The Genshin Impact Thread

[Vampire]

Thanks Vampire!! Hu Tao is so fun, hopefully I'll be able to pull her in the next banner

i haven't seen her in the story or quests or like that, but when i was looking at the character archive and i saw her, i was like "omg " i love her design, she looks like she's fun

good luck to the both of us!

 

[Polaris_Tae]

Spoiler: 2.3 leaks

We get teapot snowmen and new doggo pets?!
ok, ok. Mihoyo, you're officially forgiven

Ganyu impact let's go!

I-I'm scared
All my melee units
So Taser Kokomi & charge-shot childe it is then...

 

[Chiharu]

I demand a cat pet!!!

 

[Baymax]

Ganyu impact let's go!

What the hell is that...

 

[Dragon of the West]

I love events like this where you can test characters you don't have yet on your roster.

What the hell is that...

New boss coming in 2.3 which will be dropping Itto's ascension material

 

[Polaris_Tae]

I love events like this where you can test characters you don't have yet on your roster.


New boss coming in 2.3 which will be dropping Itto's ascension material

I finally get a chance to try out firework Yoimiya after regretting skipping her for the longest time!
I just really hope they give the characters good builds this time. iirc, last time they had a fav bow Diona with like 40% crit rate or smth.
Like, make it make sense Mihoyo...

 

[asdfg]

time to save for elron musk banner hallyupluser

 

[Polaris_Tae]

I activated Bennett C6 today on impulse

Since I can just build Sara for buffing & I don't use bennet for anything other than Childe International or Keqing overload comps I should be ok with pyro infusion.
Probably won't be able to bring him to co-op anymore though

 

[Polaris_Tae]

So I finished the Tsurumi world quest today. The island is even more creepy now
They have a whole bunch of floating spirits all over the place now. It's super spooky

I finished farming for Thoma today too! 4-piece Emblem set bc of his weapon

I had to settle with a 4-star goblet though bc I'm using an off-set headpiece. That domain didn't want to give me a crit head-piece w/ good sub-stats. Everything rolled double DEF. I wanted HP & ER

I ended up with a whole bunch of god-roll Shimenawa pieces in the process though. My Hu Tao & Childe are happy.

 

[Polaris_Tae]

I swear that Celestia got closer again this update. Also, since when was it so detailed



Albedo as the first banner was the best choice. I want him the most

Watch me lose my 5th 50/50 in a row

I'm gonna try my luck for an early Gorou but Itto depends on who we'll get in 2.4



B-B-Baizhu possibly on the horizon? Time to save my wishes ​

 

[Dragon of the West]

B-B-Baizhu possibly on the horizon? Time to save my wishes ​

Hmm I wonder if they'll release Baizhu as the first character for Dendro. I'm hoping they don't because I need to save primos lol. Definitely getting Albedo (and I already know I'm losing the 50-50) and might get Itto because a full Geo team seems like it'll be quite interesting. Then I'm 100% going to go all in for Yae Miko and if Kazuha ever gets a re-run, I'm going to try to get him as well. Too many characters, not enough primogems!

 

[Polaris_Tae]

Hmm I wonder if they'll release Baizhu as the first character for Dendro. I'm hoping they don't because I need to save primos lol. Definitely getting Albedo (and I already know I'm losing the 50-50) and might get Itto because a full Geo team seems like it'll be quite interesting. Then I'm 100% going to go all in for Yae Miko and if Kazuha ever gets a re-run, I'm going to try to get him as well. Too many characters, not enough primogems!

Yep. Me too. I want to try for C1 baizhu so I might have to skip Itto if Baizhu is so close. I'm also going for Kazuha constellations when he comes back. I want his C2 this time around. That EM buff is too good to pass on! I want Miko, but I'll have to skip her on her initial run. I'm saving for too many characters right now. Ayato, Baizhu, Albedo, Cyno & Yoimiya.

I have guaranteed 4-star pity for Hu Tao's banner, so I just hope that Thoma comes home in the first 10-pull. I'm saving all my rolls for Albedo. I'm on 50-50 again and really don't want to hit my 5tth loss in a row...

 

[Polaris_Tae]

I just accidentaly spent 3 pulls on the character banner and ruined my guaranteed banner 4-star pity ;-;
Thoma, pls come home early.

Meanwhile, I think I'm going to skip Itto's banner after all. I'll just pull for Gorou & Albedo & start saving my Baizhu funds again. I have a feeling that Dendro is finally going to drop soon.

 

[Dragon of the West]

How does this new Labyrinth event have a better storyline than Inazuma's archon quest that only had redeeming moments courtesy of the cutscenes involving Kazuha vs Raiden & Yae Miko popping into the Domain Expansion to get the Traveller back on their toes?

I'm quite enjoying the event as a whole. Excited for the upcoming levels with the higher difficulties though.

