#now i have hu tao c1 and zhongli c1

[hydrachea]

Here they are, my pride and joy.

[mielwriting]

I got Sethos!

And also Keqing c1 at like 70 pity :(

So. Do I save my guarantee (and my 170 remaining pulls) for Zhongli? Or do I keep wishing for Hu Tao?

....

That is how this works, right? I lost the 50/50, so now my next 5 star on the limited banner is guaranteed to be the limited one?

My wishlist is:

Xianyun

Zhongli

Cyno

Alhaitham

Kinich

Neuvillette

Hu Tao

Mavuika (maybe)

Shenhe

Ganyu

My thought process is thus: I'll have to wait much longer for the older characters to rerun again. Especially the ones that aren't super popular. Following this logic, I should prioritize

Cyno

Alhaitham

Hu Tao

Shenhe

Ganyu

And the last time I wondered if going for another 5 star was a waste of primos, it was for Sigewinne after already pulling Furina.

And after Sigewinne's banner, they didn't run a character I wanted for 5 and a half months. I had plenty of time to save up.

[rene-darling]

Hiiiii!! Happy new years!! I just found your blog and let me tell you- I AM IN LOVE WITH YOUR WRITING!!! 😍😍 my faves are aftercare with xiao and xiao’s first handjob. The former is such a beautiful mix of angst and fluff that has me ded!!

Wish me luck pulling for xiao soon 🥹🥹 I have 55 pity on the character banner and I’ve been saving primos for a while now. I pulled his weapon by sheer luck a while ago and I’ve been hoarding his ascension materials to make him big and strong when he comes home to me Liyue’s strong protector and protected baby girl needs only the best!

Do you play genshin recently? And if so, who do you main/who’s on your main team 👀

-Joy ⭐️

OMGGG YOUR SO SWEET!! HAPPY NEW YEARS

Thank you, I'm glad you liked them.

I have C1 Xiao and I wish you the best of luck!! I also got his weapon it was super lucky though haha,

I do play genshin and have been recently,

Well my main team that I use for overworld is

Xiao, faruzan, hu tao, and yelan.

That's what use mainly for my overworld

In abyss though my xiao team consists of xiao, faruzan, zhongli and Benette

I've been maining xiao since his rerun

[https-furina]

https-furina’s 2023 genshin impact recap !!

2023 is officially about to end so i wanted to go over my genshin account and all the progress i’ve made this year. this isn’t a brag post ! i want to record my progress especially since i took a year break and a lot of things have changed. maybe you want to do this too?

this is like an insight into my genshin account if you guys just want to be nosey.. ehe. let’s get started (it’s gonna be long !!)

i started genshin in march 2021 !! i took a break from september 2021 to april 2023 however i came online multiple times during 2022, i just didn’t stay for good. i came back this april (with no specific date.) i came back with no 100% map, way too many quests, no fully ascended characters, no lvl10 friendships and no built characters.

this year i have fully ascended diluc, hu tao, lyney, zhongli, furina, kazuha, wanderer, heizou, cyno, alhaitham, nilou, kaeya, xingqiu, miko, jean, diona, ganyu & childe !!

the first character to be fully ascended & lvl90 was diluc !!

these characters have reached lvl90: diluc, hu tao, cyno, alhaitham, zhongli, heizou, wanderer, kazuha & nilou.

these characters have reached lvl10 friendship: diluc, hu tao, lyney, furina, kazuha, wanderer, heizou, alhaitham, nilou, miko, diona & chongyun.

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when i came back i had three 5* weapons: wolfs gravestone and 2x aquila favonia.

i now have: r2 wolfs gravestone, 2x aquila favonia, 3x skyward harp, r3 lost prayers, r1 lost prayers, r2 vortex vanquisher, staff of scarlet sands, splendor of tranquil waters & staff of homa.

