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On 2022-02-21 at 10:41 PM, Goat-kun said:

They did manage to portray Ei in a more sympathetic light. Little goddess got the sads. At least she wasn't led astray by envy or inability to send letters, but by grief. Too bad she doesn't know anything about what happened in Khaenri'ah. Guess we'll need to bribe Venti.

I'm so confused by the questionable storyline, that I hardly care about any of this to be honest.  I feel like even MHY doesn't know what happened there, they kind of add things as they go and I wouldn't be surprised, if they were debating all this stuff to this day. Just like with Kingdom Hearts, the story is an absolute mess, it didn't hook me, but the opposite lol.

 

On 2022-02-22 at 8:49 PM, TBD said:

I have a feeling the symbol on their back works the same as Albedo's since the tech is from the Khaeni'ah. I thought the whole quest is pretty symbolic since Ei learned to take the role as her twin sister while her puppet take on the role as her's as the shadow. I thought Ei telling the puppet that she is no longer the past was start of a good redemption.   Unfortunately once again, we got no information about the other sibling... time to move on to the next nation to meet another archon who most likely won't know anything either. 

Yeah, I assume literally all nations will be just fillers to introduce and sell characters. There are no actual inputs to the main plot (that is rather poop btw let's be honest), you just visit these and they have their own story (that is far better than the main plot) unrelated to everything the MC is looking for. Maybe a minor encounter with the abyss, that comes to create more questions than answers at best. At the very end when everything will be done, that's when I assume actual stuff to happen and the story to unfold. Until then, vague hints just to let you know the main plot still exists and I guess to create hype and let the community throw ideas for MHY to consider. I am not getting hyped myself, I lost interest a loooooong time ago. I just enjoy the scenery and world quests, not caring about the sibling anymore, because he appears to have the time of his life with new friends. Seriously, we already met the sibling and they didn't bother to even talk properly, screw the other dude then.  I fulfilled my mission the game has put for me - I found the other dude, I was sooo worried and been crying all over mondstadt and liyue to find them, and when that finally happened, they acted like a jerk without a single care about me, well okay, gg, congrats and bye I guess, I have new friends too.

 

Welp, given it's a gacha game, I kinda don't think it is supposed to have a decent intro, nor ending - it's literally all about the world itself and the characters it's trying to sell. It's a bit like with MLP, where Hasbro tends to add random garbage to the show literally just to advertise the new toyline. MLP got terrible at some point main-plot wise, Genshin isn't going to be any better in that regard.

 

On 2022-02-22 at 8:49 PM, TBD said:

Also for the new event, I'm not much of an explorer and going around that area with all the puzzles doesn't seems very rewarding with primogems and all the efforts and time wasted. I just want to get down to the lore but eh....idk. The event seems to forget that not all of us have 6+ hours of free time playing genshin.

I personally enjoyed it. I always like exploration with rewards (hence why I love survival sandbox games and stuff) and even though it was just a reused location, I won't complain. That's still far better than literally anything else the game offers gameplay-wise. There was a fair amount of primogems too, like 1000 in total or something. Average events offer 300 through their entire duration and are always capped to this amount regardless of timespan (for example if an event has challenges for 7 days, only the first 5 give 60 primos, the rest give mora and other stuff only). Here too, you have 300 from the "event" itself, but there's way more from exploration and doing related quests.

I'm not sure I understand about the lack of time though - you have way over month to finish the event, so you can take your time. Plus, it's a very simplified version of Enkanomiya, no day-night mess to solve puzzles, nor any of this - it's all pretty straightforward.

 

On 2022-02-22 at 8:49 PM, TBD said:

Yeah I would want her basic atk to be slightly stronger- since I do have to play her as my main instead of switching her out often.

Exactly! Besides placing the turrets, there's hardly any use of her, so she's supposed to be swapped out. They totally should buff her normal attack, even Ningguang is performing far better in that regard. Long range homing AoE normal attack, with nicely buffed charged attack. Yae? Slow, weak and the charged attack super slow and still weak. They don't have to turn her into main DPS, but just make it faster to use at least, because her normal attack is really sluggish. She's fun to play with and nice overall, but she's not doing a good job as a 5* character imo. I wish they could buff her kit to make her even nicer to play with.

 

On a side note...-

I see people have a bit of a heated debate regarding if Yae is actually good or not and whalers mention comparing C0 5* to C6 4* (Fishl) being bad, because to get C6 Fishl out of this banner, you'd probably end up having C2 Yae due to amount of wishes made. Well, that might be true if you're a whaler and a new player. Fishl is not a new character, and the majority of old players (even F2P) most likely has her at C6, making it a valid argument to commonly bring up. Also let's not forget 4* appear every now and then and sooner or later people will have these whether they want them or not. I have tons of C6 4* characters I don't even use, they were just popping out randomly regardless if I wanted them or not. I always decide whether to wish or not on the character banner mainly on the promoted 5*, and my 4* characters improve automatically, so to speak.

C2 5* is 3 5*, so for whalers it's just meh, but to casual players it is a big deal. There are far better 5* characters to wish for first, rather than focusing on beating Fishl alone and that's what whalers fail to understand I guess.