 

[MzKittyKath]

 

[Polaris_Tae]

ok, I'm about halfway through my Albedo pre-farming. I'm saving my artifact resin for the new 2.3 dungeon with the new Heailing & DEF sets
Both of the new sets will be good for my account

Though the new healer set will take a lot of grinding to beat my 35K+ HP Maidens/HOD Kokomi pieces. She's a tank ~
I got C4 Amber today, which made her 10x more fun. Only two more copies before I can use her in my Hu Tao team
idk if I want to pull for Itto anymore. I might save for Baizhu and get him during his re-run instead. I'll pull for a few Gorou copies though

How does this new Labyrinth event have a better storyline than Inazuma's archon quest that only had redeeming moments courtesy of the cutscenes involving Kazuha vs Raiden & Yae Miko popping into the Domain Expansion to get the Traveller back on their toes?

I'm quite enjoying the event as a whole. Excited for the upcoming levels with the higher difficulties though.

Labyrinth event >>>> Abyss tbh
I am sick of time based content. Extreme mode dungeons would be a great addition to the game instead.
The storyline to this event is so good. Hopefully their archon quest storyline department can learn how to develop better questlines from now on.
Sumeru is my most anticipated region (bc dendro, the Persian influence + Cyno), so I don't want that to go up in flames too.




ok, 20-ish pulls for Thoma & Sayu. I already have C6 Diona so It'll be more free pulls if I get any copies of her

 

[Dragon of the West]

ok, I'm about halfway through my Albedo pre-farming. I'm saving my artifact resin for the new 2.3 dungeon with the new Heailing & DEF sets

I'm already done farming for Albedo since I'm also waiting for the new dungeon to get artifacts for him but I do have decent Noblesse and Petra pieces for him since I know it'll take me non-stop grinding for two patches to get a good enough set from the new domain.

I got C4 Amber today, which made her 10x more fun. Only two more copies before I can use her in my Hu Tao team

I've been playing the game for over a year and I somehow still only have her at C0 lol

idk if I want to pull for Itto anymore

Yeah I'm considering skipping his banner as well. Mono Geo team won't really be used much beyond that specific patch and I'm also worried that Yae & Baizhu will be released in almost quick succession of each other. Might even get Ayato since I already have Ayaka.

The only thing that'll convince me to go for Itto is if his kit is crazy broken and so far, that doesn't seem to be the case.

Labyrinth event >>>> Abyss tbh
I am sick of time based content. Extreme mode dungeons would be a great addition to the game instead.

Yeah time based content is annoying af. Especially when so many of the bosses have animations that just unnecessarily kill time. Which moron at MHY thought it'd be a good idea to enable those animations during fights that are timed?!?!

ok, 20-ish pulls for Thoma & Sayu. I already have C6 Diona so It'll be more free pulls if I get any copies of her

Hmm, quite an underwhelming banner for me so it looks like I'll skip. I already have Diona at C6, I'll gradually get Thoma cons through rolling on other banners and Sayu just doesn't interest me. I'd love to get Hu Tao but gotta save the primos for upcoming characters.

 

[Polaris_Tae]

I'm already done farming for Albedo since I'm also waiting for the new dungeon to get artifacts for him but I do have decent Noblesse and Petra pieces for him since I know it'll take me non-stop grinding for two patches to get a good enough set from the new domain.

I only need 10 more silver books & 12 boss mats before I'm finished. I would have more books but I spent them levelling Kaeya to 8-8-8 & I've been farming The Inazuma talent domain for Gorou at the same time. Too much to do with such little resin.
My Cecilia collection though... That's been complete for months

I've been playing the game for over a year and I somehow still only have her at C0 lol

I'm just really lucky with Amber cons. My Lisa is still sitting at C0 after over half a year though

Yeah I'm considering skipping his banner as well. Mono Geo team won't really be used much beyond that specific patch and I'm also worried that Yae & Baizhu will be released in almost quick succession of each other. Might even get Ayato since I already have Ayaka.

The only thing that'll convince me to go for Itto is if his kit is crazy broken and so far, that doesn't seem to be the case.

I'm 80% skipping him for now. It looks like he plays similar to Diluc w/ the hit everything until they die playstyle & I'm not super into that. I'm thinking of pulling Ganyu during her re-run instead. I still don't have a cryo DPS despite having Mona at C2. Plus, w/ Ayato & Baizhu just around the corner, I can't risk getting him. Gorou though, I'm definitely pulling for him.

Hmm, quite an underwhelming banner for me so it looks like I'll skip. I already have Diona at C6, I'll gradually get Thoma cons through rolling on other banners and Sayu just doesn't interest me. I'd love to get Hu Tao but gotta save the primos for upcoming characters.

Hu Tao is fun and all, but honestly she only really surpasses other pyro DPS characters at C1. All the infinite dash cancelling paired w/ 4-piece Shimenawa's Reminiscience is the best! When I had her at C0 though... she was so hard to play. Think Keqing stamina issues, but so much worse. Jump cancels are an absolute must and I had no patience for that. Getting C1 Hu Tao meant not getting venti though, so that was pretty depressing....

I'm going to try 20 pulls max for Thoma bc I need him for my Hu Tao team. I'll finally be able to do healerