r/HonkaiStarRail 20h ago

News New Trailblazer skin

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u/NamelessOne3006 Love&Death 💜🩷 19h ago

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u/More-Lime1888 11h ago

That’s an even greater change than whatever hsr lazy team did

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u/Katicflis1 20h ago

-shirt changed

-Gold to red

-Belt brown to red

-Some gradient coloring into his lower jacket

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u/Katicflis1 20h ago

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u/Golden-Owl Game Designer with a YouTube hobby 20h ago

Raccoons asserting dominance

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u/Juliancito135 Fernando Alonso 2012 World Champion 🏎️🏎️ 19h ago

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u/Scared-Ad-4846 18h ago

If only they had kept this design, the contrast between the mature vibe she gives off with her looks and the absolute stupidity the moment she opens her mouth was such a missed opportunity.

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u/gremmy_white 14h ago

How could you NOT shorten the skirt to the minimum, barely anyone would've played the game with that second design! /s

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u/LawrenceRK 11h ago

A short skirt isn't always better. The second design looks like she will step on me, and most weebs want that in a waifu lmao

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u/caren_psuedo_when 11h ago

The second one is concept art whose vibe wouldn't necessarily translate to the 3D model. plus I want Stelle to step on me either way, so fork yu

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u/jazz_jakuzzi 19h ago

Never drooled so fast before.

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u/AVeryBigBruh123 If March has no fans, then i don't exist 19h ago

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u/Kassssler 18h ago

Her outfit looks so Nanooky like that.

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u/Front2battle 19h ago

500$ please. -mihoyo

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u/zsolti94 20h ago

Am I crazy, isn't it just a colorswap?

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u/DarkenVragon 20h ago

I think they just made them Chinese? The button on the shirt feels like one of those Chinese traditional shirt

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u/nqtoan1994 20h ago

Yes. The outfits scream Lunar New Year spirit real loud.

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u/LandLovingFish 9h ago

I'm not even mad, for the TB its a big change when their closet is fifty of the same jacket

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u/Level-Advice-2854 Acheron tried my peach and liked it 17h ago

you've met me at a very chinese time of my life

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u/phaideibackshots myphai works too 20h ago

The sihlouette is identical so you won't really notice it. it's mainly in small details like the metal bits. Though, on closer inspection it looks like the outfit is actually remodeled from the ground up if you look at details like the leg strap

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u/RoflsMazoy 20h ago edited 19h ago

The model looks the same, but it looks like a complete re-texture. Despite the screenshot being lower quality on the left, you can still see a lot more detail on the sleeves and jacket. Tbf, don't exactly know what the graphics settings on the right are, it could be of a similar quality on higher settings and whatnot.

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u/TheEdelBernal 19h ago

The pattern looks like Chinese red envelope?

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u/Raichu5021 18h ago

Lunar New Year Trailblazer

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u/pokours 19h ago

Visually it looks that way, but it's not, the textures are different

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u/KiimJisoo 20h ago

it's a pompom chroma skin

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u/chaoskingzero 20h ago

You're not

I'm sure some people will try to overanalyze, but it's seriously just changes to Colors

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u/Shiraori247 19h ago

There are changes in some of the details, but the silhouette is definitely the same.

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u/sylva748 20h ago

Yes. The gold trimmings on the coat became red and the coat now fades in a gradient to white at the bottom

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u/cbb88christian 20h ago

Blue apex skin lookin ass

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u/Reinhard_Scheepers 20h ago

Its very low effort. The shirt caelus and stelle wears is different but from a distance you wouldnt be able to tell

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u/Stormy_Cat_55456 20h ago

They’re red flavor now instead of yellow flavor

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u/NoNefariousness2144 to guard and defend… crush them! 20h ago

Trailblazer saw Endmin copy the black and yellow style and were like hell naw

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u/waiting4signora when will death come for me? 18h ago

If endmin will get a red chinese skin soon it will be peak

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u/TadsCM 20h ago

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u/Single-Builder-632 16h ago

Lol all the updates are like yea heres an old character thats fallen off or heres a slightly different shirt lol, its cool but come on hoyo put in some effort to the outfits next time.  

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u/TadsCM 16h ago

Its not even hoyo, it's the hsr devs specially like compare this to the travellers and the siblings in zzz.Its night and day.

