Azur Lane - The New Player's Experience
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- Опубликовано: 30 июн 2024
- A very general look into how the game is for a new player as of August 2022, hopefully helping in deciding if this game is worth playing or not. Alternatively, a good waste of a good few of my hours diving into a new account on Azur Lane that wlll be left to rot away, then a couple more in editing this mess together.
Not sure what to call this video. A scuffed review? Some messed up low-effort derivative of a let's play? The ramblings of a man broken by gacha? Who knows?
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As a commander who's only a year old old on this game, I say "Yes, it's still worth it.", 'cause even if you missed out or currently doesn't have some of the ships, the PR ships are there for you, though you need to grind like hell for their blueprints to mold their stats into perfection.
takes forever to get tech points too for new players if you want more than pr 1
@@Stellarfront between catch up mechanics and outright being able to buy pr 1, 2 and soon to be 3 blueprints every day -for free- you’re wrong ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@Stellarfront I think it's possible focusing your Bulin in one faction. I've been playing for 4 months and I already have enough TP for all Royal Navy even Plymouth and now I have enough TP for Ägir. Still farming exp for Drake bc I've been playing other games too
@@camus1647 I think 4 months is a long time
if u ask me i'd say no.. i mean if you want like collect all the ships and stuff it's practically already semi impossible or it will take idk how long and it's the only thing some ppl enjoy since this is basically not a pvp game despite having one.. but well.. if you are fond of the ship in the anime sure u can still collect them with some time.. so it probably will depend on each player what they play azur lane for
The true end game is collecting ships, discovering your favorites and then appreciating the 'cultured art' you find online :)
These girls are the best, for how little dialogue they actually have the depth to some of them have is pretty damn good!
Also, there truly is a super complicated fleet building aspect to the game when you get to high level maps and bosses that's just waaay more intense than expected. It literally took months of careful planning, collecting specific gear, going for specific ships and building a fleet with what was within reach of my own account to launch an assault against world 13. Then it took many months after that successful campaign to beat world 14 as the requirements we're completely different.
I can't wait for the next world, but I have a feeling I'm now so far along and have collected so much, my current dock might have just enough power to complete it...
Ah yes the shitty,terrible,and trashy cultured art
I appreciate it by burning it in fire
Hey, this is a pretty good intro guide for new players.
I've been playing for a couple years now, just about getting through the slog that is World 14 (may it rest in pieces), finished a couple of the Operation-Siren bosses and I'm now guiding two of my buddies through the game, so not exactly a veteran just yet, but I'd like to think I am.
The biggest thing that I feel is missed in the video is the importance of good equipment, basically every ship in the game is good enough up to a point with the proper equipment. I nearly doubled my damage output on the lvl15 Meta ship fights by just switching out my guns for the proper ammo types.
HE is the go to for most enemies as it does the best damage against light armour and reasonable damage against heavy and medium armour.
AP is the go to for medium or heavy armours, while HE is fine for everything, an AP gun does 15%+ more damage against mediums and 20%+ against heavy armour compared to HE.
SAP is a weird one, its only on certain Italian guns and absolutely shreds medium armour, a good 15-20%+ boost over AP, while against light armour it is not quite as good as HE, against heavy armour is where it utterly fails, doing basically half damage compared to AP.
Until about world 9-10 it really doesnt matter what you run as equipment as you can really just over level your fleets to the point your ships will just go John Wick on the enemies with a pencil, world 11 and 12 is where equipment really starts to matter, gold or nothing really takes over at the end of W12.World 13 and 14 are the point you need to be thinking about what armour type bosses are and how to best counter them.
Another thing to mention is the main enemies of each world, up until world 11 public enemy #1 is the bombing ships/fire ships/suicide ships, whatever they are called. In W12 and W13 it is airplanes, one of my aforementioned underlings is currently on W12 and is having trouble switching to having massive amounts of AA, even with me telling him to prepare some high AA ships before hand. For me the switch was good as I had a bunch of super high AA ships in my fleets already so W12 was easier than W11.
