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[Tails Prower]

44 minutes ago, LeeC22 said:

 

Yeah, that dropped really fortunate. because I had 136 fates at that point, so it's created a nice safety net. The problem I've got is that as much as I wanted Yoimiya, I am not sure I need another pyro archer. I know she's more powerful than Amber but I don't really need power because of how I play. So just as I went for Yae even though I had Lisa, Yae provided a very different playstyle, which is more important. Amber has Baron Bunny, so that gives her an interesting twist that I don't know if Yoimiya can provide, maybe a bit of research is due on that score. I've come to accept that my characters are always going to be poorly built, so them being different (fun even) to play now carries a higher priority. Or they provide a weapon/element combo I don't have yet, like Kuki because I don't have an electro sword user.

 

I mean I spotted a name and some info about an upcoming character that caught my eye, so maybe I will just go into banner skip mode again for a patch or two.

 

 

I would hate to think what your fortune slip would say from the Narukami shrine... I can't believe you're having such bad luck on this banner... it has to change soon. You must be within touching distance on 78 though, it surely can't be so cruel as to push you all the way. You just have to hope this is the unlucky calm before the storm of good luck... Maybe offering some sacrificial pigeons to Barbatos might help, I am sure Timmie will understand.

 

 

The main difference between Yoimiya and Amber is Yoi has the ability to use Pyro in 'quick' attack mode which no other bow character bar possibly Childe is able to do whilst doing a lot of damage from it in the process which is one of the reasons she's so popular so in my play style because I use quick attack more than element aim that skill is a massive plus to my playstyle but otherwise the two are very similar characters.

 

Well when I did the first day pulls I had 'Misfortune', I might go check it today before I try again and see how it goes, I'll report back later!

[LeeC22]

21 hours ago, Tails Prower said:

The main difference between Yoimiya and Amber is Yoi has the ability to use Pyro in 'quick' attack mode which no other bow character bar possibly Childe is able to do whilst doing a lot of damage from it in the process which is one of the reasons she's so popular so in my play style because I use quick attack more than element aim that skill is a massive plus to my playstyle but otherwise the two are very similar characters.

 

Ah, that's probably made the decision for me then. I play bow users in aimed and charged shot mode more and very rarely use their normal attack mode. On both my accounts my current teams are based around only bow and catalyst users, with my main running 3 archers and Yanfei, and my second running Yanfei and Yae plus 2 archers. I have Amber at C2 on both accounts, giving me double-shot and Baron Bunny activation... I might just try for her on my main account if there are useful 4* on the banner as well. Thanks for the info, that was very good to know.

Edited June 10, 2022 by LeeC22

[LeeC22]

They say desperate times call for desperate measures... this is true and when you need that 2pc set bonus and have very few options, anything goes. Sad to think that this was the best I had... good job it's choosing to roll into HP% I guess.

 

[Tails Prower]

Well the game finally delivered the 'guarantee' so Yelan arrived on the 79th pull, I literrally could have seen that coming a mile off so if I had just done 'one' more pull I'd have had her on Tuesday.

 

Still a few things to finish because I didn't quite have enough Stone from Guyuan for her bow and I need a few purple tomes of Prosperity to finish her talents but the build as it stands right now:

 

Level 80/80

Weapon - Aqua Simulacra  - 80/90

 

Artefacts: 2 Piece Tenancity (Feather & Crit Rate Circet) and 2 Piece Heart of Depth (Flower and Goblet) and still need a Sands HP and a better Hydro goblet.

 

The substats all have Crit Rate/Crit Dam/some HP and some Atk

 

Talents: 7/8/8

 

So all in all my prebuild was sort of a sucess, I have 73% CR and 173% damage and about 112% ER, I may tinker with this a bit but she's handling everything I attack with ease so I think things are good in that regard.

[LeeC22]

Typical how it's always that one extra pull that gets you there but at least she finally arrived. The bow looked really nice and I must confess I did look at my fates and think about it. But they always say, unless you want both weapons, stay away and I really had no use for the spear, even moreso two of them if the game decided to be a pain about it. So she's using Fav Bow on both accounts, which is okay with how I play. Kinda disappointing on my main where she can't take out a normal hilichurl in a single skill usage but I am getting used to that situation after using Raiden for so long. God help me if I ever do the ascension quest by mistake with 830,000 EXP in the bank.

 

I took her talents to 6/7/7 only because I almost had enough gold books, wasn't impressed with having to fight angry-Rock-monster though, so twice on each account was enough for me. Although it did feel easier than last time, so maybe that's a result of the difficulty nerfs. Ganyu + Nerf = not as bad as it could have been, last time I fought it Ganyu died.

 

So it sounds like you got a decent build for her and from what I have read, decent builds yield great rewards with her, so hopefully she was worth the wait (and bad luck).

 

But even though she is underpowered (by comparison) in my teams, the way she plays is great. The sounds they have given her attacks are awesome as well. I think as long as I can keep finding characters that bring something interesting to the table, then it will maintain my interest in the game. I part built Diluc today to get a feel for how he plays and I think he has gone as far as he is going to go. I don't like how he looks and I like how he plays even less, so that's the kind of character I have to avoid. I just need an Anemo and Geo bow user now for the set but I don't want Gorou or Venti, so that will have to wait... and of course a Cryo catalyst user would be nice some day.

Edited June 10, 2022 by LeeC22

[Tails Prower]

Yeah I do really like the bow.

 

Don't mention the 'spear' that was the other painful part, I ended up with that on my first attempt at the weapon pulls and then once I had Yelan's bow I thought I'd do my 'normal' wishes and guess what it gave me Xiao's spear (again), oh well at least it will be level 3 refinment but poor Xiao, the guy has been up three times now and I am 'ignoring' him completely.

 

I finally managed to finish the weapon and talent levels on Sunday so I now have her bow at 90/90 and talents full 8/8/8 and she's pretty impressive, I finally got an HP sands it only has ATK and ATK% plus some HP but I am willing to go with that if I can get a good 'goblet' because that will mean her stats are still as above with a slight increase in Crit Damage but I went for this because her ER went up to 133% and that means she's pretty much getting her 'burst' all the time..

 

Yeah she is defo a great character in that regard, most of the male characters I have ignored because I don't like the style of play but I will have to upgrade Zhongli at one point as the 'guest' one carried me through a lot of the Perilous Trail event, didn't really like the 'restrictive' mechanic of the gameplay but I was able to work with it and I liked the story, this one actually had some personal memories for me as it reminded me of a few times where I have been in very difficult situations with others but we somehow managed to get through them 'together'

 

I haven't tried the 'Miku' evevnt as I'm calling it but I am actually quite good at these music type games having played the 'Vocaloid' series since it started so I think I should manage that with no issues

 

Everything now is saving up for my 'best' character Yoimiya but that's because I want my 'bow' user collection to be complete finally!

