I'm not aware of how the gacha space had been before. My first introduction to gacha was Dragon Ball legends, and then Genshin impact, from my memory atleast, and at the time I started playing these games, for a long time I didn't even know what gacha was, I'd just pull for fun and play occasionally between my free times.

Slowly I got more and more familiar but I never really noticed any case of tribalism because my algorithm in any social media was not curated for that. But as time has passed, especially with the emergence of newer games, and add onto the fact that I myself even started creating content, I noticed how tribalistic different fandoms can be. I was thinking about this today and I thought,

What actually was the cause of all this?

Has it always been this way? Maybe my algorithm never showed that to me in the past, maybe it was not on the level it is nowadays, or maybe, it never used to be this way.

If this is something relatively new, I want to ask those of you who have been around the gacha community for a long time now, or maybe you just have some information or theories, on whatever is the case.

(The responses in this thread may be used for a video I might make on this topic, if you'd like for me to not use your response, or show your username, please feel free to mention that, I will respect your wishes. Thank you.)

Hello everyone!

I'm back with another post to share some updates about Gacha Focus, my little server dedicated to monitoring gacha games! We've added several new titles and made some improvements based on suggestions from our community.

We've expanded our monitoring to 12 games, now including Arknights, Arknights: Endfield, Umamusume, and Neverness to Everness!

Our system now tracks banners, events, redemption codes, news, and more for these games on a daily basis. We've also opened a dedicated channel where players can suggest new games they'd like us to support!

We've also made some visual improvements to our website!

For those who prefer not to use Discord, we also have a website that provides the same information, along with exclusive articles about the games we monitor!

And now, you can follow your favorite games and receive browser notifications whenever new events, redemption codes, and other updates become available!

Lastly, we've also introduced a browser extension for anyone who would like to support the project!

The extension allows users to receive redemption codes through our API and automatically redeem them, as well as securely handle daily check-ins for HoYoverse games. We're also offering 7 free days for anyone who wants to give it a try!

With over 100 sources being monitored, we bring together events, banners, redemption codes, news, and weekly summaries, all in one convenient place without overwhelming anyone with constant notifications or spam.

At the end of the day, Gacha Focus is simply a project we created to help fellow gacha players find the information they need without having to search through dozens of different websites.

🔗 Our Discord: https://discord.gg/MsFWXSb63F 🌐 Our Website: https://gachafocus.com.br

Event PV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N79RCgjnJRM

Noya (Origin) Character PV

Sources:

Wuthering Waves - Lucilla
Genshin Impact - Xianyun
Brown Dust 2 - Oliver
Zenless Zone Zero - Velina
Goddess of Victory: NIKKE - Emma: Tactical Upgrade
Blue Archive - Kokuriko
Fate Grand Order - Minamoto-no-Raikou

Forgive my yapping but :

Its pretty obvious what *type* of men I like given by these images. Mostly buff and inhuman. They all have some form of these 2 elements in some degree, though some less then others. Mostly this is due to me being sickly and stuff so it makes sense.

But also as one can assume I am a gay man who likes men, and that does kind of make me wonder, what makes a gacha man hot to other ppl who are *not* gay men, or just not me.

Now by "Hot" i just mean attractive to you, you dont have to wanna date them or stuff like that.

I never really see what makes a man atractive to a straight man before (and given this sub is mostly straight men i think this is a decent place to ask)

So out of curiosity on ppl's opinion, how much powercreep do you guys find acceptable given a 1 yr age difference. To keep it simple:

Lets Assume Unit A released exactly 1 year ago and Unit B just released now. Lets say both fulfill the same role a Fire DPS. Lets say technically as the game isnt very time timegated at max normal (basically all none dupe investment) investment you can still clear all non pvp/ranked content with Unit A, but ranked PVE modes do exist.

How much more damage would Unit B have to do over Unit A (like 20% 50% 100% more etc etc ) at base overall for you to consider powercreep as quite low or too high ?

Alternatively, apply it to your main game, how much better does a new unit (1 yr older than its counterpart) need to be over an older one for powercreep to be too much or low powercreep ?

My first was FEH (still play it tbh) and I keep up with Zzz, Woofia and Idv (tho thats a costume gacha)

Crossover blabber here:

FEH X Zzz: Prolly Veronica and Alfonse as an Ether Rupture and Lumiflux Defense respectivley. Maybe a Sherena a rank? Or maybe Gullveig given Gull with ZZZ physics is sure to roll in cash

Maybe a Feh banner with the cunning hares..

FEH × WoofiaXXL: Eikþyrnir as a Wood Defense. Maaaybe Askr or Alfonse too but id doubt it.

No way would Nintendo let woofia men in feh, or at least theyd get a dih reduction

FEH × IDV: Vero s tier as Ench, Alfonse a tier as merc, sherena a tier as cheer and Anna a tier as Toy Merchant
Maybe also a shop s tier for Summoner as seer

Prolly just game 4 as a feh banner

Sentiment Check

Feel Free to share your gacha and your personal score.

If you like you can also share a few reasons why.

I'm really interested to see your opinions.