I have now realised this is getting out of the scope of a comment on a new player guide and more a rant on the game in general. :)
Or another way for simple folks like me, just grind to the point you go crazy, and just brute force the story...
Thanks for the info. I will use it as I am a degenerate who is attracted to the art style of this game and based on those merits I plan to put very little effort but effort none the less into it. For that reason why help is greatly appreciated.👍
>reflecting on past mistakes
My only mistake was not starting to play AL sooner.
>3:30 - there's one thing that really stands out
Bisko booba, yeah, they do....
>gacha games have good music
Ah, yes the music too stands out... You got me there.
>Repulse is not great
Neratte... Pon! In the early, well, even well past mid game you can have hodge-podge waifu fleets provided they're leveled up - in those stages LEVELS ARE KING. Then gear and skills.
>Portland
She also wants to have 10 kids with the shikikan, which is nice.
>MasachuSEGGS
Dem thighs...
>ending at 3-4
Ah, the eternal fox mines XD
AL is super chill game where you don't have to tryhard, and just keep collecting all the waifus. Aside from dock space, which you'll probably spent some money for sooner or later even with quite generous free gems, it's extremely f2p.
If you're a -degenerate- person of culture, that doesn't mind quite repetitive gameplay, this is perfect. And devs/community teams know their playerbase well ("There are so many degenerates here" - Intern-kun). Totally worth playing, would milk Kashino/10.
MOMMYsashi soon, LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
I got musashi just LETS GOOOO!!
I've just started playing azur lane recently. What drew me to this game was obviously the art work and the ship New Jersey that ( i will probably never get lol) I have a mail box full of stuff that i cant even claim because i have too much oil. I also heard that the game was not p2w and free to play friendly which is a big plus for me. i hope to get good.
Don’t worry you can get New Jersey next year anyway
I had that "to much oil" problem too. What I did was buy a bunch of food with it for the dorm. My girls will never be hungry.
New Jersey rerun is coming
She'll be coming back in the future and by that time your resources will be more than enough to get her don't lose your hope yet, make sure to reserve a ring for her. And yes, the game really f2p friendly I have around 2k cubes by now and have all the ships from the 2nd year forward.
You have too much oil you say?
America would like to know your location.
The only problem i hate the most on Azur Lane is the docks. Never enough
Invest in dock space always if your a f2p. Not skin and no to ring. Make every shipgirls benefit from your precious gems not only few. Join guilds for free dock space
Great video. Even though I have been playing consistently since Feb 2019, I totally understand pretty much every shortcoming you mentioned. This game is definitely hard to get into as a new player due to the sheer number of systems, knowledge barriers, and the less than engaging gameplay. However, I still think everyone should give it a shot. The community heavily carries the enjoyment here, as well as the characters. The sole reason I even started playing back then was so that I could obtain Sirius, a cute maid.
i started playing the game 2 or 3 days before the fourth anniversary and that new ship event was there too and now after 1 month or so i am lvl 51 with 9 or so sr ships (got all the new ship girls from the event also requested enterprise as the 4th anniversary gift and formidable from wishing well and also did a week of fox mining for the fox due and got Montpelier, z46, san Diego from medal of honor and also got tosa and minneapolis from regular pull ) for a f2p guy like me this is a very big thing that no other gacha does and i am close to retrofitting san diego in just a month and making her my first UR SHIP this is a very rewarding game for the time you put into it
also try to get warspite!! and save cubes for our godess musashi!!!
@@ricardoortega5691 lol i didn't know there was gonna be a banner for a new ur and i had 0 cube at the start of the event but I still did my daily 3 build with cubes i got everyday and i even claimed my msg cubes and every thing i had just to pull her and with my last 10 pulls with last 20 cubes i finally got her i was gonna give up on her after that 10 pull too and now i have 0 cubes again
@@hellmode1011 congratulations commander
Another tip for new players: Get Enterprise ASAP
When you need overwhelming damage without being locked out to limited events and collabs is a huge life saver. She's always good when you're starting out and even when you're in the lategame. She easily outdamages the 2 Rainbow Aircraft Carriers just with her 1 skill alone if you have decent gear.
