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Genshin Impact |OT| 4.0 (Fontaine) - Je m'appelle "la baleine"

I wrote IMO, to each his own ofc. In the end it's all about fun and for me struggling with beating content/slowing down farm because of the char model is NO FUN. Maybe for you it's worth it. I dunno man. Also, I'm F2P, so I used to saving as much resources as I can.

If you're truly F2P in gachas then surely you're aware of how important rerolling gachas is, especially at launch. The only excuse you have for not having at least a 5* character to start with is you're lazy because anyone can reroll, even PS4 players who are willing to create a new PSN account every time.

Like I said before, there's people who are running no gacha accounts, literally no pulls at all, and clearing Abyss on YouTube. The furthest someone has gotten with just the Story Four plus Barbara and Xiangling (given as rewards) is Floor 11.
 

BlackM1st

Banned
If you're truly F2P in gachas then surely you're aware of how important rerolling gachas is, especially at launch. The only excuse you have for not having at least a 5* character to start with is you're lazy because anyone can reroll, even PS4 players who are willing to create a new PSN account every time.

Like I said before, there's people who are running no gacha accounts, literally no pulls at all, and clearing Abyss on YouTube. The furthest someone has gotten with just the Story Four plus Barbara and Xiangling (given as rewards) is Floor 11.
I'm lazy PS4 player, u got me there hah.
 

Pejo

Gold Member
Holy fuck this kit is so good. This is exactly what I wish Amber's kit was, well, except in fire and minus the regen. Holding elemental skill gives her more damage and then she gets a sheild that infuses her regular shots with cryo. Her Burst is an ice field that regens health and does constant cryo ticks. She's gonna be amazing paired with a water user. like Mona, Childe, or even Barbara.

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Thinking about playing this next after Atelier Ryza, What's it like so far ?
Great for the first 30 or so ranks, then slows down to a snail's pace. You only have to wait another 5 days for the next big content patch though, so you likely won't notice. Also if you start before then you get a bunch of bonuses depending on what level you get to (rank level, not character level).
 

crumbs

Member
Holy fuck this kit is so good. This is exactly what I wish Amber's kit was, well, except in fire and minus the regen. Holding elemental skill gives her more damage and then she gets a sheild that infuses her regular shots with cryo. Her Burst is an ice field that regens health and does constant cryo ticks. She's gonna be amazing paired with a water user. like Mona, Childe, or even Barbara.

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Those sound pretty interesting, but I wonder what the cool down times will be? The burst is pretty sweet with cryo and healing, but she's a 4 star, so they could handicap her with longer CDs (like they did for Xingqui).
 
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SLoWMoTIoN

Unconfirmed Member
Either way you need ice characters because of the



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Playing Klee is a great deal of fun. Here's some live footage of her burst:


She is best played as a main DPS (carry) because her Q is only active when she is on the field. Here's some live footage of playing Klee as main DPS:
 

LegendOfKage

Gold Member
Thinking about playing this next after Atelier Ryza, What's it like so far ?

You should play it right now and get your account to level 10. A lot of extra free character wishes (slot machine pulls) are going away as of the 11th that you can earn pretty easily by playing for a couple of hours. If you're on PC, it's also arguably your last chance to re-roll, if you're interested in doing that.

 

Pejo

Gold Member

Man that was a terrible trailer. If I hadn't already read about her kit there's no way that would have made me excited to pull for her, lol.

They really need to throw us a bone with some sort of mini event or something. I finished my battle pass like 5 days ago and the game is even more dry than usual for me lately. Still have a shitload of xp books and mora to farm though.
 

MagnesG

Banned
Man that was a terrible trailer. If I hadn't already read about her kit there's no way that would have made me excited to pull for her, lol.

They really need to throw us a bone with some sort of mini event or something. I finished my battle pass like 5 days ago and the game is even more dry than usual for me lately. Still have a shitload of xp books and mora to farm though.
Missed my daily grind yesterday, and that's a first since the start.
 

Pejo

Gold Member
Really cool lore writeup from a chinese player (translated by someone else):

After reading a Chinese explanation, I thought it was a good guess. No one here wrote it, so I translated it: First of all, you have to know Mihoyo have a game called Honkai Impact before, according to the setting inside, when people's technology is more advanced, it will trigger the so-called Honkai. And Honkai will destroy human civilization. In the story of Honkai Impact, it has been confirmed that Genshin Imapact is a parallel world with the same rules.