Yes, Yae is obviously more powerful than Fishl in every shape and form. Yae's E deals more damage and short CD grants constant uptime, her burst dramatically outclasses Fishl's, but it is still not wrong to see her as a "better version of Fishl" and consider this fact when deciding whether to pull for her or not. If someone doesn't have C6, they probably have to be a new player or something and don't have many 5* either, if any. Even at this point it's probably better to wait for some decent characters (probably some DPS), than start with Yae.

 

I had C6 Fishl long before Yae even came, so their argument is absolutely flawed, but looks like whalers have different experiences and minds towards things like this. Technically they're right, but in practice they're absolutely wrong, but whatever.

 

On 2022-02-22 at 8:49 PM, TBD said:

And offf- I didn't mean to forget Klee lol- when ironically my sister have her too. .

Klee is decent, I hope she's enjoying having her.  

On 2022-02-22 at 8:49 PM, TBD said:

And oh that good that you go Yae crits higher! yeah that's the same weapon I'm running on her! So far right now, Yae is pretty descent since I got her at lvl 70 and lvl up her talents so I can managed to inflict about 3,000ish-4,000ish dgm with her!

Now after the final ascend the crit rate is 89.1% and crit dmg 177.4%, almost perfectly to the recommended 1:2 ratio. 

Nice! My Yae is at level 87, slowly getting there.  Mine scores hits for around 8000 if I'm not mistaking, with the weapon's buff active I guess.

 

5 hours ago, Goat-kun said:

Also, I'll just put this thing in here. It would seem that the element of light has a symbol, and it's basically starglitter.

Now I want a character with this element, would be cool. 

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On 2022-02-27 at 9:03 AM, Rikifive said:

I personally enjoyed it. I always like exploration with rewards (hence why I love survival sandbox games and stuff) and even though it was just a reused location, I won't complain. That's still far better than literally anything else the game offers gameplay-wise. There was a fair amount of primogems too, like 1000 in total or something. Average events offer 300 through their entire duration and are always capped to this amount regardless of timespan (for example if an event has challenges for 7 days, only the first 5 give 60 primos, the rest give mora and other stuff only). Here too, you have 300 from the "event" itself, but there's way more from exploration and doing related quests.

I'm not sure I understand about the lack of time though - you have way over month to finish the event, so you can take your time. Plus, it's a very simplified version of Enkanomiya, no day-night mess to solve puzzles, nor any of this - it's all pretty straightforward.

 

On 2022-02-26 at 12:35 PM, Goat-kun said:

The puzzles aren't so much a problem, but they are gating bits of lore behind timed events, and we never witness Traveler having a thought about all of it. Even without these events and Archons telling us the truth, my Lumine should be pretty redpilled after all she's seen and heard. It's kinda stupid that the story is about the Traveler but they don't let them progress.

I don't mind going around and traveling since I played open world games before-but it's something about it in Enkanomiya that kinda drain the hell out of me. It could the puzzle or the area itself. I did mentioned I like Enknnomiya...but after having to do the quest here and there to unlock the boss- it's like almost everywhere looks the same-just rocks and more rocks. It kinda kills it for me. But Riki, since you mentioned it's more straightforward, I might give it another chance- if only it wasn't event though then I wouldn't feel the pressure trying to grind 6+ hours to finish it, now that I prob have like about two more weeks left if I start now? Also goat-kun and riki, speaking of story- how was the story so far? is it connected to the main story especially with the abyss watchers or with the  khaenri'ah in any way? I need to see if my time on this event won't be vain if the story isn't worth exploring-despite of earning primos, since in my case story > primos.

 

On 2022-02-27 at 6:06 AM, Goat-kun said:

Also, I'll just put this thing in here. It would seem that the element of light has a symbol, and it's basically starglitter.

 

On 2022-02-27 at 9:03 AM, Rikifive said:

Now I want a character with this element, would be cool. 

You know there's a bunch of talks about Dain might have a whole different element outside the main 7 element. He might not have a version, but people say he might have something else like dark. It may sound a bit far fetch but after seeing this here, I have no doubt Genshin is gonna introduce us a whole different element aside the main 7.  That means a little more hope for Dain wanters to want him to be playable. Moreover seeing more elements and characters with different element out of the 7 would be interesting! Do you guys think that the light element could've been Celestria? (cough cough not making a mlp references here.

 

On 2022-02-27 at 9:03 AM, Rikifive said:

On a side note...-

I see people have a bit of a heated debate regarding if Yae is actually good or not and whalers mention comparing C0 5* to C6 4* (Fishl) being bad, because to get C6 Fishl out of this banner, you'd probably end up having C2 Yae due to amount of wishes made. Well, that might be true if you're a whaler and a new player. Fishl is not a new character, and the majority of old players (even F2P) most likely has her at C6, making it a valid argument to commonly bring up. Also let's not forget 4* appear every now and then and sooner or later people will have these whether they want them or not. I have tons of C6 4* characters I don't even use, they were just popping out randomly regardless if I wanted them or not. I always decide whether to wish or not on the character banner mainly on the promoted 5*, and my 4* characters improve automatically, so to speak.

C2 5* is 3 5*, so for whalers it's just meh, but to casual players it is a big deal. There are far better 5* characters to wish for first, rather than focusing on beating Fishl alone and that's what whalers fail to understand I guess.

