3 BIG Pulling Myths That Are Misunderstood in ZZZ - Don't Make These Mistakes (Zenless Zone Zero)

Summary

This video offers advice for average gamers on managing resources in gacha games, particularly for newcomers. It warns against 'building pity' by pulling on banners for characters you don't want, which can reset your pity counters. It emphasizes the importance of having a guarantee before pulling and discusses the role of mindscapes, suggesting they're not crucial early in the game. The video also encourages players to pull for characters that fit their team's needs and use cases, rather than following the meta. It concludes by advising to use premium currency wisely and to pull responsibly.

Takeaways

• 🎮 **Target Audience**: The video is aimed at average gamers, not whales or dolphins, and is particularly useful for newcomers to gacha games.
• 🐳 **Avoid Building Pity**: Building pity can be detrimental to your account if done incorrectly, and it's better to avoid pulling on banners if you're not interested in the featured character.
• 💎 **Understand Guarantees**: Having a guarantee means your next S-rank character is assured, and it's wise to save resources for characters you truly want.
• 🚫 **Myth Busted**: The notion that characters require mindscapes or copies to be functional is a myth; they are perfectly playable without them.
• 🧩 **Mindscapes for A-Rank**: While A-rank characters can benefit from mindscapes, it's not necessary to chase them early on, especially when the chance of getting them is random.
• 🤔 **Consider Your Pulls**: Before pulling, consider if the character will enhance your team or if it's just for collection purposes.
• 🌟 **Character Reruns**: Characters will eventually rerun, so it's not a rush to get them all immediately; patience is key in gacha games.
• 💰 **Spending Wisely**: It's not sustainable for average players to top up every patch; manage your resources to enjoy the game without regret.
• 🎯 **Optimization**: Optimize your pulls to maximize team-building efficiency, whether for collection or team improvement.
• 👾 **Team Building**: Team building in Zenless Zone Zero is more cost-effective compared to other games due to needing only three characters instead of four.

Q & A

What is the main advice given for new gamers in the video?

The main advice is to avoid building pity by not pulling on banners for characters you don't want, which can reset pity counters and potentially harm your account's long-term value.

What does 'building pity' mean in the context of the video?

Building pity refers to the practice of pulling on a character's banner when you're not sure if you want that character, with the hope of getting an early copy of a different character you desire in the future.

What is a 'guarantee' in gacha games as mentioned in the video?

A 'guarantee' is when you get an S-rank character from a limited banner that is not the limited character you initially pulled for, ensuring that your next S-rank character will be the limited character.

Why is it suggested not to pull on a limited banner if you have a guarantee?

Pulling on a limited banner when you have a guarantee can result in getting an unwanted character early, which resets your pity counters and wastes your guarantee.

What is the significance of the statement 'characters require mindscapes or copies in order to be functional'?

This statement is a myth debunked in the video, suggesting that it's not necessary for characters to have mindscapes or multiple copies to be effective in the game.

Why might a player choose to pull for a character despite not needing their mindscapes?

A player might pull for a character for the A-rank characters or copies they provide, especially if they have a guarantee for the limited character and are satisfied with potentially getting that character early.

What is the advice for managing polychrome in gacha games?

The advice is to be strategic with polychrome use, saving it for banners with characters you truly want, and not spending it impulsively on characters you don't need or want.

What is the importance of considering a character's utility before pulling for them?

It's important to consider if a character will be an upgrade or fit well into your existing team before pulling for them to avoid wasting resources on characters that won't enhance your gameplay.

Why is it suggested to only use premium pulling currency on limited banners?

Using premium currency on limited banners increases the chances of getting the desired limited character, whereas saving it can lead to accumulating enough for a guarantee on a future banner with a preferred character.

What is the final piece of advice given to players regarding their pulls?

The final advice is to pull responsibly, considering the character's appeal and utility, and to plan for reruns as gacha games are a marathon, not a sprint.

Outlines

00:00

🎮 Gacha Game Advice for Average Gamers

The script advises average gamers on how to approach the gacha game Zenless Zone Zero. It emphasizes the importance of not building pity, which means not pulling on banners for characters you don't want, as it can reset pity counters and potentially harm your account. The speaker explains the concept of a 'guarantee,' where after pulling an S-rank character from a limited banner, the next S-rank pull is guaranteed to be the featured character. The advice is targeted at new players and serves as a reminder for experienced ones, especially with new characters Chingy and Jano on the horizon.

