Ace of Spades :
okay so I did struggle to keep up with your arguments (please slow down the voice I beg) but I'll toss my hat in the ring for shits and giggles. so I haven't played hsr for a few patches so take this with the context of I have already left the game. as a disclaimer, I will be comparing to other gachas that I still play but not with the intention of placing one over the other, with the intention of contrasting scenarios. so my first problem is with her design. it's a good design, don't get me wrong, it is good outside the context of the game. however, it is a very *safe* design. many of the characters released across the game, but *especially* during planarcadia, there has been the red-black-white color pallette on a disproportionately high amount of characters. it also shows no experimentation in silhouette and there are very few if any references to Aha the aeon in nihilux-as-Aha's design. this design is more fitting of an emanator than an aeon. put some mask motifs on her outfit and I'd feel better about it. it's also very orderly for a chaotic aeon but that's a separate issue. as for playable aeons as a concept, THEY were introduced as abstract manifestations of a concept. they were introduced and talked about as very distant forces who subtly affect the universe. if Sunday became Ena, I don't believe he should have been playable. if Cyrene actually became Fuli instead of just preserving a small localized portion of the universe with her capabilities as an emanator, I don't believe she should have been playable. when DH becomes Long the Permanence, I don't want that version of him playable. when TB becomes Akavili and Terminus, I don't want those forms playable. when March becomes Fuli and "Evernight" becomes Mythus, I don't want those playable. that's been an issue talked about for a while how every main important character is super powerful, which dilutes the impact of meeting other characters of emanator or aeonic power. emanators used to be a big thing but now they're just expected and don't cause a stir. the same thing will happen to aeons. and if you think they'll stop at just Aha, you're naive. (1/?)
2026-09-17 23:44:46