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these characters are built to my satisfication (and i’ve probably used in spiral abyss): hu tao, alhaitham, nilou, kazuha, furina, zhongli, heizou, ganyu, shenhe, miko, layla, wanderer, xingqiu, shinobu, qiqi, baizhu, collei, lyney, cyno & ayaka

who do i think my best builds are? cyno, ayaka, heizou, zhongli, furina, kazuha & hu tao.

i came back on spiral floor 6-1 and 2023 is ending on spiral floor 11-3.

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5* characters that i’ve obtained this year are shenhe, jean, miko, alhaitham, wanderer, dehya, lyney, hu tao, wriothesley, venti, furina, cyno, ayaka, navia, nilou & baizhu.

4* characters that i’ve obtained this year are gorou, thoma, yun jin, heizou, lynette, freminet, charlotte, faruzan, layla, collei, yaoyao, kirara, kaveh, candace, shinobu, mika & dori.

5* cons i’ve acquired this year: c2 zhongli, c3/c4/c5/c6 diluc, c1/c2 jean, c2/c3 mona, c2 qiqi, c2 keqing, c1 dehya, c1 ayaka.

characters i have c6 (not necessarily from this year alone): diluc, diona, chongyun, kirara, xinyan, barbara, rosaria, kaveh, xingqiu, yanfei, xiangling, razor, thoma, sucrose, beidou, sayu, charlotte, dori.

i’m missing neuvillette, yelan, ayato, kokomi, raiden (not for long), xiao, klee, albedo, itto, nahida, eula & tighnari.

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story quests i’ve finished this year: raiden shogun (both acts), yoimiya (both acts), zhongli (act 2), lyney, furina, wriothesley, neuvillette, nahida (act 1), baizhu, kokomi, itto, tighnari, nilou, cyno, eula, ayaka, ayato, kazuha, miko, alhaitham.

hangouts i’ve completed (not necessarily this year): heizou, gorou, thoma, barbara, noelle, bennett, chongyun, diona, faruzan, kaveh, shinobu, ningguang.

my favourite story quests are neuvillette, lyney, tighnari, zhongli, yelan, cyno.

my favourite hangouts are heizou, gorou, faruzan, thoma.

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i have four areas left to 100% on my map (previously, i hadn't 100% any areas.) i have a total of 789 achievements done! i have maxed three out of five statues. i have maxed three reputations; mondstadt, liyue and fontaine. i have maxed the frostbearing tree and the sacred sakura! my favourite areas to explore was the hypostyle desert, dragonspine and tsurumi island! my favourite nations are fontaine & inazuma. my favourite nation osts are liyue, sumeru & inazuma.

i came back in april 2023 as a diluc, diona & chongyun main. i am ending december 2023 as a hu tao, zhongli, ayaka & heizou main.

i am ending 2023 on ar57!

questions for 2024: hoyo, where's dain? /hj but also, why do i have a really uneasy feeling that celestia is watching our every move?

[trashcanwithsprinkles]

how cooked am i if i want wrio and zhongli, and if theories on a liyue chronicled wish are true childe and hu tao's c1 (have her c0)

like. do i actually have to do sumeru (or sumeria) exploration to be able to get them. i have like 1 wish to my name bc of sigewinne and furina but now i need to finish wriolette family, and need zhongchi bc i need hu tao's father and her step dad

buddy i don't do budget calculations,, really i can only say play the events? i think that's the fastest way to get primogems for incoming banners. exploring the map also isn't going to kill you i guess? but again idk what the optimal emergency primogem adquisition tactic is, i just have good 5* luck and a lot of self control and am immune to big hot lady (for the most part) so i get to skip like 70% of banners 🤷‍♂️so idk what you want me to tell you man (gn) i just write fanfics LMAO

[is-baizhu-out-yet]

I just spent like an hour back reading discord messages and listing out all the past event banners to map out all the 5 stars I've gotten from said event banners and now that I have this data I'm inflicting it on all of you.