Let's not forget she's the only one who's mastered Ultra Instinct in the entire rooster.
She's the best flagship new players could possibly have.
Additionally, if you get essex, she is a better enty for damage. Being a Essex class she does loose out on the owarida skill but she can put up a wall of torps, carpet bombs the front half, and will be your sandy retro but carrier form.
@@chillylytical9410 Also if you get Essex, Yostar (the developers), will send you a small box of lemons so you actually profit by pulling her.
@@cactusoftheday174 well manjuu is the one who'll do that
She so deserves a UR retrofit, maybe alongside Midway's UR event would be great.
you get reruns for events you missed, then will be in war archives (which is where past events are put permanently so you can farm for whatever it has that you want).
ships will eventually make it in the perma pools, and new players are given lotsa stuff to help starting up.
moreover, the game's very f2p friendly and devs are generous, so it's worth playing for a new player.
I play it exclusively for the booba. Don’t care about mechanics or whatever. All I want is more Prinz Eugen.
One thing that makes Azur Lane different from other gacha game, it's an in-between auto & manual game
You can choose how much you handle the game, from fully control it, just selecting the enemies, or fully automatic (search & fight)
While many other games don't even offer auto mode, some even have stage skip feature
And that flexibility on control that makes me stuck in AL JP for years
Tip for new players: Join a Guild / Public Guild
Buy Unicorn and Helena off the Guild Shop
it's very F2P friendly, nice art and community, also nice developer and publisher, etc. If you just started and don't know what to do, just join the community, they have lot of guide for new player (usually I search and ask this in discord), and old player as well as nice art post daily (usually I see this in fb), and other social media. I'm started 8 months ago, and already reach level 101, with too much SR ships that I probably won't use it at all lol.
It's been 4yrs since I start playing AL untill now I don't see myself quit the game
The End Game is hard work 100 % and The best ship is hard for the hardest content, recommend actually controlling your ship, or they flop
I started about 60 - 90 days ago and I am so happy everytime.
You forgot, that Chapter 3-4 drops Kaga, and Akagi which offers you a decent starting of a SSR CV, which can helps you early on with their skills. Since if both of them are on the same fleet, they would be able proc their skills and launch your aviation by 50% faster for their first airstrike.
Also, manual gives you 20% more damage boost for your battleship first salvo.
Edit: Overall, nice work on the review. A very casual review.
oh no... not the fox mines ; ;
The drop rate are pretty shit tho
Even for later in the game Akagi and Kaga can go pretty far.
I replaced Haku/Shinano with Akagi/Kaga in my guild boss fleet and they managed to kill the 'hard' boss all the same.
i just happen to have no Oil & zero AP in OS thats why i open YT then found your vids in recommended :)
Keep up the vids dude
One little point in favor for Laffey over other starters, is that she has her own special augment while her fellows don’t have one yet.
they just announced Ayanami is getting one too, today
@@moffant4916 Starter only for JP. You need to MLB the other 3. I chose Z23 by the way. Good dps post retrofit
I chose Nimi, because of her character. And booba.
well, you'll get her other starter friends later on via gacha or grind, so that won't be an issue
This helped a lot understanding some stuff so thank you!
I actually started less then 3 days before the 4 year anniversary to be honest I'm more sad I missed some of the collab ships (I have hope but its low). But have enjoyed this experience so far. I'm a fish when it comes to spending so I throw in small amounts here and there but never go overboard cause what cubes I do use I end up getting back shortly. As someone who retired form GFL I wanted something fairly new at this point. And AL has been fun so far.
That is great. I have been playing for three years. Hopefully, something in the game could catch you, which let you conclude your time in the game is worth it.
It is the most generous f2p game I have ever seen in a long time. Wholesome in what is provided instead of ruining them with instant cash making in the mind.
Do this game still on anniversary?
