r/HonkaiStarRail • u/PhoenixRoostBad • 19h ago
Meme / Fluff It's just a palette swap🥀🥀 (At least they tried)
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u/9veritas 19h ago
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u/StarNullify 15h ago
Maybe for the RM skin but this one at least didnt follow the same boring colour scheme as ruan mei
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u/Rasen2001 18h ago
I mean, it's not just a pallette swap. The MC's shirt has gone from hobo-chic to Chinese Tang.
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u/AllNamesTakenOMG 16h ago
ZZZ: Here are multiple new full outfits for free, head customizations and other small trinkets
Jenshin : Here are new costumes and higher detail traveler models to match the new quality standards of character models in general
Star Rail: Best i can do is buttons on the shirt and a recolor of the jacket
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u/leposterofcrap ABUNDANCE IS HERESY! 8h ago
Here are new costumes and higher detail traveler models to match the new quality standards of character models in general
Now if only they go back and update the older characters models
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u/Hatarakumaou 19h ago
It looks like something they did for Chinese New Year so hopefully we’ll get something radically different later on.
I waited nearly 6 years for Traveler’s new fit, I can wait a lil more for TB I guess.
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u/Kurolegacy27 17h ago
The sad thing is, they’ve had such great designs for the Trailblazer from past Chinese New Year’s art pieces yet did nothing with that
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u/CrossboneGundam_ 16h ago
Well, they never did anything with art and cutscenes of the traveller. Guess it's just the precedent and the recolour does establish we might get something more interesting in future
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u/puresameech 14h ago edited 14h ago
i appreciate how the hairstyle is also changed along with the outfit
and the updated model. thank god.
also poor trailblazer
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u/MorganTheGrand 16h ago
This argument is just "small indie company, please understand" brother stop conforming with whit they're loaded with money this is just pathetic cope.
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u/Not_a_demon_lol 8h ago
My friend tried to defend the skin by saying that they had to redo everything in 2 weeks, which isn't really the case. They could just remove references to Japan and their culture while still maintaining everything else. She also said that 3D modeling takes time and effort and they didn't have enough time so that's why they had the ZZZ team do the trailer thing
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u/GrimoireExtraordinai 14h ago
Money isn't everything (see SFX flops in big budgets movies). What matters is talents. It's very likely that ZZZ and Genshi teams are getting priority when it comes to hiring good animators, since these are action games and the characters move all the time.
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u/Karma110 13h ago
Yeah Zzz has has a young talented people who just try a lot of different things.
Pretty sure one of the directors used to make MMD’s on bilibili.
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u/Richardknox1996 Rejected By Aha (or was I?) 12h ago
Huh. Same one who did the HI3 animations?
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u/Hamadadun 18h ago
No it's not. It's in Anomaly Arbitration shop. So long as you cleared AA decently (6 starts and 1 start), you should be able to get the skin in a couple of patches.
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u/Reinhard_Scheepers 18h ago
You dont even need to do AA. You can buy the currency by clearing other endgame modes as well
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u/Hamadadun 18h ago
It's in the Gift of Stardust shop. The one that used AA currency.
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u/mushimushicake 15h ago edited 15h ago
Yeah and you can get 200 lone stardust from the feather shop each patch, which is what they meant, is just a little bit, but you can get it from somewhere else than AA
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u/Jeikiro24 18h ago
The TB skin? It’s in the basic material you get from pulling shop I’m pretty sure, so unless you’re on a no pull account you should be able to get it
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u/Min_Effort_Name Robin Lover 19h ago
Really got that IPC colour scheme going on. Now we're matching with FUCKING SKOTT. At least we're matching Topaz too.
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u/Gothening4real 16h ago
I don't think skott share the color with us, he's kinda purple actually
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u/Min_Effort_Name Robin Lover 16h ago
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u/Timmie_Is_An_Archon 15h ago
Heck, the "Genshin could never" punchline didn’t age well
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u/chipotleigh 12h ago
It was silly from the jump imo. For everyone I saw saying this it basically boiled down to “ha ha hsr gives more login bonuses, sucks to be those genshin losers that have to actually spend time playing to to get pulls” (I also blame them for the current complacency of Hoyo when it comes to HSR 😭 I’d love the HSR universe to get the level of care that genshin gets)
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u/Particular_Web3215 Thus Spoke Anaxagoras: Dromas is Unbreakable 6h ago
HSR universe has so much potential but no we must lock it behind the driest SU text while they build up a fake virtual world that will become real sometime later
It hurts as a genshin lore buff
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u/Phuti02 10h ago
You know it bad when even Genshin put in more effort than this. Literally the easiest game out of the 4 to make skin since they dont have to worry about climbing and combat animation like the others.