Yes, Yae is obviously more powerful than Fishl in every shape and form. Yae's E deals more damage and short CD grants constant uptime, her burst dramatically outclasses Fishl's, but it is still not wrong to see her as a "better version of Fishl" and consider this fact when deciding whether to pull for her or not. If someone doesn't have C6, they probably have to be a new player or something and don't have many 5* either, if any. Even at this point it's probably better to wait for some decent characters (probably some DPS), than start with Yae.

I had C6 Fishl long before Yae even came, so their argument is absolutely flawed, but looks like whalers have different experiences and minds towards things like this. Technically they're right, but in practice they're absolutely wrong, but whatever.

I don't understand why is that every time a new electro characters are being introduced, these people go about saying they're aren't strong as Fishl?? They made it sounds like she like the most powerful 4* electro that ever existed but in reality, they're just annoying fishl's simp.  I saw comments like that and I don't get it why whalers goes around peaching that their precious baby girl is far more powerful when it come to  comparing to either Yae or Raiden.  I get the feeling these whalers just like to flex too. saying "oh spending over $1000 to unlock 5* C is no big deal at all" while trying to sound modest in from of us casual player- " it's not worth it anyways because C6 4* is sTrOnGer". It's like trying to not make us casual player feel bad but while flexing at the same time. I beleive they did the same thing with Noelle and Itto. saying she's better than him at C6. Like bruh, EVERYONE by now have at least almost every 4* at C6. it's nothing special anymore.

 

On 2022-02-27 at 9:03 AM, Rikifive said:

 I fulfilled my mission the game has put for me - I found the other dude, I was sooo worried and been crying all over mondstadt and liyue to find them, and when that finally happened, they acted like a jerk without a single care about me, well okay, gg, congrats and bye I guess, I have new friends too.

 

Welp, given it's a gacha game, I kinda don't think it is supposed to have a decent intro, nor ending - it's literally all about the world itself and the characters it's trying to sell. It's a bit like with MLP, where Hasbro tends to add random garbage to the show literally just to advertise the new toyline. MLP got terrible at some point main-plot wise, Genshin isn't going to be any better in that regard.

Wait are you referring to real people friends?

 

and yeah agreed-hell here I'm still waiting for any more fatui contents and anything new about that new Harbinger..I keep being told that he's coming in the upcoming story for 2.4-2.5. Well we're done with 2.4 and halfway 2.5, where is he? I need to stop listening to twitter 

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2 hours ago, TBD said:

I don't mind going around and traveling since I played open world games before-but it's something about it in Enkanomiya that kinda drain the hell out of me. It could the puzzle or the area itself. I did mentioned I like Enknnomiya...but after having to do the quest here and there to unlock the boss- it's like almost everywhere looks the same-just rocks and more rocks. It kinda kills it for me. But Riki, since you mentioned it's more straightforward, I might give it another chance- if only it wasn't event though then I wouldn't feel the pressure trying to grind 6+ hours to finish it, now that I prob have like about two more weeks left if I start now? Also goat-kun and riki, speaking of story- how was the story so far? is it connected to the main story especially with the abyss watchers or with the  khaenri'ah in any way? I need to see if my time on this event won't be vain if the story isn't worth exploring-despite of earning primos, since in my case story > primos.

Tbh I wasn't really a fan of this area either. It's rather bland, repetitive, has tons of obnoxious climbing all over the place and even worse puzzles requiring to backtrack every now and then to run the same exact unskippable cutscene. That's the worst area so far imo. The exploration was a pain.

The event though, is much less obnoxious. You just run around the surface to collect obvious chests and stuff and again go to the three towers except you can interact with them now. It's much more simplified and you don't have to visit the underground parts and stuff, where the climbing was exceptionally annoying.

Still, it's the same location overall, so it's nothing refreshing.

 

I haven't checked lately, but i believe there are still more than 20 days left. You can check that in the event menu.

 

Story-wise... I guess it's all about Enkanomiya itself and its ancient stuff.. and i guess something about abyss guys causing mess there or whatever. Nothing epic, nor relevant I'd say. I honestly have no idea what any of this meant.

 

2 hours ago, TBD said:

You know there's a bunch of talks about Dain might have a whole different element outside the main 7 element. He might not have a version, but people say he might have something else like dark. It may sound a bit far fetch but after seeing this here, I have no doubt Genshin is gonna introduce us a whole different element aside the main 7.  That means a little more hope for Dain wanters to want him to be playable. Moreover seeing more elements and characters with different element out of the 7 would be interesting! Do you guys think that the light element could've been Celestria? (cough cough not making a mlp references here.

He was officially confirmed to be a playable char at some point by MHY and he indeed was presented with a different dark-like element, so yeah, we might get that.

Yeah, that surely would be something refreshing and interesting!

Mmm sounds good. 

