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[InterMusketeer]

How the fuck did I miss this Furina promo back in the day?

Pretty sure that's just the animation for her character quest, where she acts in a stage play. It's good though.

Teaser for Chasca and edge boy:

 

[Pejo]

I really hope Chasca is a good Anemo DPS. I've been doing ok with Cloud Retainer, but plunge is an exhausting way to play, and I dislike XIao/Wanderer, so this could be nice for my account if she's functional.

That said, based on existing Natlan characters, It's probably gonna be some slow as fuck gimmick attack. Hope to be proven wrong though.

Dude is probably a 4* and will just end up in that "male 4* dps" bucket that nobody talks about.

 

[deanote666]

Those 4-stars are actually fine for me. They have nothing to do with Xilonen or Chiori but that's hardly a surprise anymore.

Some of the 4 stars are going to be involved in 5.1 events I think.

 

[InterMusketeer]

Some of the 4 stars are going to be involved in 5.1 events I think.

Yeah, they probably chose them to fit thematically with the Sumeru festival. I prefer characters that actually work with the featured 5-stars on a banner, but in this case it works out for me.

 

[Pejo]

Damn I just watched this, how do you go from having her be mostly serious in the Teaser trailer to this out of place garbage?

That said, some nice angles and animations.

 

[deanote666]

Damn I just watched this, how do you go from having her be mostly serious in the Teaser trailer to this out of place garbage?

That said, some nice angles and animations.

Each trailer has their purpose.

One gets people to play the game and one to pull the character.

Guessing they're going with the "gyru" vibe with her so it isn't too out of character I guess.

We don't know the person's personality yet and we'll see them more outside of the main story than in the main story so people may want to know more about the character as a whole.

 

[Dragon_Rocks]

I was out the moment she started rapping. JFC… lol I didn’t know we were still in Penacony.

Feels like the game is losing it’s identity \_0_/

Seriously I just can't. Feels like by mistake they put one of the characters from their other games in Genshin. I already decided to play just to finish the story. Not even sure if I will pull for the remaining Archons and Harbingers.

 

[Pejo]

Chasca kit. Sounds like Panzer Dragoon aiming during her Nightsoul state. Pretty much what I expected. When you tap the elemental Skill Button, you float and do slow clunky attacks, similar to Mualani and Kinich.

I'll be honest, I hate both of their gameplay despite it being pretty strong (at least in Natlan). This kinda sucks for me, but maybe somebody will be happy about it.

*edit*

Her Bow. CDMG main stat but seems locked to Anemo DPS bow users so I guess Faruzan/Venti DPS is now possible? Lol.

*edit 2*

Looks like Ororon (the 4* dude) is an off-field Electro-Charged support. Decently interesting kit.

 

[Pejo]

New Chasca leak:

So it's not a true "hover".

 

[InterMusketeer]

But it says she can ascend. What's the point in ascending if you can't travel over all sorts of terrain?

Otherwise her kit sounds fine to me. There's many details like duration, cooldowns etc that we don't know about, and those will heavily affect how fun she feels too play. I'm excited because I lack any Anemo DPS and her gameplay sounds unique at the least. I wonder if my duplicate Amos Bow will work on her.

 

[Pejo]

But it says she can ascend. What's the point in ascending if you can't travel over all sorts of terrain?

Otherwise her kit sounds fine to me. There's many details like duration, cooldowns etc that we don't know about, and those will heavily affect how fun she feels too play. I'm excited because I lack any Anemo DPS and her gameplay sounds unique at the least. I wonder if my duplicate Amos Bow will work on her.

The more I've been reading, she's like if you mash Wanderer and Nahida together. So you activate skill, go hover mode, then you can tap attack to play like Wanderer or hold attack to go into aiming mode like Nahida's hold skill, marking enemies and then eventually launching missiles at them. But yea you're right, the details with timers/animations are probably going to make/break her.

By the way, regarding the McD's code, I still haven't gotten the 2nd one yet. I'm unsure if it's one per McDonald's app account or what. I sent in an email to support but that's been a black hole, so I'm not sure what's going on. I even tried more pies by themselves to see if I get those codes, but nada so far.

*edit*

WARNING
Be careful, there are a LOT of story spoilers out there circulating, and there's gonna be some major shit going down soon. If you care about the main story (not even just the Archon quest, but the Traveler/Paimon/etc), it's recommended to stay away from leaks sites.