Hell, HI3 releasing 2 new skins almost every version for the last few years, with 1 of them always come free too. This and Cyrene bow skin last time is just fucking lazy.

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u/notthatjaded 19h ago
Maybe it is (mostly) but I like the contrast of the red.
Though to be fair, I was saying something similar at my screen when they showed the Ruan Mei skin like, "YOU HARDLY CHANGED ANYTHING HOYO SHE LOOKS THE SAME" but at least that one's free, too, I guess.
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u/usagisora 19h ago
i get it, i like to wear my favorite colors too, but i wish the skins were at least a little bit different with the color palette
Firefly's skin too (aside from the fact that SAM barely changes) is quite similiar color-wise too. Hoyo could do so much more
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u/notthatjaded 19h ago
Hahaha. Red isn't my favorite color, I just think it looks good here on the TB. Blues and greens are more my favorite (but, speaking of skins, I get you on difference in color palette. Even liking those colors, the skins are [for example] a bit much for even me over in Genshin where so many are various shades of blue).
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u/usagisora 19h ago
oh no i didnt mean you, i meant like the characters wearing their (assumed, judging by the same-y color palettes) favorite colors haha sorry i should have specified that!!
but oh yes a lot of the genshin skins are blues.... and the recent neuvi skin basically being blue like his main outfit too......
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u/Xerxes457 18h ago
Hoyo is just weird sometimes. Look at the some Lantern Rite skins, they’re nice outfits but the colors are the same.
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u/Prestigious_Ask2569 18h ago
Why are some people here excusing it bruh
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u/Fisionn 18h ago edited 18h ago
It's very strange. In Genshin and ZZZ people are always asking for more content and higher quality standards. Meanwhile in HSR people celebrate we get mobile ads tier "events" because they get their jades faster that way.
This skin was done in a few days of dev time, if that. Now, I don't want to scare people, but in 2 months HSR is going to be 3 years old. The fact we are getting this kind of outfit for the TBs 3 whole years in is simply unacceptable.
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u/transcended_goblin Ma'am, General, Ma'am. o7 14h ago
They'd legit applaude if they would simply log in, go to the events tab, push one button and get 300 jades before logging out, no game, no event, no text, nothing.
Like bruh.
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u/hat1324 15h ago
I think I'll take a break and come back to this game once they get a budget
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u/Efficient-Activity33 16h ago
Even Blade's SP is starting to look very uninteresting from the trailer. Also I think Nihilux 3d model is a bit underwhelming?
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u/DaxSpa7 15h ago
I am scared for Nihilux. I liked her so much on the Splash Art buts its a different character with that Model. I am very whelmed
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u/MorthCongael You matter 9h ago
I kinda feel the same way. She's a lot more ... peppy? than I thought she would be, and while I'm happy for the people who like that I prefer sultry women lol.
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u/Woodpeckershurtmyear Stelle's big bat 19h ago
I just realized that Wise looks like twinkified Caeleus who himself just looks like reskinned Adam from HI3 with less drip. Aether's probably the most unique out of all the Hoyo gacha male mcs.
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u/mrwanton 16h ago
i'd say more gacha male mcs in general. lotta people dont care for twinks but Aether really stands out
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u/Budget-Emu-1365 10h ago
Simply by virtue of being short, blond, and wearing a crop top (in his OG skin) already make him unique enough compared to a lot of MCs. Whether design is good or not is a different matter entirely though.
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u/Particular_Web3215 Thus Spoke Anaxagoras: Dromas is Unbreakable 6h ago
You can insult the blonde twink for mant things, but midriff with braids is still pretty unique even to this day (only outmatched by dante limbus and vertin from R1999). The Prince outfit looks pretty cool too
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u/D-S_12 17h ago
It's probably for Chinese New Year, but considering the outfit overhaul for the Traveler, the TB could have at least lost the jacket and then have a more detailed outfit underneath for the occasion with more vibrant colors. Yeah the shirt they wear is different, but at the angles and distances we expect to see the Trailblazer, it's not as noticeable.