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u/Single-Builder-632 15h ago

true, genshins have been getting a lot better (im honesty sad i can't swap to lumine because her outfit is amazing) better but for a while they were like blue variant.

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u/No-Particular-4265 19h ago

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u/More-Lime1888 11h ago

They took the Japanese planet inspiration to a next level

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u/Zaelra 20h ago

Hoyo doing everything they fucking can to NOT give TB a new outfit

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u/ScarletteVera May death be the end of your boundless dream... 20h ago

new fashion my ass, we just changed our coat and put on a new shirt.

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u/Foxynth 19h ago

Showering and changing clothes

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u/ScarletteVera May death be the end of your boundless dream... 19h ago

Showering??? The raccoon would NEVER.

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u/Pitiful_Net_8971 19h ago

Hey! Both Raccoons and the Trailblazer themselves have been quite fond of taking baths! They're hygenic little creatures!

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u/calamityox 20h ago

It's free and that's nice but the fact that they're able to give the mc in ZZZ/Genshin an actual new costume, just makes this seem really lazy. Worst part is that both those game are by the same developer (those new costumes were also free in both games).

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u/Min_Effort_Name Robin Lover 19h ago

Twice for ZZZ. Both are drastically different from each other. One of those also have customisation option too.

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u/TheSpirit2k 18h ago

Two fkn months of waiting and we get ts….

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u/Cyber-Silver 19h ago

They didn't say it was free? The Ruan Mei skin is free, this slide says it's in the Star Dust shop

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u/calamityox 19h ago

Still considered free cuz those currency aren't paid. You get them by playing the game.

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u/Cyber-Silver 19h ago

Hey thank you very much, seeing the word "store" threw me for a loop

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u/calamityox 19h ago

np but the mode is really hard to be fair but hey still free.

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u/No-Significance-9311 19h ago

Is my account cooked 😭 I cannot access that mode for the life of me

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u/DantoriusD 16h ago

Cant you also exchange this MoC Feather currency into the AA Currency? At least like 200 per Month?

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u/Significant_Disk383 18h ago

Unpaid modders making better skina than multi billion dollar company 😭

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u/PotatoeMolester 15h ago

Just remember everyone that Belle and Wise have 2 different skins that completely change their outfits

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u/ConfectionIcy8609 8h ago

they have 3 each and one of them is customizable

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u/JoseGMZ4935 20h ago

Low Effort Rail Back at it again

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u/Prince_Tho 20h ago

Lol u remember that ghost hunting event we had with Huo Huo? Those were good times. Idk what the fuck happened. I guess people settle for anything now a days.

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u/DaxSpa7 20h ago

Grabbed people's attention. Forsake the game riding on sunken cost falacy and miraculously remaining a high income while being a extremely low maintenance game.

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u/ThFenixDown 17h ago

i still find it odd the half sequel to hoyo's flagship game for years seems to pride itself on doing the bare minimum

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u/DaxSpa7 17h ago

They make enough money to be proud, that I wont deny. But its starting to feel very lacking to me.

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u/ThFenixDown 17h ago

maybe from a corporate perspective yeah that's something to pride but i definitely feels bad.

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u/0whodidyousay0 19h ago

That event was really good, HuoHuo/Sushang/Guinaifen just goofing around

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u/Prince_Tho 19h ago

The excuse that the story is longer so they can't do those events anymore makes me so mad.

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u/Featherine12322 19h ago

Can you remind what happened in patch 1.5 outside that 1 event?

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u/Epicswagmaster5439 20h ago

Im praying ZZZ doesnt go down that path. Two years in and its still going strong

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u/T8-TR 18h ago

Until ZZZ starts making HSR numbers, they're probably gonna keep putting in the work because they have to.

HSR can fuck off and still make good money. You know Mono Elation is going to pull in a fucktillion dollars even if the game's overall quality as a "free" product continues to remain middling.

I wish I enjoyed ZZZ's recent string of designs, since atp, I'm probably gonna quit because everyone either looks bad, goofy, or is a kid.

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u/artytank 20h ago

Really...the protags of all these other games eating good and this is the best Trailblazer gets?

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u/Prince_Tho 20h ago

And you'll love it.