 

[Dragon_Rocks]

Just came across this. Maybe they'll do for some other characters as well.

 

[InterMusketeer]

The more I've been reading, she's like if you mash Wanderer and Nahida together. So you activate skill, go hover mode, then you can tap attack to play like Wanderer or hold attack to go into aiming mode like Nahida's hold skill, marking enemies and then eventually launching missiles at them. But yea you're right, the details with timers/animations are probably going to make/break her.

Maybe the hover is primarily there to allow her to move around quickly while charging her shots. Freely flying around is more fun but they might want to keep that unique to Wanderer.

By the way, regarding the McD's code, I still haven't gotten the 2nd one yet. I'm unsure if it's one per McDonald's app account or what. I sent in an email to support but that's been a black hole, so I'm not sure what's going on. I even tried more pies by themselves to see if I get those codes, but nada so far.

I appreciate you going to the trouble regardless. But if you suffered though those pies they owe you those codes.

Just came across this. Maybe they'll do for some other characters as well.

Yeah that one's been around for a while. Very strange that they chose Chungus for this collab. I believe they promised more designs back then, but we haven't heard anything for about a year now.

 

[jonnyXx]

Just came across this. Maybe they'll do for some other characters as well.

I bought this a while ago. It's pretty nice but I wish it had the Playstation layout.

I really like how it turns on when removing it from the charging dock and turns off when you put it back on.

I'm surprised they went with Chongyun cause he's not very popular, but also im glad since my boy Chongyun was the first 4 star I pulled. Got him on the beginner banner and mained him for a long time. Even got my first 36 star Abyss clear with him.

I still hope he can somehow return to the meta someday cause I still like playing him.

 

[deanote666]

Was anything said about updating the standard banner in 5.1?

 

[InterMusketeer]

Was anything said about updating the standard banner in 5.1?

No. But Kachina's gonna join the pool of 4-stars, so that's technically a change.

 

[deanote666]

Lost at soft pity to Dehya and got Xilonen at soft pity again.

Got her weapon early on the first 5 star.

Blew my standard wishes because and got Dehya again.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Didn’t know if i was gonna go for Xilonen or Chiori.

First pull and got Xilonen lmao.

Lemme try Chiori now since i got 20 more days

 

[Pejo]

Lost at soft pity to Dehya and got Xilonen at soft pity again.

Got her weapon early on the first 5 star.

Blew my standard wishes because and got Dehya again.

She's been a mainstay (and actually useful) in Imaginarium, and is also a member of supporting cast of the next one. Somehow Dehya, while a missed opportunity/fuckup by HoYo, is actually pretty handy to have. I still use her a lot for general content.

I managed to win the 50/50 and get Xilonen at soft pity. I was really worried after my "good" luck snagging 2 Kinich's in 40 pulls on the last banner, but I survived.

I don't know why I did this, but then I rolled on her weapon banner and actually got her sword in 20 pulls, praise be!

I've been catching up on Fontaine stuff that I've been leaving to sit for a rainy day, so my savings actually made it out ok. I was really hoping they put Mavuika in 5.2 but now that we know it's Chasca, I'm a bit concerned with how I need to budget to maximize my Mavuika constellations.

 

[Pejo]

Well I played around with Xilonen in and out of her trial stage, and I don't quite get how to play her yet. I was only able to get her to 70 with pre-farmed stuff and the resin I was willing to spend on the new boss, so it's hard to judge her properly in the overworld. The trial sucks for combat testing because everything dies so damn fast and you gotta run the entire course just to fight the enemies.

Is her playstyle basically:

1. Start with one of the reactive element characters attacks to apply an element
2. Swap to Xilonen and use her skill, hit a few times with her geo infused normals
3. Swap to your DPS and do the damage cycle
4. Swap back to Xilonen to use her Burst for heals if necessary

?

I don't get how the game determines her "source samples" or how many and what flavor she has. Is it enough just to have characters of those elements in the party? I've seen the "resistance down" effect on enemies that I fight using this method, but I can't tell if that's optimal or not.

Anyways, looks like the writer's strike hit Genshin. I accidentally triggered the first few scenes of the new Archon quest and Paimon (not part of the VA company that's striking anymore after the drama where they didn't pay her for a few months)/Katheryne were both voiced but Kachina wasn't and it was really awkward/out of place. Kinda sucks this is happening in Natlan, which I consider to be a pretty interesting story already.