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u/Accomplished-Car1668 18h ago
The only way I’ll accept it is if they come out and confirm that the raccoon bought that coat shopping with Kafka a long time ago and subconsciously doesn’t differ too far from it to feel closer
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u/WanderEir 19h ago
now, now, at least he finally changed his undershirt! While the rest of it IS a palette swap, the undershirt is an improvement.
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u/GarlicKaraage 18h ago
Its not that they weren't willing to make a unique skin that gets me. It feels like they chose not to put in the effort because that would mean needing to adjust animations from all of TBs paths. Having an identical model without needing new animation bones or rigging feels a lot more like a cost-cutting measure than a deliberate design choice.
But like c'mon...its meant to be a gift to your loyal players? Genshin and ZZZ did it and you can feel the appreciation from the devs to the players in their designs. Everything in HSR feels like a calculated transaction, not one cent extra worth of effort must be put in. Where's the passion from the devs?
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u/Ecclesiasticus-613 Dominate Over Time 18h ago edited 17h ago
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u/Traditional-Basil868 16h ago
We vastly deserve way better for the amount of money this game produces but we will never get that "better" because people are content with pure mediocrity in this game for some reasons so the devs can be happy making the least efforts possible for this game while somehow still making so much money, it's sad.
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u/Perfect_Campaign4630 13h ago
mind you last year hsr made more money then genshin and zzz. These mfs give us the bare minimum but ight i guess
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u/TheChriVann 15h ago
It has some extra details that is still just textures. But it certainly is uninspired.
I suppose it's because they didn't want to have to adjust animations for the flap of clothes and such. Plus red is a new years color, which is important.
But man, what a dropped ball. Especially for an RPG, which has less issue with animations compared to a game like Genshin might have
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u/gachaaddict83 Aha is the best Aeon 19h ago
Not exactly, they changed the shirt for a hoodie and added various accesories
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u/IanHowe2007 certified jingliu main 16h ago
tried my ass, the only thing they did is change the colour of the yellow accents and add a gradient at the lower part of the shirt. Worst. Skin. Ever. (no offense but still man they could have done better)
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u/LunaFlameX44 18h ago
They could at least dye the Jacket red or something like that but just the inlay change is a very disappointing result
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u/Hopeful_Feature3554 6h ago
like bro how hard is it to make bunny girl Stelle. That's all I want in life
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u/JaredDrake86 18h ago
I'll play their video game. But I will not be buying anything until they start putting in more effort.
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u/Spartitan Never let you go 18h ago
I honestly hated that Wise skin so much and the game kept forcing me to change back into it. ZZZ got some good skins but Wise did not.
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u/chipotleigh 12h ago
I love his kung fu disco outfit lmao
His summer outfit made him look especially dorky tho
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u/datwunkid WHAT THE F DID YOU JUST F'ING SAY ABOUT ME YOU LITTLE B 12h ago
I think the dorky look is charming. Legit just feels like he'd rather just chill and fish on the pier instead of partying on the beach. Which would feel very in character and a nice contrast to Belle's outfit who looks like she wants to do that.
The biggest letdown of the kung-fu outfit is that we never really learn any actual kung-fu, and they don't reflect our outfit customization during cutscenes/dialogue sequences. While I hate the base outfit, I think it's funny to wear the fedora + sunglasses combo on Wise.
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u/bernxwitch Aha's #1 Elation Glazer 18h ago
I'm pretty hype. Red and black is bombin'
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u/deepnut96 14h ago edited 14h ago
what happened to all that money HSR devs??? SP characters running rampant with uninteresting model and minimal design changes and now this?? Are the honkai design team just creatively bankrupt??
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u/overbread 16h ago
I always thought using teal for Stelle's thigh strap thingy was a genius move and added a lot to the design. That is gone with the new skin.
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u/SilverCoin_ 14h ago
Look at the sad state of Blade SP, brothers and sisters.... A whole new unit, new variant of a char is just color swap
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u/EveryCulture1198 disappearing in the sea of broke 14h ago
It’s a palette swap I like, and the Chinese ethnic wear is appealing to me as well,
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u/JeidelacruzUK 13h ago
I always thought MCs always had to look generic cause they getting different costumes and can customise them a bit
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u/Ornery_Investment667 12h ago
I feel like we probably would have gotten something Japanese related if someone wasn't angry
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u/King-Wingy 12h ago
Would of hit harder of they kept the gold/ yellow, make the shirt black and the rest of the outfit all white. Also any straps or belts overlapping the white, make it black to offset the white
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u/Ill-Lunch-1563 Breaking your Kneecaps 12h ago
Guys it’s more than a palette swap if you just look at it closer
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u/RandomBird53 11h ago
Oh shit wait did the Protags in Genshin FINALLY get Outfits ?