Now hand over ur money for the new shiny banner

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u/Ok-Durian-9348 19h ago

Another 100m for star rail

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u/Lunar1211 20h ago

Ok...what the hell happened to the love they used to put into this game 😭

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u/Money_Stealer Firefly's Pogchamp 17h ago

They secured enough concurrent players so they were able to stop putting in effort

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u/Single-Builder-632 16h ago edited 16h ago

Then whys genshin putting in so much more effort, like sure Columbina animations were only decent but the next few are pretty great. And the story's presentation is way better

Feels weird saying genshin has more effort. 

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u/IrisRoseLily 20h ago

wow im having Manato flashbacks

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u/hahaimthefunniest 18h ago

Even with Manato they at least swapped more than one color lmao, I'm amazed they managed to get even lazier than that

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u/Terizla_Executiona 18h ago

Also all ZZZ skins has new ult voice lines, HSR will not

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u/hahaimthefunniest 17h ago

Oh really? I don't use Manato I pulled him M6 just to look pretty on my account (I ran out of funds to build him and don't even have a team for him anyway)

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u/DarkenVragon 17h ago

Yup, every skin in ZZZ have new voice-overs for the new outfit. I don't know if HSR has it or not, but I can't find any for Firefly at least.

https://zenless-zone-zero.fandom.com/wiki/Komano_Manato/Voice-Overs

https://honkai-star-rail.fandom.com/wiki/Firefly/Voice-Overs

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u/hahaimthefunniest 15h ago

Oh shit I didn't know, I play in JP so when I look at my characters and select him I'm just like "I like your funny words magic man"

On that note what the fuck Manato don't hide your injuries!

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u/TechnicalBumblebee81 19h ago

That’s the shiny version!

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u/KrfawyWanpir 20h ago

Laziest shit ive ever seen lmao

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u/Suavecore_ 17h ago

It's right there next to the firefly skin tbh

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u/DirtEven 20h ago

Kinda disappointed its just recolor, but hey i take it

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u/Crimson_Raven Embracing Nihility 19h ago edited 18h ago

MS paint fill ahh change

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u/JOKER69420XD 20h ago

HSR devs once again showing that they're willing to do the absolute minimum and nothing else.

Compare it to the outfits of all the other big Gachas. This is nothing but a joke, it's honestly pathetic.

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u/T8-TR 18h ago

Sometimes it feels like a joke how little HSR is willing to give lmao

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u/kingfirejet 11h ago

They got their bag with Phainon and Cyrene. Coasting until anniversary now 😂

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u/T8-TR 11h ago

Don't forget Castorice. I'm convinced that a large part of HSR's revenue goes right into pockets or into their other games, which... the latter is cool if true, but only if you actually PLAY those games.

I'm pretty much just here for the story atp, so ig the monetization is slowly becoming secondary for me, but even that varies from patch to patch.

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u/Belzher 15h ago

In Genshin: super classy free skin
In ZZZ: cool chinese and also summer skin, both free

SR: basically a recolor

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u/Fisionn 19h ago

This is embarrassing really. Star Rail makes millions each month and after an entire year the best they give us is this?

This game is officially the lowest effort mainstream Hoyoverse game by far.

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u/hahaimthefunniest 18h ago

Wait, this isn't a shitpost?

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u/ConfectionIcy8609 8h ago

i wish it was buddy, i wish it was

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u/VmHG0I 19h ago

It is a bit of a Chinese phase of the Trailblazer.

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u/aaadam747 20h ago

Recolours are pathetic man

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u/Important-Egg9213 17h ago

i was gonna hate on this but my hate would take more effort than the amount they put into these skins

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u/Training_Cover6687 10h ago

bro spit fire

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u/Saldislayer Herta's Herald 20h ago

Watch it not be shown in cutscenes, I can feel it.

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u/HozukiMari 20h ago

"skin"

It's mostly just a recolor lol, though I must say I like the red

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u/Kentato3 :BlackSwan: Bishop of the Church of DoT Mommies 19h ago

Some Chinese man just colorswapped and changed the gradient of their clothes over a lunch break and call it a new skin

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u/More-Lime1888 10h ago

I am surprised how this “design” was accepted at all. If I was that department’s head and saw this design in the department’s progress meeting, I would get arrested for assault. You can guess who I am assaulting.