So the story is like this. About 3000 or even earlier, Teyvat was almost destroyed because of Honkai. At that time, some people sacrificed themselves to protect the world. These can be read from Venti's poems (but this paragraph It seems that in the comics, Mihoyo’s tradition, the plot is half in the comic and half in the game). After that, human civilization has also regressed substantially.

Because of this disaster, the ancients began to fear the development of civilization, so they made a sky island system. The function of this system was to select seven gods and let them manage human civilization, so that the world would not be destroyed by Honkai. Since then, the gods who symbolize the seven qualities have been selected: freedom, contracts, eternal, wisdoms ,justice, war and love. Make another irresponsible guess on this person. The god that appeared at the beginning of the game should be the main god of Sky Island, used to manage other gods' work. And it's very likely Paimon. All the gods in this game are named after Ars Goetia. There are Barbatos and Morax and Paimon in the story up to now. So how could she be just an emergency food.

About 500 years ago, a new country appeared, which was the last country in this video, Khaenri'ah. This country quickly developed a high-level civilization, and many places on the map have the remains of this country. However, according to the rules of sky island, this country have to be destroyed. So the war began.

What can be confirmed is that all the seven gods should have participated in this war and had an impact on several gods. (There is a description in the other PV. Most people have not seen Barbatos for a thousand years, but only one person has not seen him for 500 years, indicating that someone has seen Venti 500 years ago. When the war broke out)

The ending can be imagined, the Khaenri'ah was defeated by the gods, and their people were cursed and turned into monsters, namely hilichurls and abyss mage. But they left some uncursed descendants, such as the new character that appeared in this video and kaeya.(So kaeya and amber will be strengthened sooner or later. Amber has a very strong potential in comics, so sooner or later Mihoyo will come up with a new Amber.) These descendants should exist for revenge and fulfill their ideas.

The idea of the Khaenri'ah people can be found in this video, that begin at 3:00 , "in the perpetual meantime of a sheltered eternity, most are content to live, and not to dream. but in the hidden corners where the gods' gaze does not fall, there are those who dream of dreaming. some say a few are chosen and the rest are dregs, but i say we humans have our humanity. we will defy this world with a power from beyond." Although most of them have become monsters, they still challenged the god, the sky island, with human identities.

So it can be understood why another traveler wants to help the abyss.

Turning back to the seven gods, after the war, several gods began to reflect on the correctness of the sky island.

Among them, the biggest action is the god of cryo, she is also the god of love, and she has seen too many people lose their lovers in the war. So she established the Fatui organization, she distributed her power to her subordinates, she abandoned her identity as a god, and together with her followers, she prepared to challenge the sky island.

In comparison, although the actions are not that big, the god of freedom, god of contracts and god of wisdom all show resistance to the sky island rules. Is freedom at the mercy of sky island still freedom? Can a forced contract really be called a contract? Since the development of civilization is a folly of self-destruction, then what is wisdom?

So the narrative in the video appeared, Venti allowed Mondstadt to be completely autonomous by humans, he no longer interfered, Zhongli ended all contracts in Liyue, god of wisdom ignored the so-called "folly" of scientific research and cultural development in Semeru.

Some people will resist and naturally some will comply. You can know from the video that god of eterna and god of justice still abide by the rules of sky island.

And God of war can't see her position from the video description, may resist or continue to comply.

Yes, according to the comic, she is probably a female. Coupled with Mihoyo's consistent "lazy behavior", it is likely to be Himeko's modeling. :)

(Finally, the above content is purely inferred from the existing conditions, and may not be correct, it is only for reference.)

PS:There are many hidden stories in the books, weapon descriptions and artifacts descriptions in the game. You need to read them together to make a complete story. It's worth exploring.

Also, apparently the Goddess at the beginning of the game has a datamined name: Asmodai (Asmodeus, another demon)

*edit* also, if the God of War is who he says it is, you guys might finally have your big anime tiddy waifu (and personally my favorite character to play as in Honkai Impact):





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BJK

Member
Alright, whether I like it or not, I'm now AR40 (WL5). Here goes nothing I guess. I hope I farmed and prepped enough for this.

Same. After leveling Fischl to 70, and Realizing I had the materials to ascend her again, I decided to take the AR35 ascension quest...and promptly skipped over the entirety of WL4. Enemies are a bit damage-spongy at the moment, but I am planning on spending all my resin Sunday running ley lines & leveling my party.

Wanted to pick up the story after the patch hits; shouldn’t be much of a problem there. Also have 6x10-pulls saved up, so I will be adding a 5* character to pair with MC (C5), Fischl, Xiangling (C1) & Barbara (C3). Hoping I can start getting 5* artifacts from events besides Wolf & Stormterror as well, since I need a lot of them!
 