Edited June 14, 2022 by Tails Prower

[LeeC22]

I'm not a fan of Xiao, his playstyle gives me too many Kris-Kross vibes, all I can hear in my head in the trial run is Jump Around... Jump Around.

 

Yelan seems to regen energy faster than any character I have, it's weird... although after just checking her stats, it's not surprising. lvl90 Fav bow gives over 60% ER, so she's at 211%. I don't have anything that has HP% as a main stat though, so she's suffering because of that. I will have to hope I get a lucky drop off a boss to get one because I don't have anything left to feed into the strongbox. I fed in 39 the other day, then fed the 13 + 2 more back in and after getting 5 more trash back, I just got annoyed and quit the game. I tried to upgrade two artifiacts this week, one for Noelle and one for Yelan. The Def% one for Noelle had three decent substats, 4th rolled in as ATK and it all went into that same stat apart from one into HP%. The Yelan one had a similar problem, except that all rolled into Def%. Things like that just reduce my game time even more, because I just close the game when it happens, I am tired of wasting my game time with artifact related nonsense. I can see my future characters being equipped with a set of Lucky Dog artifacts, or Traveling Doctor.

 

I tried the new event on my main account, took 3 tries to even get the easiest level, so that's that over and done with, I am not even going to initiate it on my second account... it's not worth the hassle. I get Welkin on both accounts so 3 pulls from the events isn't enough to make me do things I don't enjoy. It sounds like it is proving popular with people who like that style of game though, so you should enjoy it.

 

Let's hope things go better with Yoimiya, I think you are defintely due some good luck. I have been throwing fates at the standard banner because I thought I was due a 5* as I was at 74 pity. 640 primos, 5 starglitter and 1 BP fate later and still nothing. I think given how hard it is to get blue fates, 81 pity (assuming a 5* drops on my next wish) is excessive for the standard banner but as it's my main account, it doesn't surprise me... that account is definitely cursed.

Edited June 14, 2022 by LeeC22

[Tails Prower]

Fair Point on Xiao, hadn't thought of a connection in that way before!

 

Yup some weapons are good that way for the energy recharge, I probably would have done something similar if I wasn't going for this specific build I have in mind but I am happy with the overall flow of her attack/defense etc so as long as your not getting 'waisted' every 2 seconds by our favourite pethate enemies (me being Lavachurls) it's all good.

 

The artefact system is defo in need of an overhaul I would say for sure, I keep suggesting it in all the feedback surveys so I hope that when we get to the big 3.0 announcement we'll hear that's one of the system updates but I wait with baited breath.

 

I guess that's to be expected with regard to the battle events, I am gonna doi some experiments with Perilous Trail on my main account when I play it this week and see if I can make myself work out some strategies when playing with self imposed restrictions.

 

Hopefully so! I have more confident feeling that will be the case but it's still a while away before she does get her rerun so I will just have to bide my time and wait patiently for the day of the banner to come along, it's one I probably will stay up for the first hours of the new banner to try and get her asap and that sucks with the standard banner regarding your fates, it does always seem a bit hevy that the standard banner can go up to 90 pity before giving a reward but again as I said before I know some system changes are happening there in 3.0 so we'll see what difference that makes.

[LeeC22]

16 hours ago, Tails Prower said:

I guess that's to be expected with regard to the battle events, I am gonna doi some experiments with Perilous Trail on my main account when I play it this week and see if I can make myself work out some strategies when playing with self imposed restrictions.

 

Ah, sorry... that's me not explaining properly. The combat event wasn't too much of a problem, especially with the characters it supplied, I just found it unrewarding gameplay. The problem event is the drum event.. I just can't process what I am seeing fast enough for me to coordinate my inputs... I need a x.25 speed option. I have just had to try and do 2 more rounds to get some primos back to replace the ones I had thrown at standard banner. I can barely hit 80% but that seems to be enough to get the rewards so I will take it. The standard banner finally threw up a 5* and out of all the possible 5* options it could have picked, it chose Skyward Atlas... one of the three 5* weapons I already own. At least Yanfei is happy because she now has an R2 version of it... good job it wasn't Childe's Skyward Harp because he'd be sat unhappily on the bench with an R2 version of that.

 

As far as the artifacts are concerned, they only need to make one change and I would tolerate them and that's to make them work like every other domain for level-up stuff. Alternate the sets on Monday to Saturday and make Sunday selectable. I don't need stat rerolls, not with this game's RNG system because the strongbox shows what a failure that idea would be, I just need to feel that when I am levelling a specific character, that I am getting things that character needs. I think if talent and weapon ascension domains worked like artifacts where you couldn't choose, there would be a lot of complaints. I remember reading somewhere that they did used to be like that on Sunday but that isn't the case now, so maybe there's hope for artifacts as well. That's the only thing that would make me even consider running those domains again and that's what I write in the surveys. That and "Please let us kill/attack NPCs" but I suspect that one won't happen.

Edited June 15, 2022 by LeeC22

[LeeC22]

Ran the Raiden weekly boss for the first time today (only the lvl70 version, I don't do them higher than that)... it felt more like playing Killer Instinct.

 

I watched a guide first so I had an idea what I should be prepared for and it was like "...and then she does this move, and then the sword flashes white and then she does this move, and this move you have to jump over, then this move... and then this move will outright kill your player etc...". So I launched the game, teleported to the domain and by this time, everything I watched less than a minute ago has now gone from my head. The fight starts, I tried to remember what I saw, the attacks started to rain down and it became an endurance battle of Kokomi trying to heal the damage Raiden was doing fast enough for Yanfei, Yae and Ganyu to take her down with a quite literal button-spamming-session. One hit would take off half of Yanfei's health so I had to be really careful with her.

 

Apparently there are some gauges and bars at the top for anger and shields or something and I honestly only remember seeing them once while I was running away from an attack. I took Yae becaue the guide said to take in an electro character for that bit where you destroy something to create a shield. The thing you had to destroy spawned right next to Kokomi while she had her Jellyfish active and it was gone before I could switch to Yae. I guess that Jellyfish does more damage than I realise.

 

So that was an experience I am hopefully not going to have to repeat too often, although I need to do it one more time to get Yae's talents to 6/7/7. You watch the game give me Kuki on both accounts tomorrow...

 

Another combat event due as well and as much as I don't particularly like them, at least this one is in the chasm's open world and I don't mind them as much like that. Plus I like the chasm underground areas...

Edited June 20, 2022 by LeeC22

[Tails Prower]

Yeah Raiden Shogun is a tough one.