 

2 hours ago, TBD said:

I don't understand why is that every time a new electro characters are being introduced, these people go about saying they're aren't strong as Fishl?? They made it sounds like she like the most powerful 4* electro that ever existed but in reality, they're just annoying fishl's simp.  I saw comments like that and I don't get it why whalers goes around peaching that their precious baby girl is far more powerful when it come to  comparing to either Yae or Raiden.  I get the feeling these whalers just like to flex too. saying "oh spending over $1000 to unlock 5* C is no big deal at all" while trying to sound modest in from of us casual player- " it's not worth it anyways because C6 4* is sTrOnGer". It's like trying to not make us casual player feel bad but while flexing at the same time. I beleive they did the same thing with Noelle and Itto. saying she's better than him at C6. Like bruh, EVERYONE by now have at least almost every 4* at C6. it's nothing special anymore

I mean, if someone really cares about building a better party, it is important to consider the already owned alternatives. There's kinda little point in wishing for 5* characters, that won't perform much better than the ones you already have. ... Well unless someone cares about just having the character to praise its pixels in the character menu. 

Yae isn't really a unique character combat-wise, a yet another off-field electro damage support just like Fishl. Therefore, comparing these two is valid when the primo budget is tight. Fishl is a good enough unit, and getting C2 on 5* characters isn't easy thing to do for casual players. Oh I wish I could just casually C2 all promo characters like the whalers say. It's much more likely to just get Fishl to C6 and live with that, so wishing for other 5* is totally something to consider, unless you already have plenty of them.

 

2 hours ago, TBD said:

Wait are you referring to real people friends?

Nah, nah, I meant the sibling preferred to stay with their new abyss friends than care about mc - so good for him, mc also made tons of friends in Teyvat. 

 

2 hours ago, TBD said:

and yeah agreed-hell here I'm still waiting for any more fatui contents and anything new about that new Harbinger..I keep being told that he's coming in the upcoming story for 2.4-2.5. Well we're done with 2.4 and halfway 2.5, where is he? I need to stop listening to twitter 

Yeah Twitter is filled with random stuff, leaks and guesses. The community there is kind of lacking in intelligence overall from what I see (the dramas over nothing and tons of spam people tend to upvote), but again, it's Twitter. 

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20 hours ago, TBD said:

 

I don't mind going around and traveling since I played open world games before-but it's something about it in Enkanomiya that kinda drain the hell out of me. It could the puzzle or the area itself. I did mentioned I like Enknnomiya...but after having to do the quest here and there to unlock the boss- it's like almost everywhere looks the same-just rocks and more rocks. It kinda kills it for me. But Riki, since you mentioned it's more straightforward, I might give it another chance- if only it wasn't event though then I wouldn't feel the pressure trying to grind 6+ hours to finish it, now that I prob have like about two more weeks left if I start now? Also goat-kun and riki, speaking of story- how was the story so far? is it connected to the main story especially with the abyss watchers or with the  khaenri'ah in any way? I need to see if my time on this event won't be vain if the story isn't worth exploring-despite of earning primos, since in my case story > primos.

 

You're not missing anything super important. Just a few mentions of the elemental system. Elements belong to the light and void opposes light. Vishaps = light and Abyss = void. That's it.

20 hours ago, TBD said:

You know there's a bunch of talks about Dain might have a whole different element outside the main 7 element. He might not have a version, but people say he might have something else like dark. It may sound a bit far fetch but after seeing this here, I have no doubt Genshin is gonna introduce us a whole different element aside the main 7.  That means a little more hope for Dain wanters to want him to be playable. Moreover seeing more elements and characters with different element out of the 7 would be interesting! Do you guys think that the light element could've been Celestria? (cough cough not making a mlp references here.

My theory on light and void elements is that they will be introduced as "delusions" for existing characters. However, Dainsleif says in the trailer that humans will defy this world with the power from beyond, which does give credence to theory that Khaenri'ah managed to use void against the Unknown God (God of Void?). So light, the primordial power from which all other elements are born, could become some sort of good delusion, while void might become the eighth element.

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On 2022-02-27 at 5:03 PM, Rikifive said:

I'm so confused by the questionable storyline, that I hardly care about any of this to be honest.  I feel like even MHY doesn't know what happened there, they kind of add things as they go and I wouldn't be surprised, if they were debating all this stuff to this day. Just like with Kingdom Hearts, the story is an absolute mess, it didn't hook me, but the opposite lol.

I doubt many care about the story. It is rather slow-paced for how straightforward it seems. I believe that they know where the story is going, but there's a lot of marketing clutter and stupid decisions connected to game's gacha heritage. It's not like with MLP where they aren't even trying.

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51 minutes ago, Goat-kun said:

I doubt many care about the story. It is rather slow-paced for how straightforward it seems. I believe that they know where the story is going, but there's a lot of marketing clutter and stupid decisions connected to game's gacha heritage. It's not like with MLP where they aren't even trying.

It is.

With how random, questionable, uninteresting and budget the intro is, I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't plan how the main plot should be going, and the puzzle pieces they slowly reveal don't make me think otherwise. They make it all so mysterious - maybe because they are unable to come up with proper explanations. They keep it vague, so that they can always add things in-between later.

To me it seems the world and characters themselves were always the focus. The main story seems to exist solely to give players that feeling, that there will be more, that there is a goal...

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On 2022-03-01 at 3:07 PM, Rikifive said:

Yae isn't really a unique character combat-wise, a yet another off-field electro damage support just like Fishl. Therefore, comparing these two is valid when the primo budget is tight. Fishl is a good enough unit, and getting C2 on 5* characters isn't easy thing to do for casual players. Oh I wish I could just casually C2 all promo characters like the whalers say. It's much more likely to just get Fishl to C6 and live with that, so wishing for other 5* is totally something to consider, unless you already have plenty of them.

