What is Starward?A free to play Gundam ExVs clone where you play as Mecha Musume instead of Gundam. Playable on PC, XBOX, PS5 and Android.Official website:https://xzyen.shengtiangames.com/https://xzy.shengtiangames.com/Download link:https://store.steampowered.com/app/2764370/Starward/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.networkcentury.xzyhttps://store.playstation.com/en-us/concept/10014266https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/store/starward/9NKVWKD06RVFhttps://apps.apple.com/us/app/starward-mecha-girls/id6736830617Current Event: Starward × FRAME ARMS GIRL collaboration rerun (2026/7/9 – 2026/8/20)https://x.com/Starward_EN/status/2072524787507929502Guide&Resource:https://starward.wiki.gg/https://w.atwiki.jp/starward/https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1d6mlI66_EBGEdTZ6Dz39e-puT1S0QkeCocuthgCvk0E/https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/17s09VYNf4XimIEwLt5h3zB5oIgWew9ET8v3gSx1D80U/https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1Ym5ntpSMtF2bd32ET3_HAHViSa8KRdoL-dy9vJCRnR4/FAQ:>Who should I roll?Pick the one you find fun to play. Buff/nerf happen every patch. You can try all characters in character -> costume -> preview.>Does my character need dupes?Check this vid: https://youtube.com/watch?v=7ZxeR7mFDSQGenerally speaking, max to T5 if you like the characters.
Current Banner:Remiel (9/7 - 30/7/2026)PV: https://x.com/Starward_EN/status/2074121869150883990Collab banner:BaselardStyletGourai-kai(9/7 - 20/8/2026)PV: https://x.com/Starward_EN/status/2072524787507929502/video/1Rerun:Galahad (91 days left)Black Galahad (80 days)Thunderbolt Otome (14 days.)
New skin:Lancelot [Wave Knight] Swimsuit SkinPV: https://x.com/Starward_EN/status/2074730366980792657
Free skin.
New cut in
got the zerker robo. how do you use her?
is there any way to get burst cores besides just rolling gacha?i have yet to see any of hibiki's in rolls
>>2705395You can by them with Stardust, 360 a piece, any character. You obviously don't want to get every burst core like that, just the ones you feel you'll need the most depending on a character.
>>2705364In 2v2, your job is to zero in one person and chase them until the ends of the earth, ideally the one trying to play the backlines, but generally Valkia is for taking one player out of play by grappling the fuck out of them.
>>2701996The Frame Arm Girls are cool and all but for me Beta is where it's at.
>>2706043>fat betashe's just like me...
>>2706043she has nice thighs
>>2706043>the upgraded bullshit version of beta is more respectable to fight than her initial starter counterpart
>>2706043So is Beta's upgraded form even permanent or is it like special equipment for "special occasions?" I recall the 2nd Anni event not even acknowledging Longinus
>>2702024Haven't seen her in action yet, but I'm guessing she's based off of the Kshatriya from EXVS? She certainly looks like one, anyway.
>>2707600Xi gundam, Haruka is Kshatriya
>>2707621>Haruka is KshatriyaPretty sure that was Darkstar
Does LM's new shield bash move actually have shielding properties? Can I use the move to block shots?
>>2707854Only the beam fences, the approach and movement is on Haruka. Like how Tatiana is maxter, but with burning finger.
i need an acguy musume and a hildolfr musume
>>2708552>hildolfr musumeCalvalry
bonked too hard and crashed the game award
>>2708635Everytime I keep thinking I need to move away from Katarina, she comes back into the meta on some dumb shit everyone was just sleeping on until all of a sudden they weren't.
>>2707990The Japanese wiki said she's the "Bishoujo version of Crossbone Gundam X1 Full Cross" though...
>>2708727That's probably cause of the max output gimmick she has, but apart from that Haruka and Crossbone FC have next to nothing in common playtime. Looking back to check, though, I could have sworn Kshatriya had much more going on in it's moveset.