@@miguelalejandroramosmartin6362 the Anniversary for Global version had ended. But the JP Anniversary will start this week Thursday. The Global server wont get the Anniversary gifts but it still shares the major event with JP version.
What I like is the power creep is not as bad for new players as it is in other gatcha games.
Going 3 years strong, and I do think it is worth sticking around for the story since effort was put into it, although the game does a decent job on preserving some of the earliest events through a permanent event system, the later events are definitely gonna be lost on people since they're not available, yet
Getting into the story is also it's own wall to climb over, but in my opinion, it is compelling enough to want to know more, especially later in the story
Oh also, Waifu > Meta
I recently came back after 2 years of not playing, I quit around the end of 2nd anniversary, and I was quite surprised with the new QOL features that made it even more hands off, which is good for me since most of my ships were already properly geared for auto battles. It's just pretty sad to see my 98.5% collection rate drop to 74%, considering collabs never rerun in this game (RIP Mujina and Neptunia)
Collabs don't count to ship completion.
I Started 9 Mouths Ago And i Had No idea On What to do, I’ve Gained So Much Compared With what I had A Couple Mouths Ago, Thanks To Content Creators And Their Guides i Learned Soo Much, During All that Time i Had fun And Made Mistakes. It’s Pretty Fun Once You get into it :)
I started playing last week and im having a blast with the game. In one week I already have more SSRs here than I did on genshin and it looks like the game continuosly pumps resources to players at a very nice rate. I´m liking this game so much that I bought the rank up pack and now my musashi is 107 and blasting, I wish I had found this game sooner
Loved the video and your humor is great! As a fellow gachaaddict I too enjoy poking fun at the absurdity of our games 😂
Are you planning on making more videos of other gachas in this style? Nikke, arkknights, Honkai etc?
I start playing in August last year and I'm already at 10% top players . so don't worry, everyone can catch up. I'm 100% F2P btw.
º Just level up your ships (at least 2 fleets) to LVL 100.
º do Daily/Weekly missions
º, Do not spend cubes on standard banners.
i'm 4 yrs player, i had neptunia collabs ship as the first collaboration
....the game feels bored after some time, this has become collect em all game for me, so i play arknights instead
@@tenshionslifer3031 Bro I remember that collab,that's when I made my account slightly before it came out,and since you can only bind accounts to Twitter or Facebook (neither I had accounts for) I uninstalled the game because of storage problems,and when I got a tablet I realized the progress was not saved,I had 2 or 3 Nep units (Purple Heart and the green one I remember specifically) and then I wasn't trna bother build up the whole account again and deleted it again and stuck to girls frontline instead.
Very nice Video mate :)
This is a very good video also I like your sense of humour
I checked back on this game recently and I'm surprised how much cleaner everything looks, for reference the UI looks completely different to me. Seems to still be going strong. Unfortunately I figured out pretty early the gameplay is not my thing. Though the most difficult thing for me is actually the storage needed is pretty insane (7GB, apparently more with voice files). What I will say is this game has wayyy better gacha rates than newer games despite it being older and the PNGs are godlike.
The game should actually be 5 years old going by CN/JP dates though
I played Azur lane since 2018 and I recently came back after a one and a half year break. I was really sad at how overtaxed i was with all the new stuff that has been added and all the ships i missed in that time. It was soulcrushing and I couldn't bring myself to commit to it again. The only thing that draws me to Azur Lane now is nostalgia but I realized I have to let it go.
Sometimes I wish the game would release again without all the updates (except the UI overhaul) and I can play again from the start with all players being on the same page.
also for new players even if you dont have a guild you can collect guild coins, if you have enough you can go to the guild shop and get yourself a Unicorn for an early game healer
One thing that makes it hard for me to get into it is the fact that I've missed out on all the collabs some/most of which are 100% not returning.
Depends on how much profit a collab got, they will have a sequel collab or not at all
Ah, yeah I would have wanted to be part of the *Scherzo of Iron and Blood* event but RIP in peace.