Also just from the few brief scenes I've seen, we're still 100% with nobody calling Mavuika by name. Every instance has just been "Pyro Archon". I'm almost sure this is going to be a plot point 'surprise' later. Especially since Ancient Names are a big theme here, and she's already shown that she can kindle some extra Fire power by burning things with memories/etc. I wonder if it's gonna be one of those situations where nobody will remember her or her sacrifice at the end of the story when Traveler becomes the new Pyro Archon and gets the Gnosis because she will have burnt through the nation's memory of her to save the day or something.

*edit*

Did Zhongli's echo trial, it looks a lot better from a side/front view than the preview gif. You can tell they were going for a dragon/fish tail type thing. Anyways, that was by far the easiest one I've personally done so far. I bet Keq's is gonna be a bitch. That's the next one I'm gonna try after I get more keys.

Great news for QoL, the Treasure compasses are also going to work with trials/Seelies starting in 5.2. So they'll be nearly the same as the limited area summer event compasses after this, just smaller area and not showing oculi/collector materials.

 

[deanote666]

Kinich doesn't have a voice either.

In 5.1, what we really need is Nahida to set up an Irminsul/Wayob adapter. I know traveler technically isn't being recorded but those around traveler are.

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[Pejo]

Kinich doesn't have a voice either.

Do you play with EN dub or JP? I wonder if JP is fully voiced still, since I think the strike is a US only thing.

In 5.1, what we really need is Nahida to set up an Irminsul/Wayob adapter. I know traveler technically isn't being recorded but those around traveler are.

It would have been funny if HoYo made a plot point that Natlan people couldn't speak as part of the quest, so they had to talk through a translator, where they pay some Janitor to act the part of the translator for 200 bucks a day. After all the VA drama due to their political shit this year, I'm about over them like I am with JP -> EN localizers. AI can't come soon enough.

 

[jonnyXx]

Me when she activated her skill and burst.

I was not expecting that at all, I thought she would sprout wings or something.

 

[deanote666]

Do you play with EN dub or JP? I wonder if JP is fully voiced still, since I think the strike is a US only thing.

It would have been funny if HoYo made a plot point that Natlan people couldn't speak as part of the quest, so they had to talk through a translator, where they pay some Janitor to act the part of the translator for 200 bucks a day. After all the VA drama due to their political shit this year, I'm about over them like I am with JP -> EN localizers. AI can't come soon enough.

I had EN dub on.

VA/localizers are pushing themselves out of a job. The English VA from a character in Dragon Maid mouthed off at fans at a convention and spent New Year's attacking people on twitter. She also claimed responsibility for injecting US politics lines into the show. She angered the only people that would fight for her to keep her job. Funny thing is a fan used AI to correct the line she changed and then used the VA's own voice to make fun of the VA.

 

[InterMusketeer]

Me when she activated her skill and burst.

I was not expecting that at all, I thought she would sprout wings or something.

Yeah, definitely did not expect her to ride a giant gun/cannon like a horse. Really interesting visually.

Edit: Just did my pulls. Won the 50/50 at 79 wishes. Good result. Unfortunately only one Dori, so I'd still need two to try the meme hyperbloom build. Candace will be at C6 though with the event copy.

 

[deanote666]

Is getting 9 stars on floor 12 hard or do I just stink at forming parties?

 

[Pejo]

Me when she activated her skill and burst.

I was not expecting that at all, I thought she would sprout wings or something.

On one hand, looks really cool.

On the other hand, I guess consistency and cohesion in Teyvat is out the fucking window. Unless we find out later that she's Klee's older sister using Alice's magic, there's no way this makes sense in the world.

Anyways, so it was mostly correct then, float is a (much faster by the looks of it) version of Wanderer, and the aiming mode is like Nahida's hold skill. Probably gonna last for 2.5 seconds outside of Natlan though lol. More gimmick combat stuff like Mualani/Kinich.

I'm so glad Xilonen managed to not be a meme kit. I was playing around a bit more last night and understand her gameplay a lot better now, and with a team of Arle/Candace/Layla/Xilonen, my Arle normal hits were like 128k a piece vs. humanoid enemies. Fucking insanity. What a busted ass support Xilonen is in multi-element teams.