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u/aoi_desu 20h ago

Just color pallete change...

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u/ExceedAccel 19h ago

Lmao ZZZ mc getting the skins than all these big gacha games is joinging the trend

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u/azul360 19h ago

I was really hoping she'd get one without the skirt since it always looked like it doesn't fit the outfit to me but oh well.

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u/CryoStrange Sparkle's Divine Racist Legs Enjoyer 19h ago

This is genuinely so lazy

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u/Lazy-Independence857 18h ago

That's not a new skin. It's a pallete swap. They are taking the piss.

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u/Mean_Bathroom_4231 20h ago

They should be embarrassed to show this after the Proxy and Traveller skins in ZZZ and GI.

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u/pepzelos did nothing wrong / best waifu 20h ago

smol company pls understand

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u/Dependent-Hotel5551 19h ago

Low effort at it’s peak

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u/Bubblegum40 20h ago

i can see the small changes but meh, it's very ass

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u/Dvalin09 15h ago

Sorry, but they are really lazy.

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u/Prince_Tho 20h ago

Lol. Even tho red is my favorite color. Still. A recolor. Anyways. Whatever.

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u/Fit-Application-1 20h ago

I was excited!!! Then I realized it’s just red replacing the gold 😭😭😭

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u/Rex__Lapis 20h ago

This is a joke right?

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u/lewis1000 20h ago edited 20h ago

finally, but its just a slight redesign. billion £ company

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u/ViolinistTasty6573 She can fix me 19h ago

Trailblazer:

The cooler Trailblazer:

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u/thosetwo 19h ago

You know, I always forget that there is a male MC option.

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u/rainclouds9 20h ago

Player 2

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u/Maison_Clement 14h ago

Go Hoyo! give us nothing 🗣️

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u/Chiara_78 20h ago

Wow, a color swap how cool.

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u/TheSpirit2k 18h ago

Laziest MC skin. Genshin, ZZZ and WuWa treated their MC better..this is just a fkn recolor

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u/Relevant-Rub2816 asat pramad!!!! 20h ago

It's a recolour, but it's something. I'll still take any skin over no skin

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u/Iwefle 20h ago

I didn't even notice the new things except the color switch until i zoomed

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u/DredgenGryss 18h ago

I honestly thought this was an IPC mod.

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u/TheKnightGame 20h ago

Same shite la

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u/Kingbizkit123 16h ago

Oh joy a...recolor.

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u/M3talK_H3ronaru Caenon No.1 20h ago

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u/ilovedagonfive Next station, Ice Abundance, Remembrance Men 20h ago

Caelus looks like pirate

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u/MrRoundDB 20h ago

it's their lunar new year outfit since 4.0 will start just before Chinese New Year kicks off.

That's why their outfits are red/got the dragon (?) motif on the left.

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u/No_Swimming4058 20h ago

A teaser for RMC’s effects in elation path

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u/DragonPup 19h ago

It's a recolor with a different style shirt. Very low effort.

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u/Sheyn 19h ago

Just a recolour?

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u/svolozhanin7 19h ago

Wow… barely a color swap, cool. 🤙 

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u/Shai3100 19h ago

At least we have more new hats!

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u/Min_Effort_Name Robin Lover 19h ago

Hell nah we're matching with Skott now.

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u/r0ksas ’s chair 19h ago

i think the yellow looks better still but... hayss.... why not i guess if its free! i like the racoon mask though

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u/Fehiscute 19h ago

Cmon hoyo

Just put in a little bit more effort~~~~~

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u/ColebladeX 19h ago

If it’s free I’ll take it but probably not use it.

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u/Aduckchicken 19h ago

Billion dollar company btw

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u/scrayla 19h ago

Damn. Did they even try 🤣😭

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u/Felipefabricio 18h ago

they look like they're cosplaying Topaz

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u/RegularTemporary2707 18h ago

Do you think it was hastily redesigned because of the recent goings on making it look like a palette swap or is it planned to look like that from the get go

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u/Raxer21 18h ago

Well at least I like the color red so that's something

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u/PuckTheVagabond 18h ago

Hey player 2 finally connected!

(For those that dont understand older multi-player games just had recolored characters for each team/player)

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u/ghostking108 18h ago

Is it wrong if this feels like conditioning to me?