@@scavrefamndragonclaw9785 That one's permanent in the War Archives.
RIP Hyperdimension Neptunia for me though. Sorry lady Black Heart :(
@@hassathunter2464 Ah nice.
Maybe I will give it a shot then.
I have been playing for 3 years and I barely play on my 1st year not knowing any mechanics or everything, I have to say you don't need to spend a single penny to get every new ship for every new banner well of course as new player you not going to have all those resources from get go, the only thing I ever spend for this game honestly skin, skin, skin and more skin.
As a new player don't get to overwhelmed with all the mechanics and all the ships just play at your own pace really, it's a chill and fun game.
they added a lot of past events as permanent now and a lot of ships are in permanent pull now. that might be a bad thing, but it also means no more waiting for banners and stuff. I’ve been playing since first year anniversary and took very long breaks for the duration of 3rd to 4th anniversary and i already got pretty caught up with stuff in just 1 day of playing. so if me, a person who basically didn’t play for a whole year can still get into the game, a new player can too. ofc it will take a lot more time and stuff, but if you like the ship girls, then that is all that is needed for you to enjoy the game.
also, laffey, nimi (z23), and javelin are all still not bad and can still carry you through the beginning of the story. also, even the current events, there is normal mode (basically easy mode) so new players can get into it easily just after 1-2 weeks of playing
I’ve been with AL EN since beta, still enjoying the game like I did my first week with it.
seeing irl warships will never be the same
I wish they put how much you spend in the annual summary we get every year
where'd you get the animation with shinano and shimakaze in it
One thing's about azur lane for me as a late game player is that the game is a background game (or Idle game if you want to call it that). Because there's the auto-search thing to anticipate playing the same stages repetitively if you want to farm exp or items.
Very noice video i really enjoyed it 😊#laffeybestgirl,jus wanted to add something,laffeys augment module is what upgrads her WarGod of Solomon skill ,it becomes available at max limit break ,not from the retrofit
forgot to add the parrt where we have to farm 3-4 for kaga akagi combo
Well when this game came out during the pandemic, i tried it, knowing full well i needed more time on it to give it a chance. Fast forward now and since Genshin is all caught up i decide to looked into more. Didn't know a animation existed just like me putting off Aot LOL. Fairly certain I'm still older than op(endril) even when he uploaded this video, but yea Laffey got her hooks into me instantly and made it more deadly after watching episode 6 of the anime >< >
I started the game, looking forward to putting together a Northern Parliament fleet, only to find out that they are all locked behind events I've missed. Yeah, idk.
As someone who's been playing for like a year and not really caring about the meta, yes it's worth playing. You can get through pretty much 90% of the game with just random ships. And by the time that you reach world 13 or 14, you should be able to muster up decent enough fleets to get through them.
One tip for cubes is to do 1 light build a day and you'll get 50 cubes a week
6:00 Neuron activates
My smug giiiiiirl! 4 years going and I still love her the most.
as a vet of this game I think your impressions are spot on, for beginners tho I would not advise to use Nelson or Rodney, I have preached for years that they are noob traps.
This game is very friendly to beginners and mechanics are so simple. Also throughout the years, there have been a lot of QoL improvements (ex. auto search, revamped UI, etc. etc.) + company's very generous to its player base. Spending in this game wouldn't really affect anything compared to other games where spending more = stronger characters
always worth it, it is always worth it, 3 years commander defending my port, best game gacha, money saving and friendly, almost full free game, no pay to win !!!, cares about their comunity, always new events and free stuff. By the way on september 15 we will get UR godess Musashi shipgirl so i encourage you to make an account and begin playing!!!!!.and by the way please save some cubes for the event!!!
I got into this game in april of 2020, right dab smack in the middle of microlayer medley, and what can i say? It has been a fun ride, three years went by sooo fast. Of course, me having new player syndrome, was at first confused and overwhelmed, but thanks to the AL Ytubers and the community, was able to get around it and have loads of fun. Here’s to another year of defending our home port. May the Azure Lanes bless you, fellow shikikan!!