 

I mean there's some casual players who pulls and then end up getting two promo  five stars on their first lucky pull,  getting a C1 for free.  Maaan I would give all my luck up just to see that happen to me one day...

On 2022-03-02 at 9:52 AM, Goat-kun said:

My theory on light and void elements is that they will be introduced as "delusions" for existing characters. However, Dainsleif says in the trailer that humans will defy this world with the power from beyond, which does give credence to theory that Khaenri'ah managed to use void against the Unknown God (God of Void?). So light, the primordial power from which all other elements are born, could become some sort of good delusion, while void might become the eighth element.

 

On 2022-03-02 at 11:15 AM, Rikifive said:

It is.

With how random, questionable, uninteresting and budget the intro is, I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't plan how the main plot should be going, and the puzzle pieces they slowly reveal don't make me think otherwise. They make it all so mysterious - maybe because they are unable to come up with proper explanations. They keep it vague, so that they can always add things in-between later.

To me it seems the world and characters themselves were always the focus. The main story seems to exist solely to give players that feeling, that there will be more, that there is a goal...

Isn't delusions are  artificial though? I thought it's was made by Tsaritsa herself. 

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On 2022-03-02 at 7:15 PM, Rikifive said:

It is.

With how random, questionable, uninteresting and budget the intro is, I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't plan how the main plot should be going, and the puzzle pieces they slowly reveal don't make me think otherwise. They make it all so mysterious - maybe because they are unable to come up with proper explanations. They keep it vague, so that they can always add things in-between later.

To me it seems the world and characters themselves were always the focus. The main story seems to exist solely to give players that feeling, that there will be more, that there is a goal...

Indeed. It is a gacha game, so characters will always be more important that the story; however, the players should let them know that they aren't doing enough to keep the veneer of a game that isn't just gacha. For now, the chances of that are slim. We will have to see what happens in Chasm and Sumeru. I hope that, in the end, my interpretations of their game won't surpass their own.

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23 hours ago, TBD said:

I mean there's some casual players who pulls and then end up getting two promo  five stars on their first lucky pull,  getting a C1 for free.  Maaan I would give all my luck up just to see that happen to me one day...

 

Isn't delusions are  artificial though? I thought it's was made by Tsaritsa herself. 

Delusions are made from the hateful residue of dead gods. They seem to be void, which explains why people tend to age and die while using them. However, given the duality of light and void, perhaps a more natural light-based power up can be achieved. It is just a theory based on how such games tend to sell you one character in many forms.

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It's that time of every 3 weeks again

I won the 50/50 on Kokomi, but I had to go through 4 Xinyans before I got a single Sara . I hadn't had either of them yet. Xinyan is my least favorite character because her voice drives me crazy (I have nothing against southern accents but it just really doesn't fit the setting... ) also her attacks are sooooo slow. 

I'd been waiting for Sara to return on a banner for months now! She is one of my favorites.

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14 hours ago, SparklingSwirls said:

It's that time of every 3 weeks again

I won the 50/50 on Kokomi, but I had to go through 4 Xinyans before I got a single Sara . I hadn't had either of them yet. Xinyan is my least favorite character because her voice drives me crazy (I have nothing against southern accents but it just really doesn't fit the setting... ) also her attacks are sooooo slow. 

I'd been waiting for Sara to return on a banner for months now! She is one of my favorites.

Congs on winning 50/50 for Kokomi! I love her gameplay since it's so pretty and her cute little sea creatures.  

I have been only listening in Japanese dub didn't know she have southern accent, but I did tried to get Sara and finally got her after 3rd pull. I've been meaning to get her since her first release but I don't want to waste my pity.  were you able to get sara?

 

On 2022-03-04 at 12:31 PM, Goat-kun said:

Delusions are made from the hateful residue of dead gods. They seem to be void, which explains why people tend to age and die while using them. However, given the duality of light and void, perhaps a more natural light-based power up can be achieved. It is just a theory based on how such games tend to sell you one character in many forms.

ahhh okay I see i might've missed that part.. So basically these harbingers are compatible to the void power. I think Tsaritsa knew delusions has flaws and wanted to achieve something more natural like the light to fight off Celestria and since Tsaritsa is a sister of Celestria, the Light power belongs to Celestria. I might be wrong but that's just my theory. 

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56 minutes ago, TBD said:

Congs on winning 50/50 for Kokomi! I love her gameplay since it's so pretty and her cute little sea creatures.  

I have been only listening in Japanese dub didn't know she have southern accent, but I did tried to get Sara and finally got her after 3rd pull. I've been meaning to get her since her first release but I don't want to waste my pity.  were you able to get sara?

 

Yes I did get Sara, and glad to hear you got her too! I only got one copy; I did another 10 pull after getting Kokomi to try to get a second one but I just got another Bennett (might try again before the banner ends, but I want to keep my pity low for next time). Also I'll admit that I am actually enjoying Xinyan a little more now; her burst does look kind of cool, reminds me of Yoimiya's  
Now the only 4* I am missing is Razor but he'll return in the shop next month . I'll have to skip Ayato because I'm almost out of wishes...