>>2708556https://www.iwara.tv/video/fURkigYLqlYctq/starward
Don't forget to vote for future collab units.https://wj.shengtiangames.com/#/?id=40000049&wj_lang=zhs
It's a shame they only do recolors (if that) for Collab characters - with the Frame Arms Girls back in rotation, now would be the perfect time to give them swimsuits. Stylet already has three official ones to choose from, and Baselard has one that's an upcoming release, pic related.
>>2710287It's pretty clear they can barely manage two swimsuits per summer as is- but yeah, assuming they're gonna rerun collabs as many times as possible, they may as well look into better costume options for the collab girls. BRS proved they can put SOME effort in
>>2705364you try to force 1v1 and lock down one guy with really long combos while your partner kills the other guy
>>2705395You cannot roll cores for anyone in the rerun banner. You just have to buy it from the shop, which is fine since it’s a free resource.
These two, dawn especially are really starting to become my "getting tired of your shit" characters.
>>2706043ThisThere's something special about hitting everyone at once with her nuke
>>2709564Oh, cool, the Nuke Matrix Cyber Forest gals! I actually own all of those kits except for the Kamen Rider inspired one - while I love Vivienne (the Sniper Fox), I think Yefuna (centaur/motorcycle) or Amelia (harpy) would probably have more to offer in terms of uniqueness compared to what we already have for existing characters and their play styles.
>>2712396>Amelia (harpy)But we already have Griffin, though thinking in terms of uniqueness is pretty limiting in it's self
>>2714321Yeah, but Griffin still has use of her arms. Amelia's wings are on her arms, so she wouldn't be able to use any melee attacks other than kicks; any moveset she's given would have to be range-focused and rely on her staying in the air and hanging out above her targets for as long as possible, maybe a bit like Rhine. Still, if I had to choose between her and Yefuna, I think the latter would be the best choice - a centaur girl who can turn her lower segment into a motorcycle for certain attacks would be badass, and definitely more visually unique than any other character who's appeared in the game so far. She also already has a repaint, so that's an easy second skin for her right off the bat.
is this game fun if youre a retard like me?
>>2715155Yeah. Because you are fighting with and against other retards. Almost every match is pic related.
>>2715155it's retardkino
>>2715155every single person that plays this game is retarded
>>2716473yes i play melee focus characters and rush in hitting my ally
>>2716702That's nothing, real retards shoot at the person their partner is meleeing so that the combo gets broken and the enemy can then punish the guy who spend all that time closing in to melee.
the frame girls have good lasers. i had to use Deucalion to out range them and not eat their melees
if this doesnt stop crashing im gonna have to become a fucking mobile player
>>2723467Mobile is the least favorable option for this kinda game.
>>2723467how are you crashing? is it a memory stick problem?
>talking with a friend about figs>post a picture of my stuff>friend zeroes in on the stylet I have and says "ITS THE FUCKER">I'm completely lost>tells me about starward>talks about how annoying stylet is and wanting to shoot all stylet players>install starward>spend all my rolls getting stylet>play stylet and zip around shooting my guns at peoplehehe funny jet girl
>>2727183The only time I have issue with Stylet is when she's paired up with a literal worse threat in every way, and need my partner to pay attention to her so she doesn't join in on contesting the bigger problem on the team.
>>2727183i get distracted when they flip over me
this game is fun but i hate the chinese and their bot obsession
>>2733670Without AI, it will be hard for players especially from Western Hemisphere to play.
>>2733715I want them to not hide it though. If nobody is online, sure, out me in a bit match. However I'll get a match with real people followed by a bit match followed by a real match. Just make it take longer? Ask me first? It just feels so ass to deal with the game showing me opponents and ne having to wonder if they are real people or not.