Venti, Klee, Childe debut - Was not playing then

Zhongli debut - Pulled, did not get a five star

Albedo debut - Won 50/50

Ganyu debut - did not pull

Xiao debut - did not pull, regretted it

Keqing Banner - did 1 ten pull for Bennett, didn’t realize how close to pity I was, won 50/50

Hu Tao debut - did not pull

Venti 1st rerun - won 50/50

Childe 1st rerun - won 50/50

Zhongli 1st rerun - Did not pull

Eula debut - Did not pull

Klee 1st rerun - Did not pull

Kazuha debut - Did not pull

Ayaka debut - Did not pull

Yoimiya debut - Pulling for Sayu, lost 50/50, got Keqing

Raiden debut - Did not pull

Kokomi debut - Did not pull

Childe 2nd rerun - Did not pull

Hu Tao 1st rerun - Pulling for Thoma, got Hu Tao on accident, kept pulling, lost 50/50, got Qiqi

Albedo/Eula 1st rerun - was pulling for Noelle cons, got Albedo C1

Itto debut - won 50/50

Shenha debut/Xiao 1st rerun - Pulled for Xiao, Lost 50/50, got Keqing

Zhongli 2nd rerun/Ganyu 1st rerun - Did not pull

Yea Miko debut/Raiden 1st rerun - Did not pull

Kokomi 1st rerun - Did not pull

Ayato Debut/Venti 2nd rerun - Got Ayato on guaranteed, also finally got Sucrose

Ayaka 1st Rerun - Did not pull

Yelan debut/Xiao 2nd rerun - Lost 50/50, got Diluc at 78 pity, kept pulling, got Xiao also at 78 pity

Itto 1st rerun - Did not pull

Kazuha 1st rerun/Klee 2nd rerun - Won 50/50, got Kazuha

Yoimiya 1st rerun - Did not pull

Tignari debut/Zhongli 2nd rerun - Won 50/50, got Zhongli

Ganyu 2nd rerun/Kokomi 2nd rerun - Did not pull

Cyno debut/Venti 3rd rerun - Lost 50/50, got Diluc

Nilou debut/Albedo 2nd rerun - Did not pull

Nahida debut/Yoimiya 2nd rerun - Did not pull

Yea Miko 1st rerun/Childe 3rd rerun - Did not pull

Wanderer debut/Itto 2nd rerun - got guaranteed Wanderer at 78 pity, then won Wanderer 50/50 twice at 75 and 35 pity

Weapon Banner - Did one 10 pull, got Tulaytullah’s Rememberance (not my first time pulling on the weapon banner, is my first time getting a 5 star from it)

Raiden 2nd rerun/Ayato 1st rerun - Did not pull

Alhaitham debut/Xiao 3rd rerun - Lost 50/50, got Keqing at 78 pity, kept pulling, got Alhaitham at 77 pity

Hu Tao 2nd rerun/Yelan 1st rerun - Did not pull

Deyha debut/Cyno 1st rerun - Did not pull

[hitsuyou-fukaketsu]

Gloria a rex lapis

[genshins1mpact]

@aivantheshadow please tell me whatever god you're worshipping or demon you're summoning cause that is some insane luck

holy shit

anyone else got some crazy stories they'd like to share? i just love hearing/reading these sm 👀

[nyatawia]

My genshin teams are full of five star characters and all for what, i am so weak

[enden-k]

C1 ZHOBGLI CAME HOME

I REPEAT C1 ZHONGLI IS HERE

Did I use up of all of my saved primos for Zhongli at the first day of his banner? Yes, lost my 50/50 to Diluc but still got him!

Did I use up the primos I saved up since then because I couldn't resist his temptation of just one more pull? Also yes. Time to up Enkanomiya Exploration to 100%

Do I regret it? Heck no. Skipping Yae anyway - Geo Daddy with his two pillars is enough for me to be happy

Got one of the two characters I began playing for, now I only need a fourth Childe rerun 😭

oooo im so happy for you!!! also i can totally feel that, when i started with genshin almost a year ago i really REALLY wanted childe and zhongli like the mosttt. i was lucky tho bc i started at the end of hu taos first banner (~1.3 iirc) and right before ventis first rerun (1.4) bc after venti banner childes first rerun came and then right after his banner zhonglis first rerun (1.5) came AHAH so i got them without having to wait long. i know some others had to wait longer or didnt even get someone. its unlucky that you just missed childes third rerun 😔 may he come back soon again!

anw im babbling AHSBDH CONGRATS on the C1!! 💞

[skierisa]

Red queen characters if they played genshin impact

(they would have to be from our time to play it, so let's imagine it as a modern au) and I may regret mixing this two things part 2

Cal

- has all 5 stars, both limited and standard banner.