@@earllamerica9348 may the godess of fortune guide your rolls comrade!!!!
Watching this is oddly nostalgic, I hadn't visited my dock for the last 2 years. I'm considering redownloading now...
as a current player i can say that the game id way more nice than what it used to be for newbied back when i started so if anyone wished to dabble in the game now is a good time being that we will get on thursday one of the most anticipated ships in history musashi yamato's sister
Have been playing Azur Lane for almost 3½ years and don't regret a minute of it.
But I think as a new player you will be a bit overwhelmed by all the functions. But if you don't let that deter you, in my opinion you have one of the fairest and best Free2play games in front of you. Provided you like this type of games. Great community and a developer/publisher who keeps you up to date.
I've been playing for 3 years
Time flies bye....🙏🙏
Bruh I’ve been playing for two years and I still feel the “new game” afterglow
As someone who's been playing for 4 years now on Global/EN, its 100% yes
I got to 99+% CR without a single money spent on cubes, only thing ive bought is dockspace and skins
As a 3 year old azur lane shikikan who recently missed the 4th anniv and have been playing since 2019 probably It was and now still good to play decently starter friendly *VERY* returnee friendly and very f2p unless you want skins, those are practically finding an oasis in a dessert where you may be able to receive gems in events or maintenance compensation
La parte en la que mandan a volar a long island si me dolió, dado que si la sabes mejorar es hasta más fuerte que Enterprise (diciéndolo desde la experiencia) así que más que nada es saber cómo mejorar tus barcos
One thing I picked up from this is that I want the snowball projectile skins
One of the best things that A.L has Is the actual gacha system in comparison to others (B.A, GFL, A.G, Arknights) getting cubes Is fairly easy and you get at least 1-2 ships from the banners without expending tons of cubes...unlike those other games I mentioned
If I gonna jump to game now would you recommend global or JP server?
Been playing since 2020 and have almost every ship and haven't spent any money to pull for them. I haven't missed any banner characters other than Shinano, rip 😭, but this is the perfect game for those that love to collect and power characters. The dailies take no time at all, I do them when getting ready for work every morning
Spammed a bunch of time speed running vanguard's event since I joined the game after seeing her maid outfit.
Turns out I was VERY late to the event and it only had like 1 week left.
Without spending money i had to speedrun basically everything and by some luck got her on the last day.
Afterwards i continued playing the game cuz i got bored of other gacha games. (quite alot).
Arknights, Genshin Impact, Demon Blade, Dx2 Liberators, Figure Fantasy. (last three aren't that recognizable).
However, the main reason i chose Azur lane over Blue Archive was the gameplay and ease of playing.
Although it's not p2w, the skins are very hard to obtain as a f2p.
Though free trial for skins exist.
Overall game experience is fun and you can still get far without past meta ships.
It's definitely one of the more generous gacha games out there, in comparison to those i've played before.
But, Arknights is the only game to rival Azur Lane in terms of story and Gameplay and even f2p-ness of skins.
Thnx for listening to my TED talk.
tl;dr worth it for waifu.
definitely worth it but its grindy af, also control your cube spending and you will be fine
If you look at the operation siren lore, this is actually well past the Cold War and so the ship girls are representations of ships of old and not actually a alternate ww2
I've been playing for 4 months and I really love the game. For me is more because of collection enjoyment. But watching some devs and CEO interviews is what convinced me, it feels like they won't betray the players and someday say "now we'll remove and redesign many character to make our game mainstream". I've been really tired of all the censorship in games' global versions lately
so you said that there are a lot of other places to be going for character art which games are those asking for a friend.
I'm a filthy casual degenerate that played this for Lusty.
Want to get good as fast as possible as a early gamer? Get Enty as soon as possible, the reason is simple!
1.Got some CHONKY dmg
2.Combo with other ship and it's poggers
3.Fairly easy to get
4.She do be lookin kinda cute doe
I mean is still worth it to jump into the game, the problem is by this state you have missed a lot of the most important ship releases in the game....Hopefully new players will get reruns soon.
