#girl you've been out since 2.4 what do you mean you've only had 2 banners???

[shadowed-dancer]

Friendly reminder that if you don't know who to wish for first in Natlan, it's a better idea to prioritize Citlali and Capitano (if you want them) because they're both cryo and apparently cryo characters don't get reruns anymore :)

[genshinconfessions]

Me and one of my besties both play, but they're a small dolphin while I'm 2 welkins out of being f2p. We have a wish ritual where we visit one of our worlds right after maintenance and find a good spot and do some small things, and usually they end up pulling the character they want that moment while I always just build pity and hopefully get the character later during the banner or not at all. Xiao and Zhongli however where the 2 characters I wanted more than anything else and was all out saving for for literal months, now I have enough saved to reach hard pity once and still have wishes left. Because 2.4 I had to make a choice and picked Zhongli, meaning I was not gonna even try for Xiao even though I love him, I was still joining the ritual for moral support though. So we went to my friend's world's Wanshu inn, made almond tofu, sacrificed Childe, and started wishing. I did one 10 pull because I was at like 20 pity and decided to try my luck at Yunjin. GOLD. For me. Whoops. Managed to get one of my 2 favourites that I had given up on at low pity on the 50/50 and I still have enough wishes over for Zhongli to reach hard pity and have spares!! Also Yunjin showed up in the same pull hello girl! Luckiest pull of my genshin career!! But. My friend... didn't get him. They've prepped for him, while I am completely unprepared. They spent money on crystals, I didn't. I got him in 1 10pull, they didn't in 13 10pulls. It's the first time I got an event character right after banner drop. It's also the first time my friend didn't. And they resent me for it. I can't be happy about my incredible luck after having given up even though I love Xiao so so much, all because they've been a stormcloud about not getting him (yet, because they're at 72 pity and a garantuee rn so he will come home). I've been there many times so I do understand it sucks not getting the one you want, but I've always been happy for them getting who we wanted even if it would take me weeks to get there if I even got there at all, but now roles are reversed and I feel like I can't mention how happy I am because I'm supposed to be sad for them. It sucks. I hope they get Xiao soon so things can go back to normal. Sorry for rambling here I just needed to get that off my chest 😅

ahhhhh tha'ts a hard situation i'm sorry anon :(((

but i would like to remind you that it seems like your friend has always been the one to get their characters first! so i would say that, even if you do feel bad about it, they're only being put in the situation that you've been in for the past however many times you've pulled together.

you're right that the roles have been reversed, but that doesn't mean you can't be happy. it seems like your friend needs to do a little bit of self-reflection after the heat of the moment has passed and realize that things aren't all about them.

i also don't want to assume anything but since you said they're a small dolphin, i do assume that they're willing to spend the money to get xiao? if so, then it's only a matter of time! they've already done 130 wishes, so they're only 50 away from hard pity anyway. if not, there is projected to be a large amount of primos in the quests, events, and exploration for the first half of the banner, so they'll get a couple of wishes just from that.

that being said, i do get where your friend is coming from :( for my first five star ever, i told karfield and keith that if i lost pity and didn't get childe but either of them did get him, please do NOT let me know ever because i would have murdered someone LOL.

that does not, however, make it right; if i really didn't get him, i would have been mad and probably not spoken with them for a couple of days, but you know what? i would have gotten over it, and it would have only taken a couple of days. we've emphasized this many times, but genshin is just a game. banners will be rerun, characters and weapons will come back, there's no need to take it so seriously.

and if you are taking it this seriously, that might be an indication of a deeper issue :( but ofc we're not clinical psychologists or anything LOL if there is a deeper issue, we can't tell you anything except to please try to figure out what's going on, or to seek professional help.

that took a deep turn! congrats of getting xiao, anon!!! and don't let your friend bother you too much about it >:( you deserve to be happy!!

- katheryne from liyue