- not f2p at all

- more crystals than primo gems

- thinks mondstat is the best region

- likes to fight against La Signora and hates fighting against Oceanid, since his party consists more in pyro and geo characters (i headcananon it as Diluc, Zhongli, Itto and maybe Hu Tao but he's always swapping the fourth space)

- when he started playing, he was a Kaeya main

- chose Aether

- listens mostly do boss theme music

- favorite one is Raiden Shogun second fight theme

- doesn't like fighting Dvalin

Maven

- looses 50/50 constantly, always to Qiqi

- has almost every character, but really wants Ayato

- lost his 50/50 to Keqing once, but she was already C6, so... Completely useless

- the reason Cal downloaded genshin

- could be using money to buy crystals instead of doing daily commissions to get 60 primo gems? Yeah, totally

- why he doesn't? He wants to enjoy the game and run away from reality

- got mad while fighting Raiden Shogun when he first arrived at Inazuma and lowered his world level so he could beat her

- finally won

- hates Yae Miko with a burning passion

- his favorite region is Inazuma, but prefers mondstat ost

- his team is pure elemental reaction

- kind of accidentally chose Lumine

- thought he could change it while playing

- Childe apologist

- reasons: cool backstory, cool designs, nice voice, he's hot, very strong character, he's hot, cool design

- never, ever gets good weapon

- one of his dreams in game is to get a 5 star and it's character weapon

- worse boss to fight in his opinion is Raiden Shogun and Azhdaha

Mare

- Kujou Sara and Beidou main

- wanted Ayaka, got Ayaka C1

- Gisa helped her doing her daily commissions, ofc

- her favorite region is Inazuma, not because it's the land of lighting, she just likes it and the music too

- loves fighting against Childe and Raiden Shogun (her favorite part of Inazuma's chapter was the first fight with her) and hates fighting against Dvalin

- because of the camera angle, ofc because EVERYONE hates it

- hates the fatui mages with her whole soul, because she's main electro

- and cryo cicin mages are just devil's incarnation, so she avoids them in general

- chose Lumine

- answered "emergency food" when Amber asked what Paimon was

- when she started playing, she tried to get Barbara's C6

- constantly kills Timmie's birds

- she doesn't like using bow and arrow, so she avoids wishing for characters who uses bow and arrow

- wanted a 4 star in Yoimiya's banner and got Yoimiya, a bow user

Gisa

- probably the first amongst everyone here to play genshin

- converted Shade and Kilorn, who converted Mare to play this

- somehow, almost never looses 50/50

- started as a main Lisa

- loves Liyue region and also it's ost

- chose Aether

- loves fighting against Oceanid, since she uses cryo and electro in her party

- Patiently waiting for Kazuha's rerun

- thought he would just be a 5 star Sucrose

- used to fear ruin guards, now she kinda likes fighting them

- "YELAN COM HOME"

- she really wants Yelan

Kilorn

- probably accidentally activated Bennett's C6

- he'll never forgive himself

- accidentally got Itto while trying to get Barbara's C6

- cellphone player

- can't type while fighting

- hates fighting against fatuis

- very bad at building his characters and at least one time someone will ask to help him build his characters better

- chose Lumine

- doesn't have a favorite region, but is excited to Sumeru update

- loves Liyue ost

- plays the game out of pure fun, doesn't care if he has all or none 5 star characters

- surprisingly, the first to explore the chasm

Evangeline

- her main party consists of Eula, Raiden Shogun, Kujou Sara and Fischl (fischl is there probably because it's one of her girlfriend's main)

