or Oath Strength. So I tapped some beta cores to see what I could work with. You know, the usual trial and error testing. As luck would have it, as I was gambling my protocore upgrades I somehow managed to roll 2 Expedited Energy Boost cores with similar substats. A friend who was watching me tap away suggested that I try to brute force the fight again, but this time use my new Xavier solars/EEB protocores for the second half and use Zayne for the first half. I'm always down to try new things. So we decided to science it. Xavier's Moonlight myths is my first duo rank 3 pair. I was genuinely curious to see if it would be possible to clear open orbit - stage 120. Narrator voice: Lumiere cleared the fight with flying colors. (even if it did take him several attempts during the second half, hehe) The disrespect though lmao. It just goes to show you that there is no right or wrong way to play the game. Match the colors. Don't match the colors. You should use whatever is available to you and works best for you. Just have fun with it ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡

ADDITIONAL SCREENSHOTS

Team A team set-up and stat attributes

Companion: Zayne's Foreseer Weapon: Everlasting Song ♡ Affinity Bonus: 88 When you take a fatal blow, Zayne teleports to you, blocks a hit, and counter attacks. Enemies will be knocked back. [ HP 3400 || DEF 85 || ATK 170 ] Pair Bonus [FS] - Starting Effect: increases team DMG by 8%, and reduces team DMG taken by 8%. When fighting together with Foreseer, your Active Skill DMG is increased by 25%. - Duo Rank 1: boosts Ardent Oath charge by 20%. When you and Foreseer are granted with Wards of Curses, team DMG will be increased by 12%.

5☆ Forever Sealed (sapphire/solar) Lv 80/awakened rank 1 using +9 and +12 SSR protocores

5☆ Promise Everlasting (sapphire/solar) Lv 80/awakened rank 2 using +9 and +12 SSR protocores

5☆ Business Trip (sapphire/lunar) Lv 80 rank 3 using +12 SSR protocores

5☆ Hearts Within Reach (sapphire/lunar) Lv 80 rank 1 using +12 SSR protocores

5☆ Cozy Afternoon (ruby/lunar) Lv 80 rank 3 using +12 SSR protocores

5☆ Medical Rescue (Ruby/lunar) Lv 70 using +9 SSR protocores

Team B team set-up and stat attributes

Companion: Xavier's Lumiere Weapon: Moonchaser ♡ Affinity Bonus: 93 When you take a fatal blow, Xavier teleports to you, blocks a hit, and counter attacks. Enemies will be knocked back. [ HP 3600 || DEF 90 || ATK 180 ] Pair Bonus [MN] - Starting Effect: increases team DMG by 8%, and reduces team DMG taken by 8%. The Enemy [Moonstruck] is extended by 3 seconds. - Duo Rank 1: boosts Ardent Oath charge by 20%. [Moonlight] will attach 1 stack of [Phasing Moon] to the enemy, increasing DMG dealt by 25%. - Duo Rank 2: increases Energy Charge cap by 1. When [Moonlight] is activated, the cooldown time of your Active and Resonance Skill is reduced by 0.5 seconds, and a small amount of energy charge is restored. - Duo Rank 3: increases team DMG by 8%. When your Active Skill or Charged Attack hits a target with [Moonstruck], [Moonlight] will be activated, boosting CRIT DMG by 30%.

5☆ Midnight Whispers (amber/solar) Lv 80/awakened rank 3 using +9 SSR protocores

5☆ Midnight Rainfall (amber/solar) Lv 80/awakened rank 3 using +9 SSR protocores

5☆ Unique Aftertaste (ruby/lunar) Lv70 rank 1 using +12 SSR protocores

5☆ Tender Night (amber/lunar) Lv70 rank 1 using +12 SSR protocores

5☆ Romantic Afternoon (emerald/lunar) Lv70 rank 1 using +9 and +12 SSR protocores

5☆ Fluffy Trap (emerald/lunar) Lv70 rank 1 using +9 protocores

[hananoami]

[04/28] Deepspace Trials Progression

Absolutely no progress has been made for the following deepspace trials.

☆ Xavier : 0/3 - currently stuck on stage 110 ☆ Zayne : 0/3 - currently stuck on stage 108 ☆ Rafayel : 0/3 - currently stuck on stage 110 ☆ Open Orbit : currently stuck on stage 120

𝚇𝙰𝚅𝙸𝙴𝚁

I first got to Stage 110 last Monday, 04/22 and have been stuck on it ever since. I didn't do a breakdown review of this stage earlier so I'll write one now. Stage 110 requires 2 teams-- Team 01: requires 6-Amber memories Team 02: required 6-Emerald memories

Team 01 set up

4☆ Shining Traces (amber/solar) Lv 60 rank 3 using +9 protocores

4☆ Shining Light (amber/solar) Lv 60 rank 3 using +9 protocores

5☆ Tender Night (amber/lunar) Lv 70 rank 1 using +12 protocores

5☆ Heartstrings Symphony (amber/lunar) Lv 70 using +9 protocores

5☆ Faint Sensation (amber/lunar) Lv 60 using +9 protocores

5☆ Fragment of Time (amber/lunar) Lv 60 using +9 protocores

Team 02 set up

5☆ Lightseeking Shadowrend (emerald/solar) Lv 80/awakened using +9 and +12 protocore

5☆ Lightseeking Obsession (emerald/solar) Lv 8 rank 3 using +9 and +12 protocore

5☆ Romantic Afternoon (emerald/lunar) Lv 70 rank 1 using +9 protocores

5☆ Fluffy Trap (emerald/lunar) Lv 60 using +9 protocores

4☆ A Captured Moment (emerald/lunar) Lv 60 rank 3 using +9 protocores

4☆ Close Feelings (emerald/lunar) Lv 60 rank 3 using +9 protocores

I don't have any problems clearing the first part with team 01 using the Hunter's Wand with Lightseeker. With team 02, using the Luminescence Blade with Lightseeker, I can't seem to do enough damage before the timer runs out. Current the above screenshot is my prog point with a whole HP bar left. I could probably work on getting [Fluffy Trap] to level 70 and maybe a couple of the delta protocores to +12 to see how far I can push without having to level up those 4-star memories. Both options require a lot of resources.

𝚉𝙰𝚈𝙽𝙴

In Stage 108, I'm still having the same issue as before -- not doing enough damage to the first frenzy wander before it dissipates. This is my second ramble of me saying how much I dislike frenzy stages; the first one can be read here. I feel like I wouldn't as much if targeting system was better, though I suppose you can't expect too much from a mobile game. Did I ask them nicely to look into the focus targeting system in game in the player survey? You betcha I did. I don't think it would go anywhere though.

𝚁𝙰𝙵𝙰𝚈𝙴𝙻

Kindly refer to this post about my directional orbit: fire - Stage 110.

𝙾𝙿𝙴𝙽 𝙾𝚁𝙱𝙸𝚃

Kindly refer to this post about my open orbit - Stage 120.

[zaynes-left-chesticle]

Why... WHY MUST LEVEL 70 REQUIRE GREEN?

Zayne has shit for emerald cards 😭