 

I personally struggle with her but I have found a method that i think works quite well.

 

My party is Kokomi, Yanfei, Ayaka and Yelan usually so what I try to do is get Yelan burst done for her first phase then when she goes into her Super damage phase fire at the shield barrier with Yanfei and this protects you and then whack her when she's stunned, I'll post my run this week so you can see my method better.

[Tails Prower]

So I haven't forgotten about Raiden Shogun boss video but my PS5 was outta disc space so I'll have to clear that up first before I run the boss this week!

 

I did finally achiee something of a personal victory today though which was clearing Spiral Abyss with all 36 stars from Floor 9, 10, 11 and 12 so it seems my main account teams are finally in order.

 

 

Hoping to do a video of the new 'reset' Sprial Abyss at the end of this week so that I can show my teams/builds as they currently stand.

Edited June 28, 2022 by Tails Prower

[LeeC22]

Don't worry about it. To be honest, it doesn't really matter how other people clear bosses when you have characters built like I have. I have a simple method to win now, hit her a lot, get hit a lot, heal a lot. Thankfully level 80 characters are enough to take her down at lvl70 and I was only really bothered about that boss to get Yae's talents to 6/7/7. I know Kuki uses the same mats and I was fortunate enough to get her on both accounts but my builds are such a joke, it's just not worth pushing her talents any further than 6/6/6 anyway. My main acc has her with 2pc Glad and 2pc Clam which have awful substats. My second acc has her using a 4pc Maiden Beloved because they were the only healing artifacts I had. I don't really like how her healing works but I like how she looks so I will use her for a while in my overworld team. She's also more effective than catalysts or bows for wood and mining, so she has a useful spot in the team.

 

It's actually getting to the point where I can't even steal artifacts from other characters to improve things. I tried to improve Ayaka... she's currently using 2pc Exile and 2pc Glad with one of the glad aritifacts being a 4*. I have 333 artifacts in my inventory and there are probably more 4* than 5*. I have been farming world bosses for some but they're just not dropping. So I had nothing else to give her that would improve her in any way... if only she scaled of Def% she could be as strong as my Noelle, maybe.

 

Hmmm, abyss... my Adventure Handbook says "Clear Spiral Abyss 6-3", which I did and that's where it ended. I feel kinda bad in a way because you seem to be making good progress and I sorta feel like it should warrant some enthusiasm on my part, especially as I only ever seem to post negativity. I think we need more upbeat people in here so you have people to bounce the good vibes off. I thought more people might have been interested given the size of the playerbase. I know when I sneak covertly onto Discrod servers I see GTAV people's status saying "Playing Genshin Impact", so there are people out there. I don't get burnt out with games but because GI is the only game I play, it's turning into a routine. I need to go on a voyage of rediscovery, to try and get that magic back. Until then I apologise for being a bit of a wet-sponge.

[Tails Prower]

4 hours ago, LeeC22 said:

Don't worry about it. To be honest, it doesn't really matter how other people clear bosses when you have characters built like I have. I have a simple method to win now, hit her a lot, get hit a lot, heal a lot. Thankfully level 80 characters are enough to take her down at lvl70 and I was only really bothered about that boss to get Yae's talents to 6/7/7. I know Kuki uses the same mats and I was fortunate enough to get her on both accounts but my builds are such a joke, it's just not worth pushing her talents any further than 6/6/6 anyway. My main acc has her with 2pc Glad and 2pc Clam which have awful substats. My second acc has her using a 4pc Maiden Beloved because they were the only healing artifacts I had. I don't really like how her healing works but I like how she looks so I will use her for a while in my overworld team. She's also more effective than catalysts or bows for wood and mining, so she has a useful spot in the team.

 

It's actually getting to the point where I can't even steal artifacts from other characters to improve things. I tried to improve Ayaka... she's currently using 2pc Exile and 2pc Glad with one of the glad aritifacts being a 4*. I have 333 artifacts in my inventory and there are probably more 4* than 5*. I have been farming world bosses for some but they're just not dropping. So I had nothing else to give her that would improve her in any way... if only she scaled of Def% she could be as strong as my Noelle, maybe.

 

Hmmm, abyss... my Adventure Handbook says "Clear Spiral Abyss 6-3", which I did and that's where it ended. I feel kinda bad in a way because you seem to be making good progress and I sorta feel like it should warrant some enthusiasm on my part, especially as I only ever seem to post negativity. I think we need more upbeat people in here so you have people to bounce the good vibes off. I thought more people might have been interested given the size of the playerbase. I know when I sneak covertly onto Discrod servers I see GTAV people's status saying "Playing Genshin Impact", so there are people out there. I don't get burnt out with games but because GI is the only game I play, it's turning into a routine. I need to go on a voyage of rediscovery, to try and get that magic back. Until then I apologise for being a bit of a wet-sponge.

 

No worries! I'll still post it up anyway becausue you gave me the idea of doing 'bad builds' managing to do Level 90 bosses as whilst my main account is 'improving' the FTP one is still somewhere in the regions of hell on earth in that it has some good builds but mostly 'bad' artefact stuff.

 

I am curious tho since I am having to skip Kuki Shinobu but how does her healing work exactly, is it scaling off all HP artefacts like Zhonlgi's healing build? If so I can see that being a pain in the ass since getting good main and substats on healing artefacts is SOO bad in the game since the drop rate for them is pathetically bad and I'd better not get started on my rant for goblets, UGH I am just so frustrated that Yelan can't do good damage because she doesn't have Hydro goblet..

 

Yeah this is the main problem when you have the situation your builds are in with bad artefacts, eventually I think there will be a change like I've said several times before but as to if it's good or bad it's hard to and whilst I still do the daily resin run I think I'll be calling time on it after I get Yoimiya, after all I will have 18 'decent' characters at that point and I have all elements so I think I should be good unless dendro proves to be something 'wow' spectacular but I'm not expecting it to be.

 

Truth be told when I first realised I had bad gear which was back in Version 2.1 Hyakunnin Ikki I almost quit because like you I got so fed up of the rng when it comes to artefacts but eventually the 'positive' vibe and patience me realised it will be possible to improve but with the rng gods it's gonna take a long time and now here we are with 2.8 soon to be released and me finally feeling I've turned a corner but believe me I still have many frustrating moments even with all the improvements I've managed to make but I am sure one day you will find your 'vibe' with it all again, plus we'll have the Golden Apple Archepelogo to explore again and Sumeru in 3.0 so that will give you something new to explore and to hopefully find new entertainment with.

Edited June 28, 2022 by Tails Prower

[LeeC22]

11 hours ago, Tails Prower said:

I am curious tho since I am having to skip Kuki Shinobu but how does her healing work exactly, is it scaling off all HP artefacts like Zhonlgi's healing build?