- saw Elane playing and decided to join

- wants Yun Jin so bad but it's the only 4 star she doesn't have

- chose Lumine

- loves anything related to Liyue

- believe it or not, her favorite boss is Azhdaha because it's the only challenging thing in the game til now

- mains cryo

- Yelan wanter

Elane

- among the silvers, she was the first to play this

- Already knows Fischl's lines and repeats them with her while playing

- Raiden Shogun apologist

- loves both Liyue arc and Inazuma arc

- everytime she comes back to mondstat she finds it very nostalgic

- y'know those little elemental plants? Yeah, she hates them too

- loves fighting against Childe and La Signora, and is patiently waiting for Scaramouche to become playable or a boss

- chose Aether

- hates fighting cicin mages in general and the hydro and cryo fatui duo

- almost never looses 50/50

- got Diluc as her first five star, but she wanted Jean and never even leveled Diluc past lvl1

- probably in the fandom

- will probably scream once she sees Dottore in-game

Farley

- Saw Shenhe and knew she had to get her

- got her after 10 wishes

- the slowest of the character's in playing, since she plays it only sometimes and after maybe 3-4 updates

- but she build her characters well

- probably loved the Windbloom festival and the second lantern rite

- chose Aether

- hates fighting La Signora, because her main party consists of Chongyun (cryo), Shenhe (cryo), Thoma (pyro) and Barbara (hydro)

- probably listens to the Inazuma OST while working

- favorite OST is Raiden Shogun boss fight theme 2

- may or may not shed a tear in Imperatrix Umbrosa act II

Shade

- got Gorou and never ever thinks of removing him from any of the four partys

- loved the Windbloom and Lantern Rite festivals so much

- tried to get Xiao, lost it to Diluc

- now he has a level 1 C6 Diluc

- chose Lumine

- hates fighting against Childe but almost everyone in his party needs one of Childe's material drops

- Uses Rosaria because she reminds him of Farley

- trying to get Gorou's constellations

- really wants Kokomi rerun

- he's still waiting for it

- but Childe got three reruns :D

- also, he hates Ajax/Childe

[razorblade180]

Captain Status

[Adeptus Realm]

Taken away for the day, Hu Tao is lead by Aether through his humble abode. This wasn’t the first time she’s been invited inside the pot, but rarely anyone was allowed the Adeptus realm.

Hu Tao:So what’s the occasion? I must’ve done something really wild or incredible for you to whisk me away. I figured this realm was your personal space?

Aether:The top part is, but this realm is more business and VIP more than a getaway spot.

Hu Tao:Oooo I take it this has everything to do with my rampant progress?

Aether:Bingo. Over the past week or two you’ve seriously leveled up thanks to your spear and extremely lucky artifacts. Not to mention talents. It’s honestly pretty insane.

Hu Tao:Always happy to impress. I should be thanking you for giving me Homa in the first place. As well as providing other materials and beautiful stars shining overhead.

Aether:I’ll be honest, didn’t mean to make you C1

Hu Tao:Oh I’m aware. Still happy though. So all these things makes me a VIP

Aether:You’re half right. You’re here because I’m promoting you to a captain.

Hu Tao:Captain?

Aether opens up the doors and steps aside. Hu Tao was used to the main hall feeling cozy with fireplaces and sofas soft enough to put anyone at rest. While this main hall still had a few of those, it also had a long table with familiar faces. Keqing, Yanfei, Ganyu, Chongyun, Amber, Klee, and Yoimiya.

Yanfei:Welcome to the cool kids table!

Yoimiya:Woohoo!

Keqing:Please don’t cause a hassle.

Hu Tao:Depends, what exactly shouldn’t I be hassling?

Ganyu:Aether likes to assign the role of captain to the strongest and most reliable of us friends. Depending on future events, we all get together and plan who we want to take with us on abyss runs, events, and things of that nature. Congratulations.

Hu Tao:So basically I’m now the capable of being Zhongli’s boss in the parlor and out in the field? Works for me. Though I gotta say…*pokes Chongyun* I can’t believe you’re here before me. No wonder I was put with you occasionally. Awe, did you ask for me personally?