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SLoWMoTIoN

Unconfirmed Member
Really cool lore writeup from a chinese player (translated by someone else):



Also, apparently the Goddess at the beginning of the game has a datamined name: Asmodai (Asmodeus, another demon)

*edit* also, if the God of War is who he says it is, you guys might finally have your big anime tiddy waifu (and personally my favorite character to play as in Honkai Impact):





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I don't think they are related and that it has more to do with how limited their (mihoyo's) artstyle is.

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I'm gonna go all in for Childe if his kit seems worth (plus Ningguang is in the banner, and I main her as my second DPS for Abyss with 2 constellations). I like Zhongli a hell lot but he is not needed for my Geo slots since my Noelle is lvl 80 C2 too. I just wanted someone different than Diona on the banner because I already have Qiqi. I'm actually pretty much settled with units for the moment, I might start to look for the weapon banner.
 
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Pejo

Gold Member
I'm gonna go all in for Childe if his kit seems worth (plus Ningguang is in the banner, and I main her as my second DPS for Abyss with 2 constellations). I like Zhongli a hell lot but he is not needed for my Geo slots since my Noelle is lvl 80 C2 too. I just wanted someone different than Diona on the banner because I already have Qiqi. I'm actually pretty much settled with units for the moment, I might start to look for the weapon banner.
I wish Childe's kit was released. I'm definitely rolling the banner because I need Ning dupes and I want that new ice bow, but I really want to see how his weapon switching works. I heard that he loses either an elemental burst or elemental skill because of the weapon swapping. I'd honestly rather it be the Burst he loses because of the low uptime, compared to being able to pop back and forth and use relatively low cooldown on skills.
 

LOLCats

Banned
childe banner with Ning diona and bedei confirmed on genshin twitter.

also this bonus day in battlepass will get me to BP 50!
 

LegendOfKage

Gold Member
Barbara is now going to be a permanent free addition to the game, and will be unlockable through a quest that can be completed at adventure rank 18. That's wonderful news, because I wouldn't want people to have to play this game without some sort of healer in their team.

"Better play it now so you can get a free healer" was also a pretty smart marketing choice, if this was the plan all along. Either way, for those of us who have been playing, free Barb constellation! And for new players, they won't have to miss out on a healer.

 
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Pejo

Gold Member
Barbara is now going to be a permanent free addition to the game, and will be unlockable through a quest that can be completed at adventure rank 18. That's wonderful news, because I wouldn't want people to have to play this game without some sort of healer in their team.

"Better play it now so you can get a free healer" was also a pretty smart marketing choice, if this was the plan all along. Either way, for those of us who have been playing, free Barb constellation! And for new players, they won't have to miss out on a healer.


But I already have her at c6 :messenger_loudly_crying:
 

LegendOfKage

Gold Member
Speaking of new players, I rewrote the second post in the thread with some reasoning to encourage new players not to spend money on wishes, and added a link to that post in the OP. That way, at least people will better understand the wish system, the true cost of wishes, and how many the game itself will provide them. If I missed anything or my math was wrong anywhere, let me know.

But I already have her at c6

You should still get some starglitter out of the deal, then, so it's not all bad news.
 

crumbs

Member
Barbara is now going to be a permanent free addition to the game, and will be unlockable through a quest that can be completed at adventure rank 18. That's wonderful news, because I wouldn't want people to have to play this game without some sort of healer in their team.

"Better play it now so you can get a free healer" was also a pretty smart marketing choice, if this was the plan all along. Either way, for those of us who have been playing, free Barb constellation! And for new players, they won't have to miss out on a healer.



Interesting. I already pulled Barbara via a wish and for the AR20 reward. Can I still complete this new quest and get another Barbara constellation?
 
I can't beat Floor 10-3. I'm always so close, but yet so far. Spent a few hours trying different comps, and I'm just gonna give up till I level up my Qi Qi some more.
 
The Childe banner has got me all busted up.
Beidou is my main, and I've been hoping for a copy of Ningguang for a long time, but I have no interest in Childe or the dumb little catgirl
Very much want Zhongli and Xinyan, but it's very unlikely Beidou and Ningguang will repeat being featured there.

The actual problem is that I'm apparantly at 80 pulls and I obv want to save the pity for Zhongli, which means I have to fucking pass on Beidou and Ningguang, FUCK!

Here's hoping Ninguang will be in the starglitter shop soon...
 