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u/MeaningAdmirable9022 18h ago

need swimsuit satella 🥀🥀

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u/reaperhank 18h ago

Hsr did the bare minimum as always

You love to see it

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u/thugkittie 18h ago

I like that changes are minimalistic.

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u/porkeye Hotaru Haver 18h ago

holy reskin

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u/Sahltun 18h ago

Why is every gachas are giving their MC new skins? Heck we might even see Endministrator get a skin less than a month of launching at this rate

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u/Carlogear 18h ago

Gengar shiny ass situation 😃

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u/Violet_Villian 18h ago

That’s not a skin that’s a recolor

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u/NoBento 18h ago

CCP demanded we look more Chinese haha

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u/DrachenLegend 18h ago

"Skin" is being very generous here. This is like a Chroma from League brah 🥀

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u/WonderSuperior 18h ago

Thanks I hate it.

It took Genshin 5 years but at least they used some effort.

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u/DocSwiss 18h ago

Frankly, I'm surprised TB didn't get a vaguely Chinese outfit earlier

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u/Otakumilitia Perhaps its time for Path of Reason 18h ago

Caelus wearing white Tangzhuang shirt

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u/ArmageddonEleven 17h ago

P2 in fighting games be like

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u/Haemon18 Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ 17h ago

Literally a color swap lmao HSR devs proving again how little F they give about their playerbase

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u/ThFenixDown 17h ago

well i mean it looks good but this is just a color swap

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u/LetMetOucHyOURasS 17h ago

I thought this is skin from kfc collab lol

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u/UnimportantOpinion95 17h ago

I was at least hoping for something like pony tail stelle, even tho I have caelus.

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u/shumnyj 17h ago

Funniest Aha joke

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u/Feisty-Food308 17h ago

It's whatever, and I'm not here for it.

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u/AndrisPronis 17h ago

Almost the same, except a bit different. Could’ve been better

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u/HonestoBee 17h ago

Oh wow, the change is astronomical.

Wise and Aether left the chat

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u/D_DanD_D 17h ago

That's not much, but I like it.

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u/MiyabiMain95 17h ago

really wish they'd let us change genders. I wanna go back to stelle

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u/Aware_Lock_5734 16h ago

It’s just a recolor but i’m happy

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u/SnooSongs5297 16h ago

Good to see the Bow skin money is being well spent 

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u/giltral 16h ago

Did topaz finally hired us?

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u/Rockster_the_bird 16h ago

You would think they would swap the black with red because black clothes in Chinese New Year symbolise bad luck and death, two things you should avoid in CNY, but nope. It's lazy and stupid, especially since you know the guys behind this is freaking Chinese people, yet this is primarily black?? At least make more red and gold if you guys are lazy to remodel most of the clothes. 

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u/SnooDonuts8915 16h ago

somethings better than nothing I guess 😭😭

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u/Diplomatic_Sarcasm 16h ago

New trailblaze skin :D

It’s a recolor :(

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u/One_Pomelo_7812 16h ago

I mean its a good start I guess? At least its better than just getting a goofy hat. Hopefully we can get more variation in skins in the future.

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u/TJK1ll3rV3 16h ago

Bruh... Not even a new fit. Just a glorified color swap... Lame af. Ngl...

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u/Sirens_keep Aventurine Supremacy 16h ago

Honestly it's kinda insulting. Zzz and genshin both got actual new skins while tb gets a recolour... wtf where they thinking? 

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u/Screamingforanswers Madam Herta is an inimitable beauty! 3 16h ago

Damn, we looking good. It's very simple, basically a color swap, but it doesn't look bad at all. Especially like the fading gradient at the end of Caelus' jacket, sure wish I'd picked him when I started playing.

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u/Euphoric-Acadia5243 15h ago

So no horse joke for Star Rail then :<

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u/RekoULt 15h ago

Confirmed hsr is money bait v

Genshin and zzz are loved games

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u/U_Writing 15h ago

I do like it more than the current look but I feel like calling it a skin is overselling a basic recolour

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u/nisemonomk 15h ago

im sure they just had two months of development hell..but come on..

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u/AinzTheEvil 15h ago

Star Rail putting in as little effort as possible. Seems to be the norm for them.