05:01

🚫 Debunking Gacha Game Myths

This paragraph debunks common gacha game myths. It refutes the idea that characters require mindscapes or copies to be functional, calling it a joke made up by content creators who don't understand the game. The speaker asserts that any S-rank character should be functional at m0 (minimum level) and that chasing S-rank mindscapes early in the game's life cycle is not advisable for free-to-play or low-spending players. The focus is on understanding when to pull and when to save resources, with a reminder that gacha games are marathons, not sprints, and characters will rerun eventually.

Keywords

💡Gacha

Gacha refers to a game mechanic where players spend in-game currency on a chance to obtain a random selection of virtual items or characters. In the context of the video, gacha is central to the game's progression and strategy, as players decide when and on what banners to spend their currency for a chance to get desired characters.

💡Pity Counter

A pity counter is a system in gacha games that guarantees a player will receive a high-rarity item after a certain number of unsuccessful attempts. The video discusses the concept of 'building pity,' which is a strategy where players intentionally pull on banners to increase their pity counter, hoping to secure a future desired character.

💡Polychrome

Polychrome is the in-game currency used for pulling characters in the game. The video emphasizes the importance of managing polychrome wisely, suggesting players save it for characters they truly want rather than spending it impulsively.

💡S-Rank

S-Rank refers to the highest rarity tier of characters in the game. The script mentions that players should not expect to get S-Rank characters without a guarantee, highlighting the importance of strategic planning when pulling for characters.

💡Mindscapes

Mindscapes are items that can be used to upgrade characters in the game. The video dispels the myth that players need to obtain mindscapes for S-Rank characters to be functional, suggesting that characters are viable even without them.

💡A-Rank

A-Rank characters are of a lower rarity compared to S-Rank. The script discusses the chances of obtaining A-Rank characters and the potential benefits of having multiple copies of them, which can significantly enhance their abilities.

💡Guarantee

A guarantee in gacha games means that the next pull from a limited banner will definitely result in the featured character. The video advises players to hold onto their polychrome if they have a guarantee for a future character they desire.

💡Chingy

Chingy is a character mentioned in the script as an upcoming release. The video uses Chingy as an example of a character that players might be saving their polychrome for, illustrating the concept of planning and patience in gacha games.

💡Meta

Meta refers to the most effective and powerful strategies or character compositions in a game at a given time. The video encourages players not to feel pressured to follow the meta, but to play in a way that is enjoyable and aligns with their personal preferences.

💡Whales

Whales are players who spend a significant amount of real money on in-game purchases. The video distinguishes between whales and average gamers, suggesting that the advice given is more applicable to those who cannot afford to spend heavily on the game.

💡Pull

To pull in gacha games means to use currency to attempt to obtain a character or item. The video script discusses the strategy of pulling, including when to pull and when to hold off, to maximize the efficiency of one's resources.

Highlights

Don't build pity; it can hurt your account if done incorrectly.

Building pity means pulling on a character's banner when unsure if you want them.

There are appropriate times to build pity, like wanting certain A-rank characters.

Having a guarantee means your next S-rank character is assured from a limited banner.

If you have a guarantee, avoid pulling on limited banners unless you like the character.

Myth busted: Characters don't need mindscapes or copies to be functional.

A-rank characters can see significant improvements with mindscapes.

There's a 25% chance of getting an A-rank character in every 10 pulls.

It's important to know when to stop pulling to avoid disappointment.

Pull for characters that fit your use case and team composition.

Gacha games are marathons, not sprints; characters will rerun eventually.

It's not sustainable for average gamers to top up every patch for new characters.

Think about if you're pulling to optimize your team or just for collection.

Team building is more cost-effective in Zenless Zone Zero due to needing only three characters.

There's no rush to complete team building; enjoy the game at your own pace.

Use premium currency only on limited banners if you like the featured character.

Subscribe to support small creators for more content like this.

Summary of advice: Building pity is a lie, mindscapes are not necessary for S-rank characters, and think before you pull.

