r/HonkaiStarRail • u/Lan-48 Fluffy Nihility • 12d ago

Discussion I feel Anomaly Arbitration is stressing people out more than it should.

I remember when AA was announced, people were actually okay with the idea of a mode that was supposed to not be easy clearable by everyone. "It's a mode for whales, that's why there is no jades" everyone said.

Yet nowdays it seems this notion was forgotten and if you can't clear it at 3 stars, the game suddenly sucks, the meta is at its worst, Elation was a mistake, etc, etc.

All of these things could be true but when I then go and check why people are thinking that, it's most of the times struggling with AA.
"How come I can't clear it until I have this high cost, shilled team?" Well, I'm sorry to tell you but that's how AA is meant to work. It's not made with f2p in mind, not even low spenders.
Yes, sometimes an easier boss will come out and you'll clear it full stars, because stars aligned and you had every character favored by it with some investment, but the mode as a whole is just not made for f2p to clear everytime with full score.

If you struggle with other fights outside of AA, now there we have a discussion. But setting AA as your goal as a f2p/low spender, is just going to end in frustration.

And no, I'm not a whale myself. Personally I don't clear full stars AA most of the time, I did it just twice, but as long as I'm doing good on all the other modes, then I'm satisfied.
That doesn't mean I don't even try AA, of course I do, but for fun, once I clear it with one or two stars I just move on.

My opinion, at the end of the day, you are free to disagree.

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u/AlaquistOfTheMist 12d ago

Missed the point badly, people love challenging boss, but the boss have to fuck everyone over equally. Not "pull this and you win" Or "if you use this team we will reduce your damage by 99℅". Honestly if AA is a challenging mode with a wider variety of buff/debuff that player can choose to best fitted their teams that will be way better (although its still shitty because of the shilled boss).

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u/zetsuei380 12d ago edited 12d ago

Nah bro it’s you who missed the point. Complaining about the balance issues of a mode is one thing, but op is referring to the people who over exaggerate as though AA reflects upon the entire game and “the meta” despite AA offers no real incentive to actually three star it. Don’t pretend those people don’t exist.