>>2733670fwiw the bots are at least way better than exvs bots>>2733791what servers are you playing on anon? it's generally better to play on the asia servers at peak weebgame hours, so like 5am to 9am >having to wonder if they are real people or not.if they don't have wifi bars next to their name they're a bot
>>2733828I've been told that and I get it now, but there's so much bullshit stacked on>Bots will steal names from players instead of being labeled>Bots will wait to accept queue to mimmick human behavior>Bots will take varying amounts of time to load in>Bots will have decorated profiles It reeks of insincerity and it annoys meI left the matchmaking region on auto. Is that bad?
>>2734141>Bots will take varying amounts of time to load inThis is not true. Bots always have exact same load time
>enemy gets salty and throws the game trying to run me downbots could never
does her chest keep her stable?
>>2733791If you’re in casual matchmaking, bots won’t pop until after a minute and a half in queue, so you can just cancel early and requeue. In ranked, bots are gone entirely after 6k.
>>2734765i just got to ranked and it put me at 2000. is that the normal starting point?
>>2736621For 1v1 yeah, I placed 6.2k last season in 2v2, just started 1v1 this season and they placed me 2500. If 2v2, buddy, just quietly take the bot matches to climb up to the 4ks
>>2736621>>2736657For further context, I meant to say I FINISH at 6k last season, what I initially placed at last season was like 3500 something like that. But the climb isn't that bad, not until you get in the 4ks. That's when banning becomes a thing and they start mixing you in with Darkstar rank players every now and then.
>>2736657>>2736660i haven't played the 1v1 mode at all. seems like it would be easier to climb against bots in that. does your rank in one affect your rank in the other?
>>2736662Nope because my guess you don't have to do placements again for the next season, when I started 2v2 this season I was just dropped back down to 5k. But yeah early bots will be a breeze, later bots will become a pain because they'll just start banning your mains
so can collab characters still not use talent essence?
>>2736788They cannot except for the free ones you shouldn’t use them on anyways (Dead alive, Reki)
>>2736788Talent essence should be best used for characters out of rotation and out of banners currently, like void Saber, and Plizska. They'll still be added to rerun later on but, if you are feeling like you got into them too late and you feel you need talents on them to make use of them right now whether than wait until rerun. That's what talent essence mainly for.
>>2738091im just trying to figure out if i need to farm hard on the frame arms girls so they're not permafucked at a low level once the banner is done
>>2738189They all work well enough at T0, it's not like certain main additions like say ,Yammyn, who becomes a completely different problem of character when you get her to t5.
Emika need a buff or 2.
BASED
it annoys me that the game makes a huge deal of stylet showing off her blue and white striped panties but on the actual model they are all white. Should I send in a support ticket?
>>2742596She's supposed to come with a sticker sheet that has a variety of stripes just for her panties - pretty sure it's the same sheet that comes with Gourai, Jinrai and Architect.Baselard, on the other hand, clearly goes commando under her leotard and tights.
>>2742690that's because lard is whore
>>2742727Considering her "grown-up" version, Rayfalx, goes from wearing a bunnysuit to literal lingerie with garters, I'd believe it.
So, before this banner ends, which of the three Frame Arms Girls should I prioritize getting - Baselard, Stylet, or Gourai?
>>2745908choose if you like shooting, melee, or both. or which one is the cutest (skylet)
>>2738189gourai t2 is important, dunno about the other ones
This game seriously needs new stages. I get that EXVS vets are probably used to staring at Side 7 all day but it's clear from all the factions, lore, and home screen backgrounds that there's more to this setting than factories, the training ground and that hive-looking stage
>>2747789There's a couple of other maps that are exclusive to Ranked (you start seeing them from Super Star III onward), but yeah - I'd like to see a stage set in some of the ruins you see on the load screens, or in one of the futuristic cities, or in the Overwatch's satellite colony.
>>2747789>EXVS vets are probably used to staring at Side 7 all dayI always wondered why 90% of all EXVS battle replays are always on that stage specifically.
>>2747789What's the story anyway?