Transcripts

this video is not for whales and

dolphins it's for you because you are

just like me average du gamer here and

today we're giving some good

oldfashioned advice about how to pull in

zenler zone zero if you two are an

average gamer now I've been seeing quite

a few comments and questions from people

who seem to be new to gater and this

video is mostly targeted at them but if

you've been around the gacha block so to

speak it still might be worth watching

because this is advice you need to hear

to be reminded of before new characters

Chingy and Jano drop let's call it a

mindset refresh plus some of this stuff

might be things that you don't know

let's start with the juiciest thing myth

number one don't build pity so I'm going

to say it building pity can hurt your

account if you do it wrong there are

ways to do it that can benefit your

long-term account value and ways to do

it that can harm your account and

potentially worst case turn you off the

game so by building pity what I mean is

pulling on a character's Banner when

you're not sure if you want that

character say we're on kyan's Banner

right now and let's say I really want to

chingi who's going to be coming up next

by pulling on Juan's Banner right now I

am baiting the game to give me an early

copy of juyuan which I don't want and

will then reset my pity counters now

there are times when building pity is

appropriate for example if I wasn't too

bothered about chingi coming next and I

really wanted Nicole mindscapes and I

wouldn't mind getting Jian but I'm not

sitting on a guarantee then I definitely

could as you can see that I have put a

few pulls in to see if I can get a copy

of Nicole because she's on M5 right now

and I definitely wasn't coerced by my

Discord Community telling me to pull for

Nicole constellations I definitely made

that decision all on my own now if you

don't want the character on bana though

you probably should just not be pulling

at all especially if you had a

guaranteed now just to clarify quickly

what do I mean by guarantee it's when

you get an S rank from The Limited

banner and it's not the limited

character that you pulled for at this

point your next character is then

guaranteed to be the limited character

and if you have enough polychrome you

could continue to spend them to get Jan

with that guarantee or if you don't

quite have enough and you don't quite

manage to get J Yuan with a 100%

guarantee of getting her in the 90 pulls

your guarantee will then carry over to

the next limited Banner character so

let's say you couldn't quite get enough

polychrome for ji1 that's okay

especially if you don't mind getting

jingy as when you do get enough you will

have carried over that guarantee that

you can now use on chingi or Jano or

Colonel vik or whatever you want moving

forward I just think it's important to

explain some gacha mechanics as we go as

I'm seeing quite a few comments from

people that seem like they are new to

GAA games with sess zero the summarize

on pity though it is okay to pull on

baners if you wouldn't mind The Limited

character appearing early and you want

the a ranks or copies of the a ranks if

you have the aformentioned guarantee

then you should probably just not pull

at all on the limited Banner unless you

would still be happy to get that limited

character let me give an example that

could have happened at the start of the

game you pulled for Ellen you lost your

50/50 couldn't get enough polychrome to

get her before the banner ended now

you're sitting on a bunch of polychrome

and you don't like the look of Jian

firstly you're crazy secondly that's

okay though but you should make the call

to not pull because if juian did show up

early you'd be devastated if you really

wanted Chingy or Jane and you wasted

that guarantee you'd probably be around

100 plus pulls because it's not just the

50 pulls you put in if you have

guarantee then you may have put 70 pulls

to lose a 50/50 let's say and then an

additional 40 to build pity and then

then you end up with an accidental

character that you didn't want so

practice some self-control and sit on

your guarantee until a character turns

up that you like before we move on to

numbers 2 and three I just like to

remind you that you're probably not

subscribed liking subscribing is the

best way to show small creators like me

your support thank you so much for all

the support so far getting 3,600

subscribers feels insane to me I

genuinely appreciate it myth number two

characters require mindscapes or copies

in order to be functional this is cope

made up by content creators who can't

play the game that's a joke by the way

now if an srank character isn't

functional m0 then hoo messed up and no

one should pull them anyway now

characters will naturally improve with

their mindscapes and some of them may

very well be considered broken in terms

of how good they are apparently Ellen's

M2 basically changes the character and

puts the game on easy mode but I'm not

here to talk about that the very idea

that a free-to-play or low span player

should be going for s-rank mindscapes

this early on in the game's life cycle

is bananas now once we get a couple of

years in and Ellen's on her second rerun

she's running with a new goated a rank

ey support and she's your favorite

character you use her all the time okay

now maybe it's worthwhile talking

mindscapes if you already have Ellen and

love playing her which brings us on to

talking about a rank characters

mindscapes now a ranks might see big

Buffs from getting some of their

mindscapes particularly at higher levels

but when we're talking about getting a

rank character mindscapes on every A-

rank pull there's a 25% chance of

getting a rank Ray Up characters when

you get at least one guaranteed a rank

within every 10 PS so on the current

Guan Banner that would be Nicole or bet

and if you want one of those then maybe