 

Yeah... the more HP the better but it's the localised healing that I don't like. She triggers an aura that heals the selected character, so she's like an Electro Barbara but because triggering her healing loses 30% of her own HP, a lot of that time is spent getting her own HP back up... she has no heal everyone option. I mean you can leave her with reduced health because it can't take her below 20% of her max HP but I have OCD about health bars with bits missing, so that compels me to have everyone at 100% health all the time. Healing and her damage also scale based on her EM. For people who play the game with the typical DPS + Support, they will just build her as a support unit and not have a problem but I don't particularly like that way of playing. I want to be able to bring characters onto the playfield and for them to be able to stay on field and fight as their own character, not just half a second of burst and then disappear. But of course that further complicates the build process.

 

I got lucky with Yelan on my main acc because I already had Childe built, so he lost his hydro goblet and I got to use one of the many HP% sands the game gave me a while back. On my second account it was Xingqiu who made the sacrifice, waifu will always win the day... it's for the greater good.

 

I mean don't get me wrong... when I am having a bad day (which is a good day by comparision to my usual day), I will still play this game for several hours across both accounts and not have a problem with any of my characters, because I have learned to live with it. I'll go and clear all Specters from the map, collect everything possible from Seirai Island and casually stroll round the map at walk speed as a new character and it's okay doing that, it's why I get new characters after all. I still spend most of my time in Mondstat because it's the most chill area with regards to enemies. I think the 'churl family of enemies are some of the best I have ever seen in a game and I spend a lot of time just watching them interact with each other. Geovishap Hatchlings and the Kairagi are not hard to kill but their annoying behaviour makes them tiresome to fight, so I am not a big fan of parts of Liyue and Inazuma. Specters are just fodder for Ganyu, so I don't mind them. But I can only play like that because I have rejected the idea of artifact farming completely. Having to do that will make me quit and every time I use the strongbox I get reminded of that. 27 in on Monday for 9 trash, 9 trash in for 3 trash. Those are zero reward moments and they invalidate all the good things in the game, because I don't want to continue playing on a day when that happens. I think what also prompted yesterdays excess negativity was the daily commissions. "Urgent Repairs" really p*ss*s me off because like most commissions, it's driven by obnoxious NPC characters and yesterday I got it on both accounts. It was the first day I have ever refused to do all the commissions since I started playing. But fighting a new boss reminds me of how badly my characters are built, so that's where my build frustration comes from.

 

New events and areas are always uplifting moments and a new event starts today, a new patch not far off and a new area after that. If The Golden Apple Archipelago is coming back that's great, I started partway through that patch last year so it will be good to go there again. Isn't there a preview programme due on Friday as well? That's another bonus if so... plus the shop is almost at reset pont again, so a small fate boost is always welcome.

Edited June 29, 2022 by LeeC22

[Tails Prower]

2 hours ago, LeeC22 said:

 

New events and areas are always uplifting moments and a new event starts today, a new patch not far off and a new area after that. If The Golden Apple Archipelago is coming back that's great, I started partway through that patch last year so it will be good to go there again. Isn't there a preview programme due on Friday as well? That's another bonus if so... plus the shop is almost at reset pont again, so a small fate boost is always welcome.

 

Yeah I think it should be Friday but they haven't officially announced it yet (maybe today or tomorrow), if nothing then it will probably happen on 8th July but could be before, they did do they special program on a Sunday once so giveen it's slightly out of sync the broadcast date may be random day.

 

2 hours ago, LeeC22 said:

 

Yeah... the more HP the better but it's the localised healing that I don't like. She triggers an aura that heals the selected character, so she's like an Electro Barbara but because triggering her healing loses 30% of her own HP, a lot of that time is spent getting her own HP back up... she has no heal everyone option. I mean you can leave her with reduced health because it can't take her below 20% of her max HP but I have OCD about health bars with bits missing, so that compels me to have everyone at 100% health all the time. Healing and her damage also scale based on her EM. For people who play the game with the typical DPS + Support, they will just build her as a support unit and not have a problem but I don't particularly like that way of playing. I want to be able to bring characters onto the playfield and for them to be able to stay on field and fight as their own character, not just half a second of burst and then disappear. But of course that further complicates the build process.

 

 

Fair enough, whilst I love her style/looks in game it seems like I am not missing much so it seems it was a wise call to skip her on the banners, good to know the info so thank you for that.

 

2 hours ago, LeeC22 said:

 

I mean don't get me wrong... when I am having a bad day (which is a good day by comparision to my usual day), I will still play this game for several hours across both accounts and not have a problem with any of my characters, because I have learned to live with it. I'll go and clear all Specters from the map, collect everything possible from Seirai Island and casually stroll round the map at walk speed as a new character and it's okay doing that, it's why I get new characters after all. I still spend most of my time in Mondstat because it's the most chill area with regards to enemies. I think the 'churl family of enemies are some of the best I have ever seen in a game and I spend a lot of time just watching them interact with each other. Geovishap Hatchlings and the Kairagi are not hard to kill but their annoying behaviour makes them tiresome to fight, so I am not a big fan of parts of Liyue and Inazuma. Specters are just fodder for Ganyu, so I don't mind them. But I can only play like that because I have rejected the idea of artifact farming completely. Having to do that will make me quit and every time I use the strongbox I get reminded of that. 27 in on Monday for 9 trash, 9 trash in for 3 trash. Those are zero reward moments and they invalidate all the good things in the game, because I don't want to continue playing on a day when that happens. I think what also prompted yesterdays excess negativity was the daily commissions. "Urgent Repairs" really p*ss*s me off because like most commissions, it's driven by obnoxious NPC characters and yesterday I got it on both accounts. It was the first day I have ever refused to do all the commissions since I started playing. But fighting a new boss reminds me of how badly my characters are built, so that's where my build frustration comes from.

 

 

Welll as long as your having fun and not getting too frustrated how you play is how you play I guess.

 

Me I seem to spend most of my time in Inazuma these days, mainly because I like the atmospheric music of the area more than actually dealing with the monster enemies but most of my time in terms of combating enemies is usually in Mondstadt since I am always looking for materials in the area but I think that when Sumeru comes along that will probably be the new home for awhile as long as the enemies are not too annoying but I don't think they will be.

 

Whilst your least faourite is urgent repairs I always seem to login to find that Hillichurl Expert language exchange commision on my dailies as Ella Musk has showed up every day this week so far, I think I have only seen urgent repairs like 2/3 times but that's because I have mine sent to random each day for the area's (i.e could be Mondstadt/Liyue/Inazuma etc.