>>2751215Well I can give a really broad stroke at the story based on the character profile bios and that one tour event they had last season.So basically the world's setting is a great civilization reset type deal. Three main areas where mostly everyone comes from, the united cites, Cesari aka Russo-Italy, and there's the fantasy rpg realm that i can not remember what it's name is. There's also this tower of Babel where they research old apostle civilization tech, and and contain threats pertaining to it. And they seem to be whether constant assaults from outside factions and Nations. Basically an institute of Regulation.The AODS is the military defense force the faction responsible for overall order and their main conflict seems to be neutralizing old hostile rogue weapon from before the time apostles became a thing. They also oppose WAR MACHINE, which is evidently an actual organization with an agenda to reintroduce all the outlawed pre apostle era tech. But then There's LM, who in a promo art piece are seen moving WAR MACHINE cargo, but they are also implied to just be lurking out on the wilderness of ruins in their own ant colonies.China land is just a being cultivist, wuxia/xianxia version of China. But the 3 characters from that region are considered foreigners and tourists of the United citiesIzumo is literally just Japan.Elves just fucking happened at some point and they basically rule the fantasy parts of the setting that you see in the art work. There is where are the knight and rpg larpers are coming from.From my assumption, i can probably that summary is probably about 30% correct. I would like more story content in the game, like the main beats of the plots permanently put into a campaign like arcade for the single player.
>>2749287some of the arcade stages allow you to cheese pretty hard
Simona PV.https://x.com/StarWard_JP/status/2080649313747976400
i really do not know how to play front with baselard
>>2758991You just don't? Stylet is primarily frontal, Baselard is primarily backline. Gourai is the wild card.
>>2759014yeah but when i end up getting matched with zakharova 3 games in a row against 3/2.5 maul sqauds idk wnat to do
>>2752185It's wild that they're sleeping on all of this even though some characters have special lines when teaming up.Wouldn't surprise me if there were some China only books or something.
>>2759476I mean fighting games have never been particularly famous for their story/lore outside of maybe guilty gear and blazblue, and at the end of the day we're really just here for the EXVS gameplay. I bet most of the playerbase never even questioned why all these girls are fighting each other in the first place. seriously, if this game didn't play like EXVS it'd probably have, like 10 percent of its current playerbase and revenue at best
>guy starts using the i-frames on hard tags to dodge my shiti hadn't even thought of that lol
>>2760339>at the end of the day we're really just here for the EXVS gameplayYou aren't wrong in this assessment but you gotta understand why even bother with EXVS in the first place, people just want to play was there favorite mobile suits in a Gundam game that has fluent anime like movement. That's why EXVS can get away with just having the gameplay and other bare minimums. Here in Starward's case they would benefit alot in going into blazblue level of story focus to really get people more attached to the characters they play and roll for in this game, but issue with that would have to be paying the paying the voice actors for the dialog, onto of getting better English and other language translations in general.
>>2760339I feel like that's not entirely correct. I'm no expert on fighting games, but stuff like Tekken, Street Fighter or Soulcalibur all have interesting backstory and interpersonal character relationships even if most players don't care when they have the controller in hand. They still make good wiki deep dives.Even arcade games back in the day had booklets and story modes and Starward could do this because it already has arcade stages.I don't care about Gundam or mecha in general and I'd never heard of EXVS, but the gameplay is fun enough to keep one engaged. There's not that many f2p bishoujo pvp games out there.
>lose game>still get mvp
Too sex. Must pull.https://x.com/StarWard_JP/status/2081699988082729199
Simona gameplay pvhttps://youtube.com/watch?v=B1cZd6An0DM
>>2772185yes kill the spear user
>>2772305Sir that is a Lance, not a spear.
So, what are the odds of them doing another Frame Arms Girl collab in the future so I can see Durga's lovely ass in 3D?
>>2773216Technically, Lancelot is already "We have Durga at home".
>>2774117They could go with Darkness Queen Durga
>>2774117>>2774319Or Durga Gold Ritter, if they wanted to give her a fencing-type fighting style. I feel like Darkness Queen would probably play similar to Haruka.