you should just do a few pulls but oh

that kind of butt just hold on to those

polychrome for a second because there's

there's no way to guarantee it which

means you could just get unlucky and not

get the copy you wanted even after doing

a bunch of pools but the key like with

building pity is knowing when to stop

honestly and I've been burned by this

before I would stop pulling after around

30 or 40 pulls I was only pulling on the

off chance of getting a copy of an a AR

he word there off chance the mindset

here should be uh well I'll put 30 PS in

and try and get a copy of Nicole and

that would be nice if srank comes early

that's okay as it's only 30 PS but you

should think of it as a nice to have and

not a necessity any character will still

be functional at lower or no mind scale

Apes now there are some characters

particularly at a rank or fourstar level

if we think about hoo's other games that

are actually broken at higher copy rates

and not that useful beforehand for

example farzan C6 and genin but when

we're talking about maximizing clear

times in a three-year-old game like

genin versus everyone is still figuring

out how the combat even works in zener

zone zero and if a broken character

releases next patch as a free-to-play or

low spend player I know I'd be kicking

myself if I dropped 70 pulls and got a

juyuan copy by accident and then

potentially leave me in a spot where I

didn't have enough for go lastly myth

number three pull who you want which is

true but think about your use case

before pulling a character now are you

planning on adding them into an existing

team who are they replacing is it a big

enough upgrade with all the Chingy

pre-release info currently you should

ask questions on if she's actually

enough of an upgrade over Ambi the

character will still look cool they

always do hoo is great at this they sell

you on the agent's story it's heartfelt

and touching or cute and adorable they

release a trailer to get everyone hyped

up for the new character look at Juan's

pre-release trailer and you really don't

have to look long to see how well hoyo

stands their fan base this is 3 seconds

in by the way they want you to not have

enough poly chrom Reserve but to really

want the character that's how they make

money now I've talked about the whale

stuff before whales if you're still here

thank you for supporting the game but

for us average luck Gamers who just want

to enjoy the game while being free to

play or low spending monthly membership

or maybe even battle pass occasional

players it's probably not sustainable to

be dropping additional topups every

patch to get all of the characters now

you could get lucky and get every

character you want but the reality of

average luck is that you may have to

miss out on a couple and remember Gachet

games are marathons and not Sprints

character will rerun eventually and

you'll get to shoot your shot I guess

the point of this message is think about

if you're pulling to make a specific

team does that character help you or if

you're just sing and it's okay to

collect your wuss just plan for it so

that you can enjoy the game in a way

that doesn't leave you with a bad taste

in your mouth after you just had to

drop1 to make it happen it's a mindset

adjustment for some if you don't have

enough polychrome just trug it off you

will get there eventually they will rer

just quickly as I mentioned not pulling

for chingi if you like Chingy and you're

okay with potentially not having quite

enough for a fure your character then go

for it don't feel like you have to be a

slave to a meta and do what everyone

else is doing it's your polychrome you

saved it you want to use it then use it

I guess this applies to all my points

but I think it's fun to consider how to

best optimize my PS to maximize my team

building efficiency if you just want to

collect characters that appeal to you

then go for it it's a game have fun I'd

also mention as well seeing as I

mentioned other games earlier team

building is going to be more cost

effective in zener zone zero in

comparison to genin or honkai Star rail

as the drop rates are the same but you

only need three characters on a team as

opposed to four in both genin and star

rail I'm not singing hoo's prices over

here for this is the drop rates still

aren't great but getting three

characters for your team with the same

drop rates as games where you need four

characters for your teams is actually

going to make team building faster for

us free-to-play or low spend players so

in a few months you'll have three or

more limited S ranks and some great team

potential and then you'll end up in the

dis farming endgame loop with the

freedom to pull for anyone that looks

cool to you but there really is no rush

to get there oh and bonus advice would

be to use your premium pulling currency

only on The Limited banners if you don't

like the character on Banner then save

the currency the game will continue you

to give out standard P are free and

you'll get to 300 eventually to

guarantee ly or whoever it is you want

yeah I said it right I just remember the

pronunciation is the same as like And

subscribe to support small creators like

me so to summarize the advice off the

back of the myths number one building

pity is a lie told by people who can't

control themselves if an srank character

showed up in 30 pools no one would be

upset about it number two mindscapes may

as well not exist for srank characters

and number three think before you P so

what do you guys think let me know in

the comments below veterans how do you

make Po decisions and newbies was this

helpful also if you're wondering about

who Colonel vik is after I mentioned her

earlier then check out the video on

screen now lastly then as always pull

responsibly and don't forget to like And

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on your next polls bye byebye