Chongyun:Yes.

Hu Tao:…*red* Well that’s nice of you. Gotta say this isn’t what I pictured a gathering of captains to look like.

Klee:I’m super strong!

Aether:Don’t get me wrong, there’s others who have a right to be here but they’re more comfortable being supports or just under the wire.

Amber:Eula gets pouty every time I tell her I’m off to a meeting. Meanwhile Mona prefers to be requested. “I’ll save anyone” she says.

Aether:It all works out. Welp, happy to have you Hu Tao. Have fun. I’m going shopping for food. Try not to die. *leaves*

Hu Tao:*sits near Keqing* Is he not a captain? Also what did he mean by not dying.

Chongyun:He’s always giving his artifacts to someone else.

Keqing:Even if he didn’t, Aether would claim he’s better as a support and will go with anyone. Anyways, let’s get this started. As head, I officially start this meeting!

Hu Tao:Hehe, I figured someone with a crown would the be head.

Keqing:….

Yanfei:*throws up stats*

Keqing-Lv82, 9/9/9, 60% rate, 232% crit dmg

Hu Tao:…….*sits near Ganyu* (I guess this is what not dying meant)

Ganyu:Stop scaring her.

Keqing:I said nothing. Now then, first order of business. Who gets Bennett?

Yanfei, Yoimiya, Ganyu, and Klee stand up aggressively. Chongyun walks over to Hu Tao and strategically pulls her away from the immediate area.

Chongyun:This is the not dying part.

Hu Tao:Yeah I got that vibe real quick…

[myuni-moon]

People seem to be talking about their experiences on the Childe banner so I thought I'd share mine. I already had childe from his first re-run but I decided to pull more on his banner in an attempt at 3 things. Childe c1, c2 chongyun (had him at c1 and plan on building him for cryo support at some point), and yanfei cons (she's arguably my main dps, and I only had her at c1). Unfortunately though I only got exactly 1 of those things. Thus far I've gotten only yanfei cons as far as 4 star characters. No other 4 star characters, just weapons and 5 yanfei cons. I'm not really complaining, I mean she's c6 now and hits even harder than before plus I've always had a soft spot for yanfei character wise too as she seems like someone I'd really get along with, but like, just 1 Chongyun pls? Just one. And Childe didn't come home either. Instead I got Qiqi. I'm not mad about getting Qiqi really, I didn't have her before and I absolutely adore her, she's my daughter, but now I have guaranteed and 35 pity. This admittedly doesn't sound bad but I've pretty much decided to give up on Childe's banner because I want to get Thoma next banner. Problem is, I really really really don't want Hu Tao. Don't get me wrong, character wise I love Hu Tao to bits, I feel like we'd get along super well, but I really dislike her playstyle and would most likely never use her. So now I need to hope my traditionally bad luck with pulling 5 stars early (I've never pulled one before soft pity) continues to hold and that Thoma cooperates. Also fun fact, I actually also lost the 50/50 on childe's re-run banner too at first (to Keqing that time), thankfully I had enough primo left to get him cause I had like 65 pity going in, but it's funny because childe happens to be the only character whose banner I've lost the 50/50 on (I've also pulled on Venti, Zhongli, and Kazuha's banners and won] and I've lost it on him twice. SMH, the other characters are really trying to keep the dangerous fatui man away huh.

Also to the other nonnie that forgot their original genshin account password, so long as you remember the email you used I'm pretty sure there's a way to reset it by going to mihoyo's website. I don't think I can post the actual link to where you need to go because the asks tend not to send if there are links in them, but if you Google how to reset genshin password there's a reddit thread with a link in it that will take you where you need to go.

Anyway, glad to have you back Myuni!