 

Yeah the strongbox is defo a negative factor in that regard but it's one of those things you have to grin and bear I guess, sometimes it can yeild a good item but few and far between....

[Tails Prower]

Special Program details can be found here for 2.8, it's on Saturday this time and a slightly earlier time!

 

No hints in the thumbnails so I guess I am gonna find out when I get home from a trip on Saturday if Yoimiya is getting rerun, until then I am going in lockdown so as not to spoil the stream so I'll comment after I watch it again!

 

https://www.hoyolab.com/article/5716695

[LeeC22]

44 minutes ago, Tails Prower said:

Special Program details can be found here for 2.8, it's on Saturday this time and a slightly earlier time!

 

No hints in the thumbnails so I guess I am gonna find out when I get home from a trip on Saturday if Yoimiya is getting rerun, until then I am going in lockdown so as not to spoil the stream so I'll comment after I watch it again!

 

https://www.hoyolab.com/article/5716695

 

I was (stupidly) awake this morning at 6:15am doing my regulars and visited that site and noticed a post about this. I wasn't sure if I was seeing things right though because I was so tired, so thanks for confirming. Aren't they usually at 8:00am there, which translates to 1am here during summer or is my brain still not working properly?

 

I won't post anything about the stream until you post something that confirms you have seen it, so you are safe from my perspective.

 

First time doing commissions in Inazuma today... that was an eye-opener at that time of morning. Full Speed Ahead in Electro-death canyon, a time trial challenge in Chinju Forest that seemed to have every electro-slime and whopper-flower from Inazume involved... in a storm, Gentlemen something something daylight and an Emergency with a Mirror Maiden. I thought it was time for a change, so one account is in Inazuma and the other is now in Liyue.

Edited June 30, 2022 by LeeC22

[LeeC22]

I won't say anything about the content but anyone who missed that 2.8 livestream is fortunate. That was a technical sh*tstorm of epic proportions with all the delays, glitches and rewinds.

 

I suspect it might have been Twitch because they were trying to show ads on my screen while I was trying to get it working properly.

[WildBrick142]

  Livestream Codes

• DTNVKAWBWSF5
  • 100x Primogem
  • 10x Mystic Enhancement Ore
• WANVJAFAXTER
  • 100x  Primogem
  • 5x Hero's Wit
• HA6C2AFBXSZV
  • 100x  Primogem
  • 50000x Mora

Note: All codes expire within the next 12 hours or so.

Note2: The stream has erronously displayed the rewards to be 100x  Primogem an 10x  Mystic Enhancement Ore for all 3 codes. That is not the case. The rewards are actually still the same as always.

 

 

2.8 Update Details - Summer Fantasia

done to the best of my ability, the twitch stream was a sh*tshow, lagging every 15 seconds and clips rewinding

• New 4-Star Character
  • "Analytical Harmony" Shikanoin Heizou (Anemo)
    • "A young prodigy detective from the Tenryou Commission. His senses are sharp and his thoughts are clear."
    • Catalyst User (first male catalyst user!)
      • He doesn't actually use the Catalyst in Normal Attacks, nor do they work at a range like other Catalyst users. He's a purely melee character.
    • Skills of Note
      • Normal Attack: Fudou Style Martial Arts
        • Performs fisticuffs empowered by a mighty wind.
      • Elemental Skill: Heartstopper Strike
        • Pressing or holding the skill will charge energy to unleash a blow.
        • Heizou will obtain the Declension effect while charging, which will increase the power of the skill.
        • Appears to have a maximum of 4 stacks.
      • Elemental Burst: Windmuster Kick
        • Heizou leaps into the air and uses the Fudou Style Vacuum Slugger and kicks his opponents.
        • Explodes on impact, dealing AoE Anemo damage and creating a vacuum that pulls in opponents.
        • If the Slugger his opponents affected by Hydro, Pyro, Cryo or Electro it will create a delayed explosion, dealing damage of the corresponding element.
      • Passive Talent: ???
        • ???
      • Passive Talent: ???
        • ???
      • Passive Talent (Permanent): Pre-Existing Guilt
        • Decreases sprinting Stamina consumption for your own party members.
• New Character Skins
  • Ein Immernachtstraum
    • 4-Star Fischl outfit
  • Red Dead of Night
    • 5-Star Diluc outfit
    • First 5-Star outfit to be added. Features a new idle animation and some new effects.
• New Event Wishes
  • Phase 1
    • "Scarlet Leaves Pursue Wild Waves" Kaedehara Kazuha (Anemo)
    • "Fleeing Sunlight" Klee (Pyro)
    • "Analytical Harmony" Shikanoin Heizou (Anemo)
  • Phase 2
    • "Frolicking Flames" Yoimiya (Pyro)
• New Story Quest
  • Acer Palmatum Chapter: Act I
    • Kazuha's Story Quest.
• New Hangout Event
  • Trap 'Em by Storm: Act I
    • Shikanoin Heizou Hangout Quest.
• New Events
  • The return of Golden Apple Archipelago
  • Summertime Odyssey
    • "As summer comes into its own, Fischl receives an important missive and departs with everyone in tow to begin another marvelous sojourn..."
    • A series of challenge domains.
      • One domain is modelled after Xinyan, with mechanisms that look like guitars.
      • In that domain: activating a wind current and doing a plunge attack creates an AoE explosion.
    • Completing a challenge rewards 200 Iridescent Flotsam, which can be used to exchange for rewards in the event shop.
    • Also features a sailing gamemode, Surfpiercer.
      • Sail the Waverider and collect energy orbs.
      • Collecting the orbs charges up an ability that makes the Waverider dash forward.
    • Participating in the event will allow you to redeem a free  "Prinzessin der Verurteilung!" Fischl
    • Possible Rewards
      • Primogems
      • Mystic Enhancement Ore
      • Crown of Insight
      • Character EXP Materials
      • Character Ascension Materials
      • Mora
      • Talent Level-Up Materials
  • Reminiscent Regimen
    • "Mirages that derive from various adventure experiences have quietly appeared somewhere in the Golden Apple Archipelago. Face the challenges within them and hone your adventuring skills!"
    • Co-Op only event.
    • Has three gamemodes, with 2 maps each
      • Convoy
        • Breakout Operation and Steady Progress
        • The goal is to escort a raft to the destination, protecting it along the way.
        • There are barriers that will need to be destroyed, and platforms with Hilichurls that need to be defeated.
        • Collecting coins recovers raft energy.
      • Raid
        • Swift Assault and Joined Forces
        • Navigate your Waverider and board floating platforms to battle opponents.
      • Descent
        • Dual Pressures and High-Pressure Lightning Strike
        • You start at a platform high in the sky and have to battle your way down.
        • Opponents on the next platform only appear once all opponents on current platform are defeated.
    • Possible Rewards
      • Primogems
      • Mystic Enhancement Ore
      • Character EXP Materials
      • Mora
      • Talent Level-Up Materials
  • Resonating Visions
    • "Among the many Phantasmal Conches scattered around the Golden Apple Archipelago, some might play the voices they recorded when being touched, while others might show you projections of the past. What hidden stories lie within them..."
    • Conches-collecting event, just like last year. Will reward a free Fischl skin.
    • Possible Rewards
      • Ein Immernachtstraum for Fischl.
      • Primogems
      • Mystic Enhancement Ore
      • Character EXP Materials
      • Mora
      • Talent Level-Up Materials
  • Hidden Strife
    • "During a spontaneous visit to the Dawn Winery on a summer day, the Traveler and Paimon notice something from the past that might pose a threat..."
    • Obligatory battle event. Not sure what else I can even write here, we all know they're always the same with little variety.
    • Possible Rewards
      • Primogems
      • Mystic Enhancement Ore
      • Character EXP Materials
      • Mora
      • Talent Level-Up Materials
  • Evermotion Mechanical Painting
    • "Félix Yogue, a person from the Court of Fontaine, seems to be having some problems..."
    • Puzzle minigame where you have to place gear components on a board to solve it.
    • Some levels are separated by upper and lower levels, with gears that work on both levels.
    • Possible Rewards
      • Furnishing: Evermotion Mechanical Painting
      • Primogems
      • Character EXP Materials
      • Mora
      • Weapon Ascension Materials
• Miscellaneous Changes and Additions
  • The Shimmering Voyage Vol. 2 Coming Soon
    • Version 2.0 Commemorative OST album, featuring 56 tracks composed by the HOYO-MiX team.
• SUMERU TEASERS
  • First look at Sumeru has been released, in the form of in-game footage announced by an unknown female voice.
  • Because of the sh*tshow that was the Twitch stream, we did not get to see the full teaser. Will have to wait for the YouTube stream later or translations of the CN/JP/KR streams.
  • Screenshots in the spoiler tag
    • Spoiler