Edited March 9, 2022 by SparklingSwirls

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22 hours ago, SparklingSwirls said:

Yes I did get Sara, and glad to hear you got her too! I only got one copy; I did another 10 pull after getting Kokomi to try to get a second one but I just got another Bennett (might try again before the banner ends, but I want to keep my pity low for next time). Also I'll admit that I am actually enjoying Xinyan a little more now; her burst does look kind of cool, reminds me of Yoimiya's  

I'm debating if I should keep pulling to get Sara at C2 but I hate to risk a pity since I'm at my 30th pull.  How would you build your Sara? her recharge or her element mastery?  Yeah I enjoyed using Xinyan since she's still my main for sub! Her burst is so much fun to use when it comes to clutching! and her shield are pretty hefty as well. 

Don't you want Ayato though? but if you want to save longer, you can always get him on the rerun!

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On 2022-03-03 at 9:18 PM, TBD said:

I mean there's some casual players who pulls and then end up getting two promo  five stars on their first lucky pull,  getting a C1 for free.  Maaan I would give all my luck up just to see that happen to me one day...

I know right? Meanwhile I struggle to win 50/50. 

Speaking of, I'm pulling for Kokomi and I'm sure I'll lose 50/50 - this time I expect Qiqi to pop out....

 

On 2022-03-04 at 8:26 PM, Goat-kun said:

Indeed. It is a gacha game, so characters will always be more important that the story; however, the players should let them know that they aren't doing enough to keep the veneer of a game that isn't just gacha. For now, the chances of that are slim. We will have to see what happens in Chasm and Sumeru. I hope that, in the end, my interpretations of their game won't surpass their own.

I don't expect the story to unfold too much. Probably these places will just have their own story to tell, with yet another clueless archon and one encounter with someone from the abyss, who will generate more questions than answers. That's okay for me I guess, I care more about the places themselves than the main plot after all.

I guess we'll see, at least there'll be something new to explore.

 

On 2022-03-09 at 5:54 AM, SparklingSwirls said:

I won the 50/50 on Kokomi, but I had to go through 4 Xinyans before I got a single Sara . I hadn't had either of them yet. Xinyan is my least favorite character because her voice drives me crazy (I have nothing against southern accents but it just really doesn't fit the setting... ) also her attacks are sooooo slow. 

I'd been waiting for Sara to return on a banner for months now! She is one of my favorites.

Congratulations! I'm about to face the 50/50 on Kokomi and probably I won't be lucky.

Heh, and there's me, getting a c for Sara on previous banner with Yae Miko.  I haven't built mine yet.

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8 hours ago, TBD said:

I'm debating if I should keep pulling to get Sara at C2 but I hate to risk a pity since I'm at my 30th pull.  How would you build your Sara? her recharge or her element mastery?  Yeah I enjoyed using Xinyan since she's still my main for sub! Her burst is so much fun to use when it comes to clutching! and her shield are pretty hefty as well. 

Don't you want Ayato though? but if you want to save longer, you can always get him on the rerun!

Eh I don't do the meta/abyss so I don't really focus on building characters (most of mine are still only chilling at level 60/70 ) I think I have elemental mastery.

I do, I want everyone  but I don't want to spend so much on crystals D: I think I'd prefer Kazuha and/or Ayaka if they come soon. 

6 hours ago, Rikifive said:

Congratulations! I'm about to face the 50/50 on Kokomi and probably I won't be lucky.

Heh, and there's me, getting a c for Sara on previous banner with Yae Miko.  I haven't built mine yet.

Ooh good luck!  

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On 2022-03-09 at 8:17 PM, TBD said:

ahhh okay I see i might've missed that part.. So basically these harbingers are compatible to the void power. I think Tsaritsa knew delusions has flaws and wanted to achieve something more natural like the light to fight off Celestria and since Tsaritsa is a sister of Celestria, the Light power belongs to Celestria. I might be wrong but that's just my theory. 

The light ultimately belongs to elemental beings, dragons or vishaps as they are called. I do not know on which side Celestia stands, but if I'd have to guess, I'd say that Celestia is a mask of light hiding the face of the void behind its blinding facade.

 

Tsaritsa wants to rebel against Celestia, and it is implied that the first Fatui Harbinger Pierro could be from Khaenri'ah. Alchemy, delusions, void, all paths lead into the Abyss.

 

The Chasm might give us further insight into the calamity that consumed the world 500 years ago, or to the nature of the world as it was created by a meteorite that fell from the heavens. Moreover, the riftwolves are now invading the world. You can find them at the border of Wolvendom. To that I say yes, the world should change when you pass a certain point in the story. I'd like to see what monstrosities are heralded by these wolves.

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On 2022-03-10 at 1:43 PM, Rikifive said:

Speaking of, I'm pulling for Kokomi and I'm sure I'll lose 50/50 - this time I expect Qiqi to pop out....

 

offf...I'm sure your mona curse has been lifted only to be replaced with the Qiqi curse . Are you planning to try again or-?

 

On 2022-03-10 at 8:19 PM, SparklingSwirls said:

Eh I don't do the meta/abyss so I don't really focus on building characters (most of mine are still only chilling at level 60/70 ) I think I have elemental mastery.