Its a game wherein you have to learn alot thats generally not even explained. Luckily for anyone new and who has the patience for it, there are a couple of good discords you can go into and learn the game. Its deceptively simplistic, from gear that can make or break a ship or fleet compositions that can deal 1.4m damage within a minute of combat.
Id agree it gets time to get used to and there are alot of rewards for new players to keep them up to speed. There are alot of resource traps though, rarity in this game mean absolutely nothing, there are gear that you would use for a long time(sb2c helldiver is a purple gear that Ive been using for years now)
No matter how you play it, is your choice. Either go the sweaty try hard min-maxing every second counts one shot builds or just plain waifu collector then this game has lots to offer having more than 500 ships to collect.
The biggest problem I have is the slog of getting through a world. Using a bot to clear levels makes the game so so much better. I wish it had that quality of life that you can just auto complete levels like autoing fights. Until it gets something like that I can't recommend even though everything else about the game is amazing.
I heard smugscreen at 6:03 and you are right
For new players reading this: 3-4 is a grinding spot for getting akagi and kaga, those 2 are a old combo in which you use for exercises.
As a veteran from super close to release day here are a few takes:
*Drop rate is good unlike all gacha games in the market(Still currently, they pioneer the pity system, but why need pity if you get the ship in 50 pulls?).
*You dont auto on stages that are too hard, at one point you will need to manual all of it, you will only auto when you are sure any of your ships dont die
*Those events missed are in "archives" and old enough event ships goes to standard pull area(like IJN Nagato)
*You only use things below purple if you are trying to save some oil grinding out stages(like 3-4)
*APOLOGEMS from time to time, cubes too, even if you leave and come back there is always something in your mailbox aside from the typical returnee stuff
*Levelling the commander will be the pain later on as it locks you from the better daily stages.
*You will save up those exp things on UR ships or ships you like for your line up quickly, you decorate the dorm and put those new ships on the first level commission to level them(they level quite fast with a good dorm)
*except UR ships, you get materials for getting SR and elite ships weekly from weekly activity(doing things in game that can be autoed later or skipped).
Worth it, always new content to grind for, and older ships eventually come back
I recently played it on December 2022. I always wanted to play it but back then I had a cheap game and it didn’t had enough storage. I got a new and better phone and the storage takes to much to load. I always wanted to get the Nintendo Switch one but same thing, the storage. Until I gota a new and much better phone, I finally got it, but it’s the second app that takes the most storage. But I’m ok, I still have enough storage. And also I like the game
You should try to make similar video but it's Arknight version. There's probably going to have some new people (who are late) after the Arknight anime announced to be release at October.
Really good job commander
the grind was crazy. Its way batter now!
I've played the game for 3 years since the anniversary and have 100% dock space. Compared to other gatcha games this one is pretty generous in regards to how often it rewards a player for playing the game. If it's your main game you could choose to go the "only best route and collect all the gold tier + characters" for free and do well and if you want to collect everything like pokemon you have to spend money to have the space for it. You are rewarded for collecting over time by small increases in stats which some are more important then others like reload. I avoid other gatchas mainly do to looking at rates & gameplay (lost my interest in turn based.) While I agree the gameplay here isnt top tier and auto in some cases will do better then me in damage centered/grinding content, I like pairing characters/weapons. Also, if you are working at a desk job grinding on auto is possible without paying attention to your phone (a reason why mobile games make money despite bad gameplay).
0:33 seem like Enterprise Meta come true
As a 2nd year player, this game is still worth it imo, fun killing time game, an advice is to save your cube for rate ups, basically patient, not to spend all your resources
As a 3 years commander with multiple account it's still worth it
I've been playing since release when I got a discord message about the game. I have a 100% collection rate (including every Collab ship), all my PR ships through 4 are complete and I have almost every SSR ship at level 120. These days I rarely buy new skins and I work on collecting .... Gear Skins. Yes, I bought the extra dorm slots, academy slots, and tons of dock space of course, but all that stuff was completely optional and not gacha. There IS gameplay mechanics you must master, but until you get to the endgame nothing really teaches them to you. Grinding for Elite and SSR drops is really the most grueling thing in AL if you ask me. But, you're here for the T and A, I mean.... Come on.