      

      

      

      

      

      

       

[Tails Prower]

Well I just finished watching the stream, totaly hyped for the Summer Isle Event/Sumeru looks beatuful but mostly just dancing happy that Yoimiya gets her re-run.

 

Only a few more pateince weeks now and let's hope the 50/50 gods go in my favour, I'll say a bit more once I've watched/rerun the stream several times!

[LeeC22]

I am going to stay quiet about it... there's too much "not for me" stuff in there.

 

Good luck to anyone pulling for characters.

[Tails Prower]

16 hours ago, LeeC22 said:

I am going to stay quiet about it... there's too much "not for me" stuff in there.

 

Good luck to anyone pulling for characters.

 

Fair enough, I guess this shows that there's always gonna be some updates that don't work for everyone.

 

I think my 'luck' is all set for Yoimiya though, I just checked and I have all her materials already well stocked and the game's 'conches' treasure chest guy whose name I forget finally yeilded the 4 star bow Hamanui that I wanted for Yoimiya and I just won Kuki on my FTP account (which I wanted) so I think I am in the 'good place' for wishes.

 

Otherwise 2.8 is kinda a holiday filler where I'll do the events and stuff as I want that outfit for Fischl since I just finished building her and thanks to the shop/event she will be C6 so I feel this is the turn around in my fortunes for the game.

[LeeC22]

6 hours ago, Tails Prower said:

Fair enough, I guess this shows that there's always gonna be some updates that don't work for everyone.

 

I am sure it will be fine... I'm just having major real-life problems with inconsiderate neighbours trashing a tree my late wife bought (so it's irreplaceable) and when real-life trips the "losing it" switch, nothing will register as a positive. So the stream issues, more "Kill X monsters in Y seconds" events and then the mandatory co-op stuff just made everything else seem irrelevant.

 

Fischl was my first ever banner character from the Klee banner last year, so the free one getting her to C6 on my main account seems an appropriate moment for her. She's probably my most-used character along with Noelle, not so keen on the outfit, so I will probably equip that on my second account where she isn't built. The general island stuff and the conch stories will be great, I have no doubt about that because all of that was excellent last year and the Mechanical Painting event is my ideal kind of event. The waverider event is probably going to be okay as well. Another reason I keep my WL low is so these combat events are something I can just blitz through on easy mode (if I decide to do them), so they'll probably get done and rewards collected. You couldn't offer me enough Primos to make me do co-op though, I would genuinely turn down 1,000,000 primos, it's just never going to happen. I have a PS4 and an iPhone8+ but I don't want to risk linking any accounts to them in case something goes wrong, especially as my PSN account uses the same email address as my main PC account.

 

6 hours ago, Tails Prower said:

I think my 'luck' is all set for Yoimiya though, I just checked and I have all her materials already well stocked and the game's 'conches' treasure chest guy whose name I forget finally yeilded the 4 star bow Hamanui that I wanted for Yoimiya and I just won Kuki on my FTP account (which I wanted) so I think I am in the 'good place' for wishes.

 

Otherwise 2.8 is kinda a holiday filler where I'll do the events and stuff as I want that outfit for Fischl since I just finished building her and thanks to the shop/event she will be C6 so I feel this is the turn around in my fortunes for the game.

 

Let's hope that's the case... fingers and toes firmly crossed.

 

I will probably be wishing on my main account so I might push to pity to try and get Yoimiya there but my second is on guarantee with 38 pity, so nothing is happening on that account. I don't want Kazuha and annoyingly, the leaks that have been posted (on Hoyolab and Reddit) without spoilers have killed my interest in 3.0 & 3.1 characters... unless they are wrong of course. If not, then my second account is going to run dry of new characters, which will be disappointing.

 

I am currently just famring world bosses for something to do. I have set a target of 46 boss mats for each boss, so that should keep me going for a while as I have zero for some bosses.

Edited July 3, 2022 by LeeC22

[Tails Prower]

8 hours ago, LeeC22 said:

 

I am sure it will be fine... I'm just having major real-life problems with inconsiderate neighbours trashing a tree my late wife bought (so it's irreplaceable) and when real-life trips the "losing it" switch, nothing will register as a positive. So the stream issues, more "Kill X monsters in Y seconds" events and then the mandatory co-op stuff just made everything else seem irrelevant.

 

 

 

Sorry to hear that, always sucks.