I do, I want everyone  but I don't want to spend so much on crystals D: I think I'd prefer Kazuha and/or Ayaka if they come soon.

Ah, no worries I just want ahead and build her mastery as you said anyways lol.  And ah I see, maybe you could do Ayato trial and maybe that will help you decide! but I do think personally Ayaka or Kazuha is better but that's my personal preferences.

 

On 2022-03-11 at 8:53 AM, Goat-kun said:

The light ultimately belongs to elemental beings, dragons or vishaps as they are called. I do not know on which side Celestia stands, but if I'd have to guess, I'd say that Celestia is a mask of light hiding the face of the void behind its blinding facade.

 

Tsaritsa wants to rebel against Celestia, and it is implied that the first Fatui Harbinger Pierro could be from Khaenri'ah. Alchemy, delusions, void, all paths lead into the Abyss.

 

The Chasm might give us further insight into the calamity that consumed the world 500 years ago, or to the nature of the world as it was created by a meteorite that fell from the heavens. Moreover, the riftwolves are now invading the world. You can find them at the border of Wolvendom. To that I say yes, the world should change when you pass a certain point in the story. I'd like to see what monstrosities are heralded by these wolves.

Make sense here. I do wish we could just go back to the main story right now, I keep hearing rumors about a new archon quest for 2.5 but it never came- so hopefully 2.6. Genshin is very slow with their story at this point.

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2 hours ago, TBD said:

offf...I'm sure your mona curse has been lifted only to be replaced with the Qiqi curse . Are you planning to try again or-?

Inb4 another Diluc. 

I can't afford that, I'm making wish by wish as soon as I hit 160 primos. If I'll lose 50/50, there's no way I'll get enough primos to throw another 70+ wishes. I'll keep trying if I lose, but I will be able to afford just few wishes before the banner ends, so I'll consider it a lost cause. ...unless miracle happens.

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On 2022-03-15 at 3:32 PM, Rikifive said:

Inb4 another Diluc. 

I can't afford that, I'm making wish by wish as soon as I hit 160 primos. If I'll lose 50/50, there's no way I'll get enough primos to throw another 70+ wishes. I'll keep trying if I lose, but I will be able to afford just few wishes before the banner ends, so I'll consider it a lost cause. ...unless miracle happens.

Well i think you got about two more weeks left to try and pull as much or at least close to your pity-and if you cant make it on time you can always save it for another new 5* or reruns you like! 

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34 minutes ago, TBD said:

Well i think you got about two more weeks left to try and pull as much or at least close to your pity-and if you cant make it on time you can always save it for another new 5* or reruns you like! 

I guess these two weeks will be just enough to step on the soft pity and hopefully get any 5* before the banner ends. Weeeeee I don't want to lose 50/50 ;-;

If not Kokomi, I'd be happy with the new upcoming character, but pls no standards. I lost enough of 50/50 in a row, another one wouldn't be fun in this dead game.

Save me from this misery. ;-;

 

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Also sweet Celestia this Abyss was an absolute garbage. This game literally gets only worse and worse and it doesn't seem like they're planning to add something worthwhile at least once...

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So Dain is gonna bestow upon us another sliver of lore about Khaenri'ah and Abyss Order.

 

I finally lost and got Mona. I used her and Qiqi to get 33 stars in Abyss. Maybe it's just me at long last deciding to level up talents, but the enemies weren't as stupid as in the previous version. The Coral Defenders are over the top with revival skill tho. And you are practically required to have a decent Ningguang for wolflord.

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On 2022-03-17 at 2:00 PM, Rikifive said:

I guess these two weeks will be just enough to step on the soft pity and hopefully get any 5* before the banner ends. Weeeeee I don't want to lose 50/50 ;-;

If not Kokomi, I'd be happy with the new upcoming character, but pls no standards. I lost enough of 50/50 in a row, another one wouldn't be fun in this dead game.

Save me from this misery. ;-;

 

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Also sweet Celestia this Abyss was an absolute garbage. This game literally gets only worse and worse and it doesn't seem like they're planning to add something worthwhile at least once...

Are you planning on getting Ayato? Or maybe skipped for someone else?

I haven’t played the abyss for a while and stopped at 7 floor- guess the enemies are like impossible to beat?

 

13 hours ago, Goat-kun said:

So Dain is gonna bestow upon us another sliver of lore about Khaenri'ah and Abyss Order.

 

I finally lost and got Mona. I used her and Qiqi to get 33 stars in Abyss. Maybe it's just me at long last deciding to level up talents, but the enemies weren't as stupid as in the previous version. The Coral Defenders are over the top with revival skill tho. And you are practically required to have a decent Ningguang for wolflord.

oh oh you got the Mona curse from @Rikifive

I really hope the new archon story enlightening us with something USEFUL so that we can finally get the plot going and back on track. Hopefully to maybe meet a new harbinger along the way too.
 

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16 minutes ago, TBD said:

Are you planning on getting Ayato? Or maybe skipped for someone else?

I wanted to get Kokomi and currently I'm at 70 pity, but after seeing Ayato's kit, I think I'll wait for Ayato --- and hope to not lose 50/50...

 

35 minutes ago, TBD said:

I haven’t played the abyss for a while and stopped at 7 floor- guess the enemies are like impossible to beat?