TO THE ANON THAT FORGOT THEIR PASSWORD, YOU CAN GO GET YOUR POETRY BOY BACK!

also very happy that you got who you wanted, nonnie! as for thoma, i suggest just waiting until he gets added on standard banner. he’s a 4*, and it’s better to get him on standard or an even banner whose 5* you want than risk getting a character you don’t like all that much.

pls someone bless me with their 50/50 luck bc i’m legit going to make comfort fics for a week if itto doesn’t come home on 50/50

[doufuhua]

i’m gonna rant a long in-depth opinion about childe’s gameplay, sorry, feel free to ignore, or if you are thinking about pulling for him soon maybe my thoughts can provide insight.

i’m not a metaslave, honestly following meta is dumb in genshin impact, especially when the game is pve, you should enjoy the game the way you want to enjoy it. but, BUT...that being said, with childe banner coming, i have to say he does feel underwhelming to play sometimes. regardless of how much you like his character, the criticisms about his gameplay that people are bringing up have some truth in it. i agree that his kit and constellations need a revamp.

his constellations don’t provide dmg boost but a different playstyle which renders his range stance kind of useless because the constellations favors his melee stance more, hell even his kit favors melee. so in my conclusion, doesn’t it look like the fact that he wields a bow is counterintuitive? he should’ve just wield a spear in the first place if he’s gonna utilize it the most regardless of lore giving a reason why he uses a bow. and there’s the cooldown on his skill, now to me it’s manageable, i don’t have an issue with it, i think it’s a nice challenge to have a time limit, but not everyone thinks my way. actually based on observation, i see that when someone has an initial interest in childe’s gameplay, when they find out that his skill has a time limit, they give up, they just don’t want to bother, which is just a mentality thing unfortunately.

his constellations are i think a great example of how scummy mihoyo can be, they really gave him lackluster constellations at the top, c1 really only shaves off 4 seconds of cooldown and c2 is just...energy recharge....it’s not until c4-c6 does he get something interesting and it’s not more dmg, it’s a different playstyle. it’s obviously a money scheme to entice players to invest in pulling in gacha, it’s nearly predatory. in other words, if you’ve seen his playstyle and you really like it, he requires expensive investment. hu tao at c0 is basically childe’s c4 constellation, it’s pretty unfair. because of hu tao’s kit at c0, childe users feel cheated because his c4 should’ve been his c0.

now, speaking of c4, that is also a separate problem itself, especially if you’re a person who utilizes elemental reactions constantly. everyone knows that vaporize and melt are the strongest reactions in the game, and childe’s c4 has proven to be problematic when it comes to vaporize comps. childe’s c4 ability applies hydro to enemies every few seconds, and on the surface that sounds great, but players with c4 have realized that the comp is difficult to set up because he applies hydro too fast for pyro to take into effect, normally you have to apply pyro and then hydro, not the other way around. you basically sacrifice one playstyle for another, ultimately you have to choose which comp you like more, which is either you play vaporize comp or you pick something like permanent freeze. i don’t even want to get into the fact that, to get rid of the cooldown on his skill requires c6, which to reach that point, you’ll have to whale for it.

i hate to say it but i do feel like childe got powercreeped especially with characters like xiao, ganyu, and hu tao being released right after him, specializing in weapons he uses. ganyu is arguably the better bow user of the two, with her charged attack doing aoe dmg and having huge crit dmg modifiers. xiao’s gimmick is his plunge attacks which hilariously reminds me of the fact that childe’s melee stance has no plunging attack whatsoever. and hu tao...i’ve already said my piece above.

look i don’t hate childe, i actually like his character, maybe not at first, but after his story quest and learning about what he went through at age 14, he seemed like an okay guy. i’ve had him at c1 since version 1.1, he was one of the small amount of dps characters i had at the time who happened to use hydro. i didn’t have diluc, a highly sought for dps unit, at that time, i didn’t have xingqiu, a great support, until last month, i even have mona from losing the 50/50 on some character’s banner, i haven’t even built her yet. childe carried me through all the way up to this point, and yet i still think he can be improved. i’m criticizing mihoyo, which is the point of this post really.