Azur Lane is more worth playing than genshin impact or tower of fantasy because it's the only non predatory gacha game in the market....
As an EN player who started since August, 2018. I would personally say yes.
i played azur lane from first day global release and lost my account for some reason after months of grinding and farming for akagi and kaga. I was defeated because no matter what i do i can't recover my account. I tried to comeback to the game but already lost the passion for it.
Returning player here. Where can i find my info showed in 2:01?
at 4:57 the laffeys first skill does not get better after retrofit. it gets better if you equip her with the golden augment module that she got. augment modules themselves are a very new feature, came out like half a year ago or something. most of them are just slight stat boosts but there are a few ships that get a super rare augment module that can be used on that one said ship. there are like 15 or so super rare augment modules now I think... overall the modules are a bit of an end-game system. in my opinion they are really expensive compared to the tiny benefit they give, but it's not so small benefit that it wouldn't be worth investing for the best shipgirls in the game you are going to use in things like pvp, chapter 14 and other very end-game content..
18:22 that "meta exploration" thing is just a battlepass lul
Personally I used to be a lot more into azur lane but my interest kinda died off a year or two ago. I started playing pretty much 4 years ago, only a few weeks after the EN servers launched. I really liked the game a lot back then and I played a lot, even gamed on manual settings. I did go through shipgirls voicelines, did appreciate art, switched my secretary around and did all kinds of stuff to enjoy the details of the game. now in the past year or two I have been more or less just casually grinding the game. I still enjoy building my fleet and going through events, and PR grind and other stuff like that but I kinda stopped caring about the little artistic things, like I have bgm muted all the time, I don't care about the "girls" past their stats and skills, and so on.. Then again ever since starting to play this game I never took a single break from it. there is literally only a single day in all these years that I did not log in to do the dailies. I still enjoy the game, but I don't know how much of that is because I don't want to lose what I have invested into it. I've had friends who started and quit the game too, and it was kinda sad to see them go.
One minor problem I wish azur lane could get around is PVP and friend players from other servers
Did tried this before what I can't grasp is the different boats acronym. Really2x confusing to me compared to simple thing on gfl: hg ->handgun.
And then the story too...skip could also help as to me it is really drol to repeatedly do some stages.
Absolute worth it for new players. I've been playing since 2018 and I can tell you one thing. The QoL is way better now than before. The gatcha rate is overall pretty generous compared to other games. The mechanics on the other hand could get boring due to their repetitiveness and just 2D scrolling. For an end-game player such as myself, you probably would be spending time collecting more waifus, doing operation sirens for UR gear and just keep building your girls. Bonus content, this game is massive fan service and culturally ready to fulfil your inner beast desire lol. RECOMMENDED.
My endgame is to collect all of the URs. Already did, except the upcoming Musashi. Yet.
I hope the RNGesus blesses you....Perhaps you got her already by now lol.
@@Morgru updated, collected all UR task is completed, for now. Also DR doesn't count since technically everyone can get them.
A tip: If you are a collector, get Z23. Germans are rarer and you'll need them for the pr mechanic.
I just started the game and I like it so far, (I got into this game cause of the anime lol
kinda sad, i was expecting a throughout review from the perspective of a veteran player but all i get is the early gameplay of this game. As a counter side fan that reach endgame, even i can still point out some of the bad things that i feel, like the dorm feature was completely useless for f2p, the gacha rate kinda nice for day 1 player and harder for new player to catch up, things like that
7:43 based
Only new Orleans is my missing pieces to complete my collection I'm to lazy to farm it. I played this ga for 4 yrs and what I like in this game is not to much time consuming and gacha I always get all in ships in banner this game is worth of playing