I had EN dub on.

VA/localizers are pushing themselves out of a job. The English VA from a character in Dragon Maid mouthed off at fans at a convention and spent New Year's attacking people on twitter. She also claimed responsibility for injecting US politics lines into the show. She angered the only people that would fight for her to keep her job. Funny thing is a fan used AI to correct the line she changed and then used the VA's own voice to make fun of the VA.

Yea localizers in several games I've played over the past year are actively pissing off the fanbases too, and the Genshin VAs alone were mouthing off about boycotting the game they fucking work for. It's time for a purge. Politics have become too engrained in these creative fields and it's ruining the escapism and immersion just to inflate their own egos and push their agendas. I'm sick of it.

 

[ap_puff]

Well I played around with Xilonen in and out of her trial stage, and I don't quite get how to play her yet. I was only able to get her to 70 with pre-farmed stuff and the resin I was willing to spend on the new boss, so it's hard to judge her properly in the overworld. The trial sucks for combat testing because everything dies so damn fast and you gotta run the entire course just to fight the enemies.

Is her playstyle basically:

1. Start with one of the reactive element characters attacks to apply an element
2. Swap to Xilonen and use her skill, hit a few times with her geo infused normals
3. Swap to your DPS and do the damage cycle
4. Swap back to Xilonen to use her Burst for heals if necessary

?

I don't get how the game determines her "source samples" or how many and what flavor she has. Is it enough just to have characters of those elements in the party? I've seen the "resistance down" effect on enemies that I fight using this method, but I can't tell if that's optimal or not.

Anyways, looks like the writer's strike hit Genshin. I accidentally triggered the first few scenes of the new Archon quest and Paimon (not part of the VA company that's striking anymore after the drama where they didn't pay her for a few months)/Katheryne were both voiced but Kachina wasn't and it was really awkward/out of place. Kinda sucks this is happening in Natlan, which I consider to be a pretty interesting story already.

Also just from the few brief scenes I've seen, we're still 100% with nobody calling Mavuika by name. Every instance has just been "Pyro Archon". I'm almost sure this is going to be a plot point 'surprise' later. Especially since Ancient Names are a big theme here, and she's already shown that she can kindle some extra Fire power by burning things with memories/etc. I wonder if it's gonna be one of those situations where nobody will remember her or her sacrifice at the end of the story when Traveler becomes the new Pyro Archon and gets the Gnosis because she will have burnt through the nation's memory of her to save the day or something.

*edit*

Did Zhongli's echo trial, it looks a lot better from a side/front view than the preview gif. You can tell they were going for a dragon/fish tail type thing. Anyways, that was by far the easiest one I've personally done so far. I bet Keq's is gonna be a bitch. That's the next one I'm gonna try after I get more keys.

Great news for QoL, the Treasure compasses are also going to work with trials/Seelies starting in 5.2. So they'll be nearly the same as the limited area summer event compasses after this, just smaller area and not showing oculi/collector materials.

All you have to do to use xilonen is make sure you have 2+ of phec element characters in your team, that's it - they don't even need to be different elements (i.e. you can have 2 pyro and it'll still work). When you swap to xilonen, use E and then do 2 normal attacks until her gauge fills up, that activates her res shred, you can swap off. And yeah the ult is only if you need healing.

*edit* lost 50/50 to mona, then took another 75 pulls to get xilonen. Man my pull luck is bad lately

 

[jonnyXx]

Is getting 9 stars on floor 12 hard or do I just stink at forming parties?

It's the hardest content in the game so relatively speaking yes it is hard. Maybe stick to meta teams for the first clear.
Personally I find it challenging with off meta teams unless I've already cleared it a few times and am familiar with the enemy lineup and spawn points.

Btw abyss enemy's HP is being increased, so it will become harder soon. I'm not sure if it's starting with the next abyss a week from now or the one after that.

On the other hand, I guess consistency and cohesion in Teyvat is out the fucking window. Unless we find out later that she's Klee's older sister using Alice's magic, there's no way this makes sense in the world.

Is it that bad considering we have geo constructs? I see it as type of construct she can summon, the design is a bit too mecha looking though.
It's probably also made by Xilonen like Kachina's drill. Is she a smith or an engineer lol.