don’t let me keep you from pulling his banner, he is a viable unit. his greatest asset is his aoe dmg, he’s great against large groups of enemies. he also hits as fast as polearm users, giving no chance for the enemy to counterattack. he can reach large numbers of crit dmg when you commit the effort for his artifacts. he works great with cryo and electro users, like beidou and fischl. i bring up his drawbacks because at the end of the day, mihoyo is a company and money is always foremost, they aren’t always on the playerbases’ side. honestly speaking, the decision to give zhongli a buff is an outlier, something that mihoyo didn’t anticipate doing. it wasn’t the efforts of western fans’ criticism that they gave him the buff, because america’s playerbase is small, it was the chinese players that complained the loudest, and god forbid a chinese company pisses of their own native players.

do i think mihoyo will give childe a buff? no. childe isn’t very popular, gameplay wise, on the chinese players side. so they most likely are not listening to any outcry by childe mains for example, mihoyo will keep releasing new characters, and these new characters will most likely powercreep some others. we barely made a big of a crack in the main story, we’re in the prologue stage of a sorts in a 6 or 7 act story, and so that definitely means new characters will just keep on coming. i just want you guys to keep in mind that you should always keep a distance, gambling can become an addiction, and never be bootlicker for a corporation who ultimately doesn’t care about you. like, i have a suspicion that the reason childe has a banner, why rosaria is on his banner, this time around on an event that’s all about mondstadt is, first, yes lorewise he is involved with the main story somewhat, he was accidentally in the abyss (the chasm?) when he was younger, that he was taught to fight by some woman there, and an upcoming main story quest with dainsleif reveals we will be fighting the abyss order at some point. but the second point, the “it’s just business” point, is that they know childe is a character phasing out in players’ interest, they put rosaria on his banner, to entice us to pull for her and by extension, childe, to make sales on his banner. this is basic business strategy. be aware of games like genshin impact, that are free to play on the surface, but have underhanded motives.

[versadies]

i think the game is trying to make amends with me for all the pities i lost bc i just won the 50/50 again for xiao in 70 pulls? i have a C1 xiao after waiting a year for him 😶 last time this happened was with hu tao, but i got her C1 20 wishes after she came home. i'm in shock. i'm absolutely NOT complaining i just wanted to talk to someone about it??? i'm stunned?????? i-???? thank you mihoyo????? —🦊

C1 HU TAO AND C1 XIAO? 😦😦😦 how does it feel to be one of mihoyo’s favs now 🎤🎤🎤

as someone who got c4 jean straight, i went through the same thing, except instead of c1 5*, i got all the characters i wanted (xiao, zhongli, eula, and ei) instead so mihoyo’s definitely making amends with u and your loss 😌😌

[yostresswritinggirl]

Hello Mother! Hope you are doing well and college hasn't crushed you yet too bad. Remember my pull plans for Eula? Well, I caved and got a C1 Zhongli (double pillars, double crystalize for Hu Tao and double energy for big daddy, and one step closer to C2 in the future). I decided to just get her in my alt account since I notice I rarely have any motivations on playing the account since my main DPS was Klee, I love the child but recently her playstyle has become a bit clunky for me and my phone. And Eula may become the remedy since I have a friend who plays in the Asia server and I really want to play with them but losing motivation sucks, if all else fails, Mona will become the DPS instead since her atk string is really fast and snappy 😂.

I am now patiently waiting for 1.6 for anemo boi, some say he will be support watch me make him a DPS just as I did with Zhongli. Which is kinda like 1.1 banners again, waiting for the 2nd banner and hoping that the 1st banner ends quickly.

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College is college, all I know is procrastination until certain death

Goddamn this is the first time I met someone who finally saw the perks of Zhongli's C1 besides my irl friends woohoo!! What a good investment AND you still get the cryo queen, just strategically misaligned ahahah god imagine having a stable alt account

Some say he is a support character due to his crowd control but even if he's not a dps focus character, I'm pretty sure you can make that boy into a dps or at least sub dps material. And well tbf, that's what Mihoyo is currently doing with new 5* characters as of late, prioritizing them in second banner