Impossible not, but very annoying. The combat there is really frustrating. They filled the abyss with enemies that literally do nothing but fly all over the place and as we all know, time limit is the biggest problem there. They also added this geo wolf boss from inazuma that requires very specific geo characters (preferably catalyst users), because not all work - or rather, not all are quick enough to break the geo crystals.

I'm honestly very tired of getting soft-locked by element requirements (incl. getting stuck on abyss mages/fatui when not having that one required element while player shields can be broken with any element - some consistency would be nice MHY) and constantly switching party members (which is a slow process) just to solve open world puzzles and such. If at least the rewards were worth it...

In general I don't like the direction the game is going. They started adding so many obnoxious enemies and bosses lately and they end up in already cancerous abyss. I wish there was an enjoyable end-game content there in this dead game. 

Heh, let's just say I didn't enjoy it lol.

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12 hours ago, TBD said:

Are you planning on getting Ayato? Or maybe skipped for someone else?

I haven’t played the abyss for a while and stopped at 7 floor- guess the enemies are like impossible to beat?

For those levels of Abyss you just need time to make your characters stronger. The last two levels is where things tend to get real retarded.

12 hours ago, TBD said:

oh oh you got the Mona curse from @Rikifive

It's not a curse. It's an insurance for the next banner. I want Venti. I know, I know, Ayato is super meta and all that, but I don't care. However, it makes one wonder how they'll manage banners once 5stars become too numerous. Me, I'd make Mondstadt and Liyue standard banners that would include old event banner 5stars. If they won't retire some characters to standard the whole system will become way too chaotic even for whales.

12 hours ago, TBD said:

I really hope the new archon story enlightening us with something USEFUL so that we can finally get the plot going and back on track. Hopefully to maybe meet a new harbinger along the way too.
 

I think we'll meet more Abyss characters like Enjou. However, judging by the trailer it seems we'll get another one of them standard plots where Traveler ruins their plans and we'll be back at status quo, and I feel kinda annoyed by that probable prospect. Granted we might learn something but when I say "we" I don't mean the Traveler  

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On 2022-03-19 at 8:36 PM, Rikifive said:

I wanted to get Kokomi and currently I'm at 70 pity, but after seeing Ayato's kit, I think I'll wait for Ayato --- and hope to not lose 50/50...

 

don't worry you won't lose 50/50 since your next 5* will be the promo character banner! you will end up with Ayato 100%

On 2022-03-19 at 8:36 PM, Rikifive said:

I wanted to get Kokomi and currently I'm at 70 pity, but after seeing Ayato's kit, I think I'll wait for Ayato --- and hope to not lose 50/50...

 

Impossible not, but very annoying. The combat there is really frustrating. They filled the abyss with enemies that literally do nothing but fly all over the place and as we all know, time limit is the biggest problem there. They also added this geo wolf boss from inazuma that requires very specific geo characters (preferably catalyst users), because not all work - or rather, not all are quick enough to break the geo crystals.

I'm honestly very tired of getting soft-locked by element requirements (incl. getting stuck on abyss mages/fatui when not having that one required element while player shields can be broken with any element - some consistency would be nice MHY) and constantly switching party members (which is a slow process) just to solve open world puzzles and such. If at least the rewards were worth it...

In general I don't like the direction the game is going. They started adding so many obnoxious enemies and bosses lately and they end up in already cancerous abyss. I wish there was an enjoyable end-game content there in this dead game. 

Heh, let's just say I didn't enjoy it lol.

pffft when genshin bosses and enemies are much more annoying that Dark soul's bosses.  I do enjoyed my experiences in the abyss since I like to combined my skills and testing out my characters built. but coming from your experiences, if looks like they expected only whales to conquer it.  I don't quite enjoy the game as much too hence the story is too slow update and I have a long list of other world quests that I haven't done yet. But just don't feel like getting into boring side story. So my primary purpose is just farming for primosgems.

On 2022-03-20 at 8:52 AM, Goat-kun said:

It's not a curse. It's an insurance for the next banner. I want Venti. I know, I know, Ayato is super meta and all that, but I don't care. However, it makes one wonder how they'll manage banners once 5stars become too numerous. Me, I'd make Mondstadt and Liyue standard banners that would include old event banner 5stars. If they won't retire some characters to standard the whole system will become way too chaotic even for whales.

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ahh well, that's one way to look at it then . And yeah...I can't imagine as we're getting more new 5* star there will a non-stop rerun. sure they starting to promote like 3 5* banners to keep the training running, but I would think maybe they should start adding some new ones in the standard banners. hell I would not mind having Childe ruining my 50/50

 

On 2022-03-20 at 8:52 AM, Goat-kun said:

I think we'll meet more Abyss characters like Enjou. However, judging by the trailer it seems we'll get another one of them standard plots where Traveler ruins their plans and we'll be back at status quo, and I feel kinda annoyed by that probable prospect. Granted we might learn something but when I say "we" I don't mean the Traveler  

I thought Enjou would be on the 2.5 story since he was in the trailer...guess that got thrown out completely. and the trailer for 2.6 only shown the festival which is kinda disappointing since I want to see some archon content. The chasm is something I'm looking forward too though. But dang I hope this archon is not one of another 'useless' lore.