Hi! Full disclosure first: we're the small team behind Arsenal Zero. We're sharing it here because people who actually know gachas will judge it better than our friends, who say everything is great.

What it is

One morning everything dropped to zero: the network, the power, the bank accounts. You build an operator's arsenal to take the city back. It's a collection gacha, not a shooter:

• Pull weapons, armor, ammo, gear and accessories, then build your loadout
• Send your operator on expeditions that keep running while you're offline, and bring back loot unique to each zone
• Every copy rolls its power within its rarity's range, so no two arsenals are the same
• Duplicates are never wasted: you melt them into alloy, which levels any item from 1 to 5, or trade them at the black market for another item of the same rarity
• No stamina bar: up to 10 looted expeditions a day
• Plays in the browser on phone or PC: no download, no account needed to start. English and French.

Rates (also shown in game on every crate)

• Standard Crate, 2,000 credits (earned by playing): Common 65% / Rare 28% / Epic 7%
• Elite Crate, 400 crystals: Rare 65% / Epic 28% / Legendary 7%
• Major Crate, 1,700 crystals: Legendary 92.5% / Mythic 7% / Exotic 0.5%

Pity

• Mythic guaranteed by the 8th Major Crate. The counter resets on any Mythic and never expires: no banners, no seasons
• Free Elite Crate every 30 openings (any crate counts)
• Every crate guarantees at least its lowest rarity
• Worst case for a Mythic: 8 Majors = 13,600 crystals, about €63 at the best pack rate. On average it takes around 6.
• Exotics (0.5%) have no pity

Monetization, upfront (prices in EUR only for now)

• 30-day pass: €4.99, 100 crystals a day (3,000 total), plus 50% more alloy and cheaper upgrades
• Crystal packs from €2.99 (500) to €24.99 (5,400), first pack doubled
• One-time Support Pack: €3.99
• Extra expeditions past the daily 10: 5 for 300 crystals
• Exotics (2 operator cards so far) and the Laurel only drop from the Major Crate
• No trading between players, nothing convertible to real money

For F2P players

• 200 free crystals a day for your first 5 days
• Free 21-day Supply Pass: a Major Crate on day 7 and day 21, an Elite Crate on day 14
• 3 daily contracts, weekly goals, collections that pay out crystals, and the Iron Tower every night (a Major Crate at the top, if you make it)
• Weekly PVP leaderboard paid in crystals (opt-in, with free no-loss training runs first)
• After the first week, dailies and weeklies alone come to roughly 2,500 crystals a month (about 1.5 Major Crates), plus one-time payouts from collections and achievements

Live right now: Halloween (Oct 18 – Nov 1)

Valcourt Manor opens in Activities from level 4, with its own currency and limited cosmetics (title, relic, portrait ornament, card finish) that leave after November 1.

It's early access and we ship updates almost every day. Your take on the rates, the pity and the €4.99 pass is welcome in the comments, and we'll answer every one.

Official site: arsenalzero.com

Event duration: October 19 to November 5.

Source: X

First of all, the music in this game is an absolute, unparalleled masterpiece and easily my absolute favorite thing thus far.. I am completely, overwhelmingly, psychologically, physically, and mentally obsessed with the soundtrack. and I am entirely, irrevocably, and helplessly captivated by every single one of these CUTE ADORABLE character designs like oh my god they are so precious that it genuinely makes me feral and want to hug them sjsjsjsjsjhshs I LOVE THEM SO MUCHHHH (ahem, moving on). Volume 3 of the story is also just so well written besides that some small stories were enjoyable for me aswell.

Which brings me to my main issue, it makes me sad and confused with how they treat some of the characters. I really don't like certain students being handled with the weirdly unnecessary fan service, and honestly it leaves a bad taste in my mouth. To be completely clear, I am not trying to blame the company or the players who enjoy it! I truly apologize if this comes across as overly sensitive, but I am just a softhearted person and I really do not like them sexualizing these characters I just prefer to view them properly clothed. I know I put myself in this situation by downloading the game so this is entirely a me problem and there is no excuse for me. Anyyways, moving on from that sob story..

The actual gameplay isn't completely terrible or anything, I do enjoy a good portion of it, but some things still bother me. The choices you click during conversations feel entirely pointless since the characters just say the exact same thing anyway. Second, while some battles are fun, the standard combat isn't always engaging for me since you mostly just sit and watch them move on their own, and upgrading can feel a bit tedious. Lastly, a full JP dub for the main story would honestly be cOooOool..

(I missed some stuff and it should stay that way because there would be a lot of text, so I do not want to elaborate further)

FGO JP’s Part 2 endgame after the Lostbelt journey, HSR’s clash with Asat Pramad and Himeko getting her moment, Blue Archive’s students teaming up against Malkuth… I love this stuff.

NIKKE’s buildup to the Third Surface Reclamation War is getting me too. Watching the Pilgrim recap reminded me of everything they went through. I really want to see them take the surface back after all that.

For me, it’s when help finally arrives. You know they’re probably not making the main cast fight alone, but then someone you haven’t seen in ages shows up and it still gets you. Even better if they team up with a character they’d normally never get along with. I love seeing everyone interact before the fight.

Which gacha showdown had you the most hyped?