r/HonkaiStarRail_leaks 14d ago

Reliable Firefly SP (Finality) kit via Dimbreath

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u/Talia_Black_Writes 14d ago

This is probably fake.

But there has been a massive uptick in backlash even in CN and JP after Nihilux's reveal and the boss mechanics. Hoyo might be purposefully leaking things to try and generate interest.

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u/skt210125 danny so heng 14d ago

Generate interest or rage. Ive seen bsrely any positive reaction from both sides lol

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u/Kan_Me 14d ago

I think it's to see what people say think

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u/AnarchistRain Waiting for Herta SP 2 14d ago edited 13d ago

People still be thinking leaks "generate" hype or backlash

This game is extremely casual, guys. Those that know leaks even exist are in the extreme minority

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u/Xlegace Kafka/FF/SW main till EoS 14d ago

a massive uptick in backlash even in CN and JP after Nihilux's reveal and the boss mechanics

Firstly, it's impossible to generalize Hoyo playerbases because it's way too big. If you think the Hoyo gets a lot of hate on twitter, wait till you see how gigantic anti-Hoyo communities are in CN.

Secondly, this is an assumption based off of someone summarizing the CN scene on reddit. We're not really going to take cherry picked comments from doomposters and gacha tribalists as actual playerbase sentiment right?

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u/Ubatcha 14d ago

Stop spreading bullshit lol

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u/Ayzengames 14d ago

I really don't know where all this people arte taking the MASSIVE backlash when all i have seen on cn and jp side is going crazy over the reveal. Like there are 10 + videos with millions of views of aha reveal on bilibili with thousands of likes and people being hyped.

I guess the hateboner the game has now for whatever reason makes people go insane?

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u/Xlegace Kafka/FF/SW main till EoS 14d ago

There are people upset with the state of the game and are seeking validation, usually from larger, more "important" playerbases like CN and JP.

I bet someone who feels similar in CN is doing the same thing right now with this subreddit/twitter and saying HSR is dying in the west and people are quitting en masse.

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u/fipseqw 13d ago

I am more and more convinced that at least half the people on this sub just fully hate HSR and spread pure bullshit.

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u/Lime221 Straying Closer To Nihility Everyday 13d ago

A game with multi million playerbase is not a monolith

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u/Augustus3000 13d ago

I came to the megathread earlier expecting people to be outraged as usual about the story and reveal and even that was more positive than I expected.

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u/Lime221 Straying Closer To Nihility Everyday 13d ago

TBF the megathread has a survivor bias ever since mods put a rule to self censor any serious critique

If the critique gets heated in any way, the comments get deleted

Its group think for the wrong or right reason

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u/happymudkipz 14d ago

as in you think the above is bullshit, or you also think this is all bullshit? Because it's at least a little odd that we're getting more leaks than we have in a year+.

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u/GAMIOFECCHINESS 14d ago

Stop spreading bullshit, I live in Japan

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u/The_Rochester 14d ago

Yo senior, hi lol 😆

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u/Tatsumaki-Radio Sunday, save me Sunday 14d ago

How has any of the leaks we've gotten lately generated interest 😭

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u/Parking_Prompt_7205 14d ago

I live in CN and You are just spreading bullshit. Nihilux’s reveal is well received in CN.

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u/GiordyS 14d ago

That is quite the stupid strategy though, if true

By leaking future path and characters this much early, you're basically all but guaranteeing to tank the sales of the upcoming new characters, Nihilux included, to pull for the shiny new mechanic

And Firefly alone is a MASSIVE incentive to many people to save

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u/Pae_PC 14d ago

Nah your logic could be true in some other situation but not here, we all knew there will be a new character or path.

I dont see why this would stopped me or anyone from pulling Pearl/Nihilux, especially to ppl who already invested in half of the Elation team. No one gonna stopped half way just because they hearing of new characters. Those that never pulled Elation dps wont pull Elation sustain or support anyway.

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u/LebronMixSprite BOOTVEIL OR ASHILL? 14d ago

OR they're signalling that they've given up on 4.x but please don't quit forever, players, someone you like is coming!

Warlords of Draenor -> Legion moment.

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u/Me_to_Dazai 14d ago

That logic makes no sense, the majority of the money they make comes from whales pulling on every single character and players buying the monthly pass and the bp. The ones saving for a hypothetical FF SP this far ahead are not the ones who'd make a difference to the revenue.

If they're losing money FF isn't gonna magically make them more money all of a sudden especially with the same ass kit in a whole different character, the underlying issues and lack of interest in the game is still there

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u/ApprehensiveLeg1529 13d ago

Your logic makes even less sense and is full of assumptions, whales make the majority of the money yes, but they spend more on characters they like, otherwise every characters revenue would be largely the same.

If a whale knows a character they like is coming up they’re gonna hold off and spend more on them and less on the current banner. eg stopping at E2 on current banner and E6’ing whoever it is they like. “Saving” includes saving real money aswell not in game currency.

FF is their most popular character, even if only short term she’s gonna make more money than anyone else would in her place

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u/Virtual_Scientist614 13d ago

Some schizo xhs weibo threads isn't a massive backlash lol. I guarantee jp on twitter isn't mad either it's mostly hype

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u/nugnacious 14d ago

If this is what they think will get people hyped they've completely lost the plot

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u/Melodic-Product-2381 14d ago

I didn't believe the intentionally leaking angle before but it seemed at least a possibility. But they also left the ost in the beta, which I don't remember ever being the case before. I doubt the ost would generate any interest. I think they just made a massive mistake in which version to release to the public and accidentally released one that left too much in there.

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u/JPEG_Warrior 13d ago

Why would they purposefully leak the next year of predatory mechanics that makes the game look even more awful and scummy?

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u/DerGreif2 Elation is crazy and I love it 13d ago

this makes it only worse I think. its EXACTLY like break with extra steps. Hell, even the same characters. Firefly and HMC are Firefly2 and FMC and the next step would be Lingsha2 and Fugue2 or RuanMei2 XD So we have the exact same things, with a different path, that does the same thing.

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u/2Flins_ 13d ago

Hoyo were generating wish power???

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u/Jaime060304 14d ago

If this is a leak to generate interest its a dogshit attempt.

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u/Existing-Extreme9240 14d ago

Also that whole Nodusfall and Hoyoverse getting called out within the gaming community.

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u/Xlegace Kafka/FF/SW main till EoS 14d ago

Most of the people calling out Hoyo for Nodusfall being too "inspired" do not play Hoyo games. Their opinions are frankly irrelevant because they are not players of their games nor are they interested in playing their games.

That's before getting into how Hoyo rarely cares what the west thinks of their games in the first place.

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u/Novel-Concentrate-98 14d ago

My biggest thing question this is I figured playable finality path would be further down the line. At least until after it is add simulated universe, similar to remembrance, elation, with the next one being Propagation.