 

8 hours ago, LeeC22 said:

 

Fischl was my first ever banner character from the Klee banner last year, so the free one getting her to C6 on my main account seems an appropriate moment for her. She's probably my most-used character along with Noelle, not so keen on the outfit, so I will probably equip that on my second account where she isn't built. The general island stuff and the conch stories will be great, I have no doubt about that because all of that was excellent last year and the Mechanical Painting event is my ideal kind of event. The waverider event is probably going to be okay as well. Another reason I keep my WL low is so these combat events are something I can just blitz through on easy mode (if I decide to do them), so they'll probably get done and rewards collected. You couldn't offer me enough Primos to make me do co-op though,

 

Again fair enough, I guess you could say I'm an outfit collector too especially for the girls in game but Diluc's can go jump off a cliff, looks cool and all but I ain't gonna get that one esp since he's unloved in my roster.

 

As for the co-op event I am gonna try a cheese on that between my accounts and see if I can play it solo but having my FTP and main accounts join each other and see if I can complete the event, if it works fine, if not well I will probably skip that event.

 

8 hours ago, LeeC22 said:

 

Let's hope that's the case... fingers and toes firmly crossed.

 

I will probably be wishing on my main account so I might push to pity to try and get Yoimiya there but my second is on guarantee with 38 pity, so nothing is happening on that account. I don't want Kazuha and annoyingly, the leaks that have been posted (on Hoyolab and Reddit) without spoilers have killed my interest in 3.0 & 3.1 characters... unless they are wrong of course. If not, then my second account is going to run dry of new characters, which will be disappointing.

 

I am currently just famring world bosses for something to do. I have set a target of 46 boss mats for each boss, so that should keep me going for a while as I have zero for some bosses.

 

TBH I think after I get Yoimiya I might just not 'wish' thereafter.

 

I have always been a strategist when it comes to the game's characters and trying to go for exactlly what I want so once I have Yoimiya I will have all the fighting styles/artefact sets , weapons and so forth that I want so I think that will be that, my plan for Dendro was always that I would make the Traveler my 'Dendro' element since I have a master plan there if the artefact domains go the way I am thinking they will (big kinda thoughts only issue so I'll say no more) but I think Dendro traveler could be a good way to work with dendro without having to get some of those 'leak' characters you mention.

 

We will see in due course, but like I say once I have Yoimiya I can't see me needing anyone else again ever.

[LeeC22]

20 hours ago, Tails Prower said:

I guess you could say I'm an outfit collector too especially for the girls in game but Diluc's can go jump off a cliff, looks cool and all but I ain't gonna get that one esp since he's unloved in my roster.

 

As for the co-op event I am gonna try a cheese on that between my accounts and see if I can play it solo but having my FTP and main accounts join each other and see if I can complete the event, if it works fine, if not well I will probably skip that event.

 

I mean I like the idea that I can have different versions of the character on both accounts, so the skins are good for that. And I used to buy skins for Hot Shots Golf characters, so I don't mind them... as long as the price is low. It is interesting to see them adding skins that come with additional features like the Diluc skin has, so that probably shows their intent with future skins for other 5* characters.

 

20 hours ago, Tails Prower said:

I have always been a strategist when it comes to the game's characters and trying to go for exactlly what I want so once I have Yoimiya I will have all the fighting styles/artefact sets , weapons and so forth that I want so I think that will be that

 

That's probably a very good mindset to have with games like this to be honest. If you can pick based on functionality, then it cuts down your needs. I'm a sucker for anime girls, have been for as long as I can remember knowing about anime. So if the character looks nice and isn't a kid character, then I will try to get them on one account at least... which is why I do want Yoimiya. They could have the worst kit ever, add nothing to a team and I'd still pull for them.

 

I keep buying Welkin on both of my accounts because I don't spend money on anything else in life. I don't buy games, music or films/tv shows anymore and I never leave the house, so £9 a month on Welkin is fine and that gives me a reasonably good fate stash. But it kinda sucks when you have fates but nothing to wish for, which is why I wish the standard banner was more appealing. But to get to 80+ pity and it then go "Here's a 5* weapon..." is just a pain.

 

I must confess, I haven't seen the full roster of leaked characters, just 3 of them, so maybe there is something there in the other characters that is worth having. As much as I don't like leaks, maybe I need to bite the bullet and see what's coming character wise, just to give me an incentive to carry on. I think the onlly limited banner character I don't have on either account other than Yoimiya is Hu Tao but I don't want her so... I don't have Mona, Keqing or Jean either but I only really want Jean from those three.

 

Edit: After a day of careful and selective browsing, it seems there might be more to look forward to than I thought... interesting.

Edited July 4, 2022 by LeeC22

[LeeC22]

Interesting day yesterday. I decided to go back to Enkanomiya with my second account because I hadn't been there in a long while. Went into the library and spoke to Ema, went through the portal in there and the chest spawning sound played. Had a look around and a luxurious chest had spawned. Did the same on my main account and sure enough, the same chest spawned. I have no idea what triggered it and I was sure that I had been back through the portal again after getting 100% there, especially on my main account. So it might be worth a revisit if you haven't been there in a while, just in case something is causing it to trigger from later events.

 

I also found a pair of mora boxes to the north of the narrows behind a gate and a light/dark puzzle. I seem to be discovering lots of missed items recently for some reason, not that I am complaining mind you as it's always nice to find something treasure-like.

[Tails Prower]

On 7/4/2022 at 11:50 AM, LeeC22 said:

 

I mean I like the idea that I can have different versions of the character on both accounts, so the skins are good for that. And I used to buy skins for Hot Shots Golf characters, so I don't mind them... as long as the price is low. It is interesting to see them adding skins that come with additional features like the Diluc skin has, so that probably shows their intent with future skins for other 5* characters.

 

 

That's probably a very good mindset to have with games like this to be honest. If you can pick based on functionality, then it cuts down your needs. I'm a sucker for anime girls, have been for as long as I can remember knowing about anime. So if the character looks nice and isn't a kid character, then I will try to get them on one account at least... which is why I do want Yoimiya. They could have the worst kit ever, add nothing to a team and I'd still pull for them.

 

I keep buying Welkin on both of my accounts because I don't spend money on anything else in life. I don't buy games, music or films/tv shows anymore and I never leave the house, so £9 a month on Welkin is fine and that gives me a reasonably good fate stash. But it kinda sucks when you have fates but nothing to wish for, which is why I wish the standard banner was more appealing. But to get to 80+ pity and it then go "Here's a 5* weapon..." is just a pain.

 

I must confess, I haven't seen the full roster of leaked characters, just 3 of them, so maybe there is something there in the other characters that is worth having. As much as I don't like leaks, maybe I need to bite the bullet and see what's coming character wise, just to give me an incentive to carry on. I think the onlly limited banner character I don't have on either account other than Yoimiya is Hu Tao but I don't want her so... I don't have Mona, Keqing or Jean either but I only really want Jean from those three.