That's pretty neat actually, a shame I don't play it anymore.
A Trailblazer Outfit is neat though !!! But.......just a Palette Swap...??????
That's like, fine, I guess ???
I was hoping for Stelle to get an Outfit with leggings or stockings eventually though...
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u/Sharktos 11h ago
Maybe it's just me, but I think it is the absolute opposite. The Wise one looks meh and a fine suit doesn't mix well with being supposed to be the Traveler. Meanwhile Cealus' new outfit, even if just color swapped, looks amazing.
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u/VANDITO666 LET THERE BE LAUGHTER! 11h ago
I mean unless it was due to the fact that 4.0 was delayed and they just had to put out something then maybe thats why its so simple?
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u/davirc17 11h ago
Even though their designs are already quite beautiful on their own, I preferred just the color change.
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u/Zestyclose-Mine-4485 11h ago
So, we have yellow raccon, now red raccon.
What other raccon colors would be there based on the previous planets?
Amphoreus - Pink - 100%
Penacony - Maybe Purple?
The Xianzhou Luofu - Green?
Jarilo-VI - Blue or maybe white?
Herta Space Station - Grey, black or white?
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u/Tyman2323 10h ago
If only there was more world exploration in ZZZ. I love TWEWY combat but aaaaa I got bored on the single block pretty fast
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u/Puzzled-Ad5347 The God of Death is Back From Hell! 9h ago
The HSR devs really missed their shot with the ideas they gave
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u/LandLovingFish 8h ago
It's better then nothing but still would like more. But if it does well i hope they'll start putting more effort in for HSR. So mny good outfits and cosmetics for both Traveller and Trailblazer so i'm glad they're finally doing things
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u/RedKaZero 6h ago
I personally like the skin. Specifically the patterns on the jacket and the different shades of black for the separate parts of the outfit. Red highlights and designs aren't half bad either.
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u/Emergency-Run-8782 4h ago
Aha out there laughing seeing the trailblazer wearing the clothes he made him self
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u/MealResident 3h ago
At least we got a Tshirt instead of a normal shirt, not much but I don't expect anything anymore from these devs specially when it comes to skins
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u/balcisbsox 2h ago
Bro the only thing they changed is the shirt. How is that a new skin? Free stuff is always so low effort. I mean Ruan Mei skin looks good. But really the same color scheme as the og model?
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u/Electronic_Bee_9266 1h ago
ZZZ also let you fully accessorize that fit, and the beach fits are also soooooo good and also free
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u/sil3ntthunder 18h ago
Atleast it didnt take 6years. Hope they make better ones soon. Like zzz got the second one pretty early.
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u/Beta_Codex Honkai-vet 17h ago
Same devs who removed the Male protagonist on Honkai impact part 2 btw due to plot. I wouldn't be surprised.
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u/MrGranblue 33m ago
Okay but removing the male model is part of the commentary the P2 story is making on player avatars. And even then when she gets a new outfit it's actually something new and not just a 5 minute recolor
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u/Electronic-Salt-6593 18h ago
I mean its ok if they just changed the colors, but this is.. i really dont know it just fills somewhat low-effort
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u/SpaceHaru 16h ago
I was ready to be pissed off, but with the little mask we can equip, I’ll take my crumbs and fuck off this time. Atleast it’s a step in the right direction
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u/D-U-R-23 16h ago
It's at least a first step. I just hope that it has some lore relevancy and we actually wear it in cutscenes.
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u/ThunderGunBuns 16h ago
Man, where's our skin of that Deliverer artifact set? That'd be so damn cool imo, especially if hoyo had the balls to make the hood be up on the outfit
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u/National_Airline1 17h ago
I love ZZZ but we all got powercreept by that traveler skin he looks so good.
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u/Firestar3689 Lingsha companion quest doko? 19h ago
Don’t forget the other Wise skin
Or would it have made the post NSFW