 

[ap_puff]

It's the hardest content in the game so relatively speaking yes it is hard. Maybe stick to meta teams for the first clear.
Personally I find it challenging with off meta teams unless I've already cleared it a few times and am familiar with the enemy lineup and spawn points.

Btw abyss enemy's HP is being increased, so it will become harder soon. I'm not sure if it's starting with the next abyss a week from now or the one after that.


Is it that bad considering we have geo constructs? I see it as type of construct she can summon, the design is a bit too mecha looking though.
It's probably also made by Xilonen like Kachina's drill. Is she a smith or an engineer lol.

The dissonance is because none of the overworld looks like they're having rave parties. It literally looks like standard tribal shit that you see in national geographic documentaries. Then Xilonen's promo is like she's traveled from 3 centuries in the future. It's just off. They could have built it up more in the lore that she's some sort of eccentric that has weird visions of things not from the world and then uses those as inspirations for her craft. But no.

 

[Pejo]

Is it that bad considering we have geo constructs? I see it as type of construct she can summon, the design is a bit too mecha looking though.
It's probably also made by Xilonen like Kachina's drill. Is she a smith or an engineer lol.

It's undoubtedly cool looking but constructs to me seem like a solidification of Geo elemental energy. Can still be explained with in-game in-universe rationalization. This is a giant flying mech revolver cannon that appears out of nowhere with no wings. The DJ table stuff with Xilonen was already pushing it for me, but whatever, HoYo clearly don't think it's important, so I won't waste time himming and hawwing about it.

 

[Icymanipulator]

I tried Xils trial and I am not a huge fan of how she plays either, so that settles it for me. Just going to wait for Pyro Archon.

 

[deanote666]

The dissonance is because none of the overworld looks like they're having rave parties. It literally looks like standard tribal shit that you see in national geographic documentaries. Then Xilonen's promo is like she's traveled from 3 centuries in the future. It's just off. They could have built it up more in the lore that she's some sort of eccentric that has weird visions of things not from the world and then uses those as inspirations for her craft. But no.

To be fair, we have had a pyro girl with an electric guitar talking about rock and roll for 2 years now and countries 500 years ago had giant robots.

 

[Pejo]

To be fair, we have had a pyro girl with an electric guitar talking about rock and roll for 2 years now and countries 500 years ago had giant robots.

These are both true, but a flying gundam canon is a little beyond an electric guitar. But yea, I digress, it is what it is.

Anyways, INTERESTING.....

Some elemental reactions are getting major buffs in 5.2. Shatter is getting dummy thicc, good for Freeze Eula teams maybe and the 2-3 fujos that play Freminet.

 

[ap_puff]

These are both true, but a flying gundam canon is a little beyond an electric guitar. But yea, I digress, it is what it is.

Anyways, INTERESTING.....

Some elemental reactions are getting major buffs in 5.2. Shatter is getting dummy thicc, good for Freeze Eula teams maybe and the 2-3 fujos that play Freminet.

Pretty sure these new numbers aren't gonna make these reactions competitive, but it's something at least. They need to double those numbers again or let them scale higher with EM, if they change the EM scaling then we can talk

 

[Pejo]

Pretty sure these new numbers aren't gonna make these reactions competitive, but it's something at least. They need to double those numbers again or let them scale higher with EM, if they change the EM scaling then we can talk

I think the 3x shatter will at least be as good as Burgeon, but the wash is that it's mostly physical characters that can do it and you have to build EM to raise Shatter damage, so wasted stats galore. It'd be nice if they had shatter damage scale off of ATK instead of EM. Then we'd be talking.

Anyways, Chasca vs. enemies. Thoughts?


Spoiler - I dislike it.

Looks like she can fly over water after all. Checkmate, leakers.


*edit*

Wanderer mains aren't gonna like this:

 

[deanote666]

These are both true, but a flying gundam canon is a little beyond an electric guitar. But yea, I digress, it is what it is.

When you're in a world guns exist and you're in the country that's on the front line to save the world, who wouldn't want a flying cannon if you could?

Mondstadt was peaceful and stayed at fantasy level tech.
Liyue had god babysitters and they stayed at fantasy level.
Inazuma had their god stopping progress for awhile.
Sumeru allegedly focused on the mind and banned lots of tech.
Fontaine had no restrictions and has robots and guns. They were also given the equivalent of electricity which sparked technological innovations.
Khaenri'ah was against the whole world and had giant robots.