BlackM1st

Banned
New banner looks more balanced. Klee's banner was "God tier VS utter trash" lol

I hope one day they will let us unlock constellation without additional same hero pulls. Drop rates are miserable enough, I can't imagine spending hundreds of wishes just to unlock full potential of 1 character.
 

LOLCats

Banned
im personally all excited Ning and Beidou are in the next banner. i have niether and would like both. knowing my luck ill get a bunch if catgirls, but i have 20 wishes saved, so, hopes are high.

I gave up on sucrose because if I got another Noel or fucking water boy I would've cried
 
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Pejo

Gold Member
The Childe banner has got me all busted up.
Beidou is my main, and I've been hoping for a copy of Ningguang for a long time, but I have no interest in Childe or the dumb little catgirl
Very much want Zhongli and Xinyan, but it's very unlikely Beidou and Ningguang will repeat being featured there.

The actual problem is that I'm apparantly at 80 pulls and I obv want to save the pity for Zhongli, which means I have to fucking pass on Beidou and Ningguang, FUCK!

Here's hoping Ninguang will be in the starglitter shop soon...
Next banner is already pretty much confirmed to be:

Zhongli
Xinyan
Chongyun
Razor

So 3 Claymore users and Zhongli. Not sure if that factors into your decision, but that's likely what we're getting.
 

Pejo

Gold Member
It doesn't, I want Zhongli and Xinyan, and Beidou copies and Ningguang. The problem here is I have no interest in Childe, but my pity is imminent.
Well I'm not sure what your needs are for constellations, but I'm suspecting that all 4*s will eventually land in the store for the master's starglitter. Yea that's an unfortunate place to be if you want a better shot at Zhongli though.

Reading u ppl makes me feel uncomfortable. I have both Ningg and couple of Sucrose and I'm not using them hah
Ning's a lot of fun, there's not another character that plays like her in the game so far. I would compare her style to like Panzer Dragoon, but not. The only downside to her is that Geo sticks out like a sore thumb in most team compositions where you don't need the elemental shields.
 
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BlackM1st

Banned
Ayaka waiting room. Sadly I don't think she'll appear until 2.0 in March-ish
I hope I will survive till 2.0 without new pulls. I just can't see any character worthy of my time/mind investment. Free characters diet can be severe, but I just can't bring myself playing/pulling for Venti lmao Fuck dat.
 

jshackles

Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Reading u ppl makes me feel uncomfortable. I have both Ningg and couple of Sucrose and I'm not using them hah
I ended up with 17 characters, 3 of which were 5* (Traveler, Jean, Keqing - not bad considering there are only 11 of them). Also not bad considering I only bought one 30 day moon pass and the special battle pass. I even ended up with a couple of doubles of a few 4* (Xiangling x4, for example).

I guess I just got lucky.
 

BlackM1st

Banned
I ended up with 17 characters, 3 of which were 5* (Traveler, Jean, Keqing - not bad considering there are only 11 of them). Also not bad considering I only bought one 30 day moon pass and the special battle pass. I even ended up with a couple of doubles of a few 4* (Xiangling x4, for example).

I guess I just got lucky.
Yeah, nice party.

Can't believe that Jean is such a Venti dork lol Straight from 3rd grade shotacon manga xD

All in all, I'm waiting for more grounded/armored characters and for more gurl characters with a proper underwear. Sick and tired of swimsuits. I have a high hopes for eventual winter baddies!
 

LOLCats

Banned
I ended up with 17 characters, 3 of which were 5* (Traveler, Jean, Keqing - not bad considering there are only 11 of them). Also not bad considering I only bought one 30 day moon pass and the special battle pass. I even ended up with a couple of doubles of a few 4* (Xiangling x4, for example).

I guess I just got lucky.
ya youve been very lucky.
 

Saber

Member
Here we go, official patch notes:



Kinda lamish that they have added only 2 new recipes. Was expecting more recipes to waste the extremelly amount of berries that keep in my bag.

Good news for my brother, he wants the geo spear character. As for me, so far I only want the one-hand sword electro girl and my team will be mostly complete.


Barbara is now going to be a permanent free addition to the game, and will be unlockable through a quest that can be completed at adventure rank 18. That's wonderful news, because I wouldn't want people to have to play this game without some sort of healer in their team.

"Better play it now so you can get a free healer" was also a pretty smart marketing choice, if this was the plan all along. Either way, for those of us who have been playing, free Barb constellation! And for new players, they won't have to miss out on a healer.



And shes excelent imo. Just stack her with Fishl(mine got 1 talent at least)and you got yourself a pretty damage dealer. This in conjuction with her healing abilities.
 
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