 

Edit: After a day of careful and selective browsing, it seems there might be more to look forward to than I thought... interesting.

 

Sorry for the late reply, I've been busy in game doing a lot of exploring on Inazuma as I wanted to get some additional primogems from the area chests and do some achievements plus I am VERY close to  getting all the trophy achievements on the PS4/PS5 version of the game now, the only one I have left to work on is 800 chests in Liyue, I have opened 601 on my main account and a lot less on FTP so I guess I'll be doing a lot of exploring in Liyue soon.

 

Yeah, I have always been that mindset and will continue to be, whenever they officially announce a new character I will have a look but if they don't fit my style then I'll just ignore them completely.

 

At least unlike other games in the gacha series we only have two banners a time to deal with so there could be a lot worse pain in that regard but wish wise I'll have at least 60 wishes on main and about 80 on my FTP so I've got good confidence for Yoimiya, in some ways I am glad she is the second banner as whilst having to wait is a pain at least at least her banner starts at a decent hour of the day for me in the UK.

 

My absoulte 'cheese' moment of exploring has been on Serai Island, on my FTP account I 'refuse' to let the storm go so I still have the Thunder Manifestation lightniing risk and lightning effects becase they are so cool and since nobody on my FTP account will ever need to farm that boss it's ok and since Golden Wolflord is on the non fog part of tha other isle not progressing the story there is nno problem.

 

Cheese is that I managed 92% exploration of Serai, yes I died a few times around Amakuno Peak but I was able to get all the stuff on the ground and underground sections so the only parts I missed are a couple of Electrolus (4) which are up around the boss and about six treasure chests and 2 high up challenges so  I think so I can live with that for preserving the storm forever.

 

A shame they didn't leave the visuals of the storm/fog (random changes of weather/mood) would be nice for those two islands but like I say I'm keeping them that way on my FTP so that I can always appreciate the work they did.

Edited July 8, 2022 by Tails Prower

[LeeC22]

47 minutes ago, Tails Prower said:

Sorry for the late reply, I've been busy in game doing a lot of exploring on Inazuma as I wanted to get some additional primogems from the area chests and do some achievements plus I am VERY close to  getting all the trophy achievements on the PS4/PS5 version of the game now, the only one I have left to work on is 800 chests in Liyue, I have opened 601 on my main account and a lot less on FTP so I guess I'll be doing a lot of exploring in Liyue soon.

 

Don't worry... I ramble on here to make it feel like I am talking to people, don't ever feel as though you need to reply, it's never a problem.

 

49 minutes ago, Tails Prower said:

At least unlike other games in the gacha series we only have two banners a time to deal with so there could be a lot worse pain in that regard but wish wise I'll have at least 60 wishes on main and about 80 on my FTP so I've got good confidence for Yoimiya, in some ways I am glad she is the second banner as whilst having to wait is a pain at least at least her banner starts at a decent hour of the day for me in the UK.

 

That's true although you kinda feel it when you have nobody to wish for. I am at 73 (50/50) and 137 (guaranteed), both at around 35 ish pity, so I might get lucky with Yoimiya on my main if the 50/50 is kind. If not I hope the game gives me someone new.

 

52 minutes ago, Tails Prower said:

My absoulte 'cheese' moment of exploring has been on Serai Island, on my FTP account I 'refuse' to let the storm go so I still have the Thunder Manifestation lightniing risk and lightning effects becase they are so cool and since nobody on my FTP account will ever need to farm that boss it's ok and since Golden Wolflord is on the non fog part of tha other isle not progressing the story there is nno problem.

 

Cheese is that I managed 92% exploration of Serai, yes I died a few times around Amakuno Peak but I was able to get all the stuff on the ground and underground sections so the only parts I missed are a couple of Electrolus (4) which are up around the boss and about six treasure chests and 2 high up challenges so  I think so I can live with that for preserving the storm forever.

 

A shame they didn't leave the visuals of the storm/fog (random changes of weather/mood) would be nice for those two islands but like I say I'm keeping them that way on my FTP so that I can always appreciate the work they did.

 

That's a really cool idea because you're right, those effects were excellent. Sadly, both of my accounts have characters that needed the beads, so I had to get access to the boss. I understand why they changed the island but it would have been nice if a storm on Seirai island broght back the original effects. If ever I am in Inazuma, it's usually on that island (or Watatsumi), I think it's just a great place in the world... probably my favourite Inazuma island to be honest. I wish the lake was still there as well, it lost something when that went away. I think Tsurami island suffered even worse because it became just another green island. Although Riffhounds didn't do that island any favours, they're just on another level of annoying to fight.

 

One of the things I was thinking about last night in Enka was "Thank god cryo specters are not that common in the world". Ganyu makes specters a relative breeze, until you meet ones that are immune to her... I had forgotten about them and pyro specters.

 

 

[Tails Prower]

25 minutes ago, LeeC22 said:

 

That's a really cool idea because you're right, those effects were excellent. Sadly, both of my accounts have characters that needed the beads, so I had to get access to the boss. I understand why they changed the island but it would have been nice if a storm on Seirai island broght back the original effects. If ever I am in Inazuma, it's usually on that island (or Watatsumi), I think it's just a great place in the world... probably my favourite Inazuma island to be honest. I wish the lake was still there as well, it lost something when that went away. I think Tsurami island suffered even worse because it became just another green island. Although Riffhounds didn't do that island any favours, they're just on another level of annoying to fight.

 

One of the things I was thinking about last night in Enka was "Thank god cryo specters are not that common in the world". Ganyu makes specters a relative breeze, until you meet ones that are immune to her... I had forgotten about them and pyro specters.

 

 

 

That's another reason I have the FTP and the 'main' account because if the FTP ever needs to go fight the Thunder Manfiestation (it won't) I can always 'ascend' and co-op with my main account to do the boss but if I ever do add the Raiden Shogun it will always be on my main account, that way I can keep the lower level and the storm/fog effects.

 

Ah yes, Rifthounds, the pain of my existence on the current Floor 11 of Sprial Abyss, I hate when they curse and then suuddenly BAM everyone has no health, thankfully I have a good strategy for them wihich is Yae/Yelan combo as the taser effect just shred's them very quickly unless its the big uns.

 

Spectres are just annoying in general especially on my FTP account where I have no real 'built' bow users until Yoimiya comes along that is but yeah Ganyu deals with most of them effectively till Cryo comes along.

 

I really need to do some Eko exploring someday, once I finish Inazuma maybe I'll venture down belong, my main aim right now is to get hte Sacred Sakura up to 50 on both accounts so and have most islands at 100 but still aways to go there!