Technology is developed out of necessity. Lots of technical innovations were developed by the military for war purposes initially.


Picture from an anime where a witch uses magic to fly on a big gun during a fictional world war where she's the only one with magic.

 

[InterMusketeer]

Some elemental reactions are getting major buffs in 5.2. Shatter is getting dummy thicc, good for Freeze Eula teams maybe and the 2-3 fujos that play Freminet.

People have been asking for reaction buffs for a long time, so it's good that they're still willing to try it. Remains to be seen if this is enough to fix shatter, but I sure hope so. I'm surprised they're buffing overload again. Chevreuse gonna go nuts.

Anyways, Chasca vs. enemies. Thoughts?

Looks fun to me. And since those leaked restrictions seem false, I don't really have any complaints. I believe she has some interruption resistance and she can move while reloading, so I assume she won't be as frustrating to play as other charged shot characters. I do agree though that Natlan has many more slower-paced characters. Nothing wrong with that, but I hope we'll get some more spammy ones after this. Iansan would be perfect for that.

As for the tech discussion, my immersion is shattered a bit with the recent influx of modern tech introduced. We've had technological advancements before in Genshin, but it didn't happen often and was usually explained by ancient civilizations, godly inventions or elemental power. Over time, the rules of the world were gradually stretched but it felt like a natural progression. Natlan's DJ booth and flying sci-fi gun are jarring in comparison and break consistency. There's only so many times you can say tech is unique to a nation due to some kind of special fuel or energy. The critical point where you start asking question has been reached for many it seems. I think the devs just wanted a fresh start for Genshin with Natlan, and more freedom to design characters and kits. They've certainly succeeded in that, so there's at least some pros to it.

 

[Keylime]

I'm surprised they're buffing overload again. Chevreuse gonna go nuts.

This was my initial thought...as if Arlecchino + Chevereuse wasn't already insanely strong.... now the combo would be out of control.

 

[ap_puff]

This was my initial thought...as if Arlecchino + Chevereuse wasn't already insanely strong.... now the combo would be out of control.

Well the overload does insignificant amounts of damage compared to arlecchino in those teams and you arent exactly building EM on them

 

[Keylime]

True... I just see Arlecchino as being so over the top in terms of damage compared to the rest of field considering how easy her setups and execution are...that anything that even sniffs of benefiting her damage output feels insane. Just free extra damage. Not to mention that I've run Arle with Raiden as the overload enabler which can be built for pure EM.

If anything I'm more excited the Cryo is starting to get more attention. I don't have any cryo main DPS chars in the arsenal, but with these buffs to cyro reactions it's getting more exciting to think about what they'll be able to do.

Right now I'm just reeling that I've got a sick ass Itto team now that Xilonen came out and I got her C2R1.

Itto (C0R1) + Furina (C2 w/Chiori Sword) + Xianyun (C2R1) + Xilonen (C2R1) means I've got this gigaslamming behemoth in Itto now...and he's not even especially well built. I'm easily plunging for 160k+ with him when he's in his burst and he's only got 180 crit damage.

They're slowly crawling Geo out of obscurity, and I'm hoping Cryo gets the love it deserves so I can justify pulling for Wrio when he reruns in 3 years.

 

[Pejo]

They're slowly crawling Geo out of obscurity, and I'm hoping Cryo gets the love it deserves so I can justify pulling for Wrio when he reruns in 3 years.

Meanwhile physical...

 

[jonnyXx]

Decided to try my luck at Xilonen C2 and got C1 early but for C2 I got fucked at soft pity by Diluc. That stung.
I caved bought and some crystals for C2, damn hoyo got me.

Was close to soft pity on the weapon banner so I used remaining wishes and tried for her weapon but lost to Wolf's Gravestone. Not too bummed about that one though Freedom Sworn is fine on her, I only wanted her signature for when playing her together with Kazuha.

Got 10 copies of Candace...

 

[Icymanipulator]

Damn, they did get you

 

[InterMusketeer]

Going through the Archon Quest now. Japanese dub is still fully voiced. I'm surprised they allowed Citlali to get wasted on booze.

 

[Pejo]

Mavuika kit leaks finally starting. Sounds good so far (and kinda what we expected), but I'm curious to see if C6 will make her a DPS. Hopefully her DPS constellation is C2 or C4, that'd be nice.