>tfw stuck around 6.2k, being forced to take Ls because you get stuck vanguarding for backline people keep who keep ignoring the enemy's backliner that's clearly way too comfortable to find time to interrupt and stop you from doing literally anything.What honestly compels the people to pick characters that are clearly suited get into range fights with the enemy, only for them to then proceed to NOT CONEST the enemy ranged fighter!?
>simona akigumo team
lm is fun to use
YO-HO! THAR BE SOME FINE BOOTY!
What is min. talent for Simona? Not sure if I should roll in 100% or 50/50.
>>2778426It's easier to cheese vanguards when they're distracted by another vanguard.
>>2779380That easily gets shut down when your backliner just shoots the backliner stopping from fighting the backline. That I keep getting paired with people who don't realize how preventable that shit is insufferable.
Phew... Got her just before the dreaded 50/50. Now I can save.
I'm gonna miss seeing remiel's ass on the title screen...
Oh hey they updated the gfx for when you get killed. Neat.
>simona's boost dive has landing recoveryheartbreaking...
>>2778426if you play shuffle, you just have to accept giving your partner all the lives while using them as bait desu
>>2780033Are you me? I came here to post this. It really was a nice one.
people who actually know how to play neutral in this game are scary
>>2782744yeah i kept eating lasers trying to chase as valkia from the side of me
New collab soon.https://x.com/Starward_EN/status/2084116036761350399
>>2791956So we're getting Black Swan Elysia, in which case her gimmick will be swapping between her Land and Air forms.
>>2792290
Maybe I should have getting Gourai instead of Simona.
>>2795398Definitely. Simona will be added to the rerun gacha at some point, while Gourai and the other Frame Arms Girls are event-only. Given this is the second time their event has run, there's no guarantee they'll run it again at a later date - this was already the second chance to get them.
>>2795398gourai is super scrubby lmoashe basically plays the way people thought hibiki played
>70 rolls for Gourai in 100% banner.Finally, my FAG collection is complete.
>>2802050nice work. now spin her around
>>2734644i fall for this alot because im hungry for vengeance
Starward x Nanoha collab announcedhttps://x.com/StarWard_JP/status/2086286349930516762
>>2812353Jesus chirst that's 3 collabs confirmed in a rowI mean the other two IPs are literal whos but cmon slow downleast I can skip this one, Nanoha designs don't do shit for me
Should I make a thread in /m/? They have Symphogear thread, I guess they will fine with mecha musume too. Or will they screech because gacha or not!mecha?
>>2812353I'm usually anti collab, but this one was made for ME!>>2812786>theyI mean you're free to test the waters, but why would you want to make a thread on a board you don't visit?
>>2812353We're but a step away from a Symphogear collab now. Surely it'll happen>>2812786we already have a thread here and on /vmg/. Do we really need a third fucking thread?
I keep telling the devs to rerun the beach background but I'm probably the only one complaining so they don't care
I think I did worst with controller than touch screen.
>>2820736probably spamming buttons so you over use boost and buttons
>>2821288Worst. Sometime I don't even remember what this button even do. Like pressing boost when I want to shoot or using Submelee when I want to use Subrange. Or randomly press button to escape presure.
>>2823602dont you have muscle memory? you probably need to go to training on the character screen to get a feel for your main
>getting salty dms in 2026i fucking love this game
>>2826361for me its telling them their chracter's boobs distracted me
>>2827406I WISH I could say that. Too many medium-sized at best/conservative-clothed characters at my level
I started doing ranked and noticed the chest lets me pick between 3 options. Is there one I should be focusing on over the others? Like I know Star Crystals are the currency you can use to get tickets but Star Dust can be used to get character shards as well. I don't think I want to ever use it on Character Tickets though.
>>2830457imo star crystals have the best rate of return since the number of tickets/ dust you need to get talent essence or a character is pretty high compared to just rolling
What did you all write for the survey?I wanted a robot skin for the witch characters and a collaboration with Medabots.
>>2835136I just started playing and wasn't sure what to put there, asked for some more robot girls
>>2835136just add more mechagirls and new skins for LM. i would love to see her wear blazermates outfit or one of the beetles to keep the bug theme
>>2835136Rerun the beach background, Neptunia collab (preferably pre-Unlimited), PvE modes, and promote Thunderbolt to permanent status (out of all the collabs so far she'd probably be the easiest to pull off). Oh, and new stages to play on.
grinding 3 collab characters in one month never again
>>2848206>he says until they add another lady in a thong
Reah scares me with her bonks. i thought i could dodge around it but it tracks pretty well
Nora might be too complicated that it seem.
>>2873439*than
how do i deal with her? she charges in, goes away then sends a laser beam to kill me
I've no idea what should I do here...
>>2885577Look for both Hibiki's queries and load on weapons. Or you can do Cherub's or Simona's for treasure and gems.Then you get the unique stuff as they come.
>>2885577Always do Hibiki's stuff, since the items she adds a multiplier to always tend to be high-value items to begin with, meaning you can get some really high numbers pretty quickly. In terms of deciding where to search - always prioritize purple, blue and orange locations; ignore grey entirely, and only search green when there's nothing else.
>>2885577filtered me>>2885612what do you do once your backpack is full?
>>2903551move around til you run out of turns
>>2903551>what do you do once your backpack is full?Move around, keep looking for higher-value items while discarding lower-value ones, and look for more quests/requests that will add more point multipliers to what you have to maximize your score.Also keep a lookout for the rare items that go in your collection guide (the 3D Printer, the Crystal Ball, etc), since those are usually high in value and will net you some coins if you have them in your inventory when you run out of moves.
I don't know if I should get Akatsuki, Nora or Lancelot...
>>2910096get the one that looks the sexiest (Lancelot)
>>2911597>looks the sexiestThat should be Nora.
Holy shit! This girl is brutal.https://youtube.com/watch?v=vTA53uaq6Vc
>>2914279Little disappointed that I didn't see her Sky Form (>>2792290) at all, but she looks neat otherwise.
>>2914332Could it be another Galahad/dawn situation?
>>2916533You mean having an Install that will swap her modes when it activates? Maybe, but it wasn't showcased here; you would think it would be if it were part of her kit, since it would make a big difference in how she's played, but whatever.
>>2916656No I mean like how there is literally two of them. One black and one white.
>>2916868That's because they're based off of two separate kits - Galahad Dawn is the original one that released a while back, while the black one is the yet-to-be-released Netherdragon Shadow Blade Galahad, depicting a corrupted copy of normal Galahad that was created by the Holy Grail after it was supposedly tainted by an unknown entity.With Black Swan, on the other hand, all of those bits are part of the same kit - it's just two different armor configurations - so there's no reason to represent her with two different characters in-game.
>>2917904>no reasonIt's more money.
Looks like Black Swan Elysia is in the game now and...they just...gave away a copy of her for free? I don't recall that happening before (though I've only been playing since the Black Rock Shooter banner). Whatever the case, she's pretty fun.
>>2930916Gourai KaiThunderbolt OtomeGalahad NegroBRSUsually the first time there's a collab they give away one of the characters for free in an event
i love super armoring through her shooting and bashing her face in
>>2933159yeehaw
>>2934226>Xiaoling Jobbing to Tatiana.As a Xiaoling main, I love to see it. Good job anon. Keep teaching them that they need to do better.
>>2935157yeah. until next game they seek on me and use their burst combo for some reasonwe then teamed up against elysias, they were too coordinated
>>2936231>yeah. until next game they seek on me and use their burst combo for some reasonBecause that's there job and they need to learn that the hard way. It baffles me how many Xiaoling's I run into and they STILL don't know about the kick rush that comes out of all her meleesl moves. Literally basic tier 0 shit.