 

[Keylime]

Decided to try my luck at Xilonen C2 and got C1 early but for C2 I got fucked at soft pity by Diluc. That stung.
I caved bought and some crystals for C2, damn hoyo got me.

Was close to soft pity on the weapon banner so I used remaining wishes and tried for her weapon but lost to Wolf's Gravestone. Not too bummed about that one though Freedom Sworn is fine on her, I only wanted her signature for when playing her together with Kazuha.

Got 10 copies of Candace...

My pulls for Xilonen C2/R1 were the worst I've ever had in Genshin.

Lost 50/50 on banner, soft pity.
Get Xilonen, soft pity.
Lost 50/50 on weapon banner, soft pity.
Get R1 on banner, soft pity.
Lost 50/50 on banner, soft pity.
Get Xilonen, soft pity.
Was GOING TO LOSE THE 50/50...but the "lol you suck" pity win.

I was expecting to swipe a little to get C2/R1 but...not like this.

Mavuika kit leaks finally starting. Sounds good so far (and kinda what we expected), but I'm curious to see if C6 will make her a DPS. Hopefully her DPS constellation is C2 or C4, that'd be nice.

If she can enable Nightsoul usage for exploration outside of Natlan like I'm hoping that 2nd line implies...I'm going to be over the damn moon.

I heard the "pyro off-field" might function very similarly to Raiden's E. Coordinated attack proccing style, which would be perfect. Things looking good.

 

[jonnyXx]

My pulls for Xilonen C2/R1 were the worst I've ever had in Genshin.

Lost 50/50 on banner, soft pity.
Get Xilonen, soft pity.
Lost 50/50 on weapon banner, soft pity.
Get R1 on banner, soft pity.
Lost 50/50 on banner, soft pity.
Get Xilonen, soft pity.
Was GOING TO LOSE THE 50/50...but the "lol you suck" pity win.

I was expecting to swipe a little to get C2/R1 but...not like this.

Ouch man that's rough.
It's the first time I swipe for crystals, they're such terrible value. I mean it's over $400 CAD for enough wishes to guarantee ONE character...ridiculous.
And it gets worse after your first time purchase cause you don't have the double crystals bonus anymore.

Mavuika kit leaks finally starting. Sounds good so far (and kinda what we expected), but I'm curious to see if C6 will make her a DPS. Hopefully her DPS constellation is C2 or C4, that'd be nice.

Earlier leaks suggested her early cons are DPS focused and later cons are support focused. Makes sense I see her more as a DPS than a support but we'll see.

 

[Pejo]

Just did an all-niter playing the new archon quest. Fucking fantastic. Natlan main quest is so damn good. Also some oddly adult themes in this quest as InterMusketeer mentioned before. What a contrast to the last 2 summer events that felt like it was made for babies.

Lots of big lore outside of just Natlan too. Putting the last few Dainsleif quests to shame. Man I am so fucking hyped to pull for Mavuika. Her moments in the story were just so damn (genshin) impactful. Citlali came from nowhere to become a favorite already too though. She was great in these latest chapters and I hope to see more from her. Like all of the wasted potential from Faruzan went into her, and I'm here for it.

Also looks like my theory about Mavuika's name never being used is out the window. They call her by name for about half of the story this time and even reveal her ancient name in her little walk down memory lane section.

I find it interesting that Paimon didn't say much/anything when they were discussing the Shade of Death (a part of Phanes that everybody suspected Paimon was also a part of). Either she's being coy or we were all way off or, she has memory loss like the Guoba event set up when a god shrinks and loses their memories. Also, they revealed that Seelies are 'Angels' and tasked with supporting humanity by Phanes, not (just?) because they like humans so much as previously suspected. But they do like humans too. Also also, Xblananque got one of the NPC voices, so it looks like all of those leaks from 1+ years ago were wrong about him being a playable character and the strongest in Natlan.

Anyways, yea, Natlan is great. I'm very happy with the characters/traversal/story. Can't wait to get some more interesting areas visually, and to see what happens next in the story. It's finally paying off for all of those lines of text on statues and in books I read from 2.0 onward.

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This was pretty good:

 

[jonnyXx]

Been trying out Xilo with Neuvi and she makes quite a difference. Not so much if you have Zhongli or Baizhu but I don't have either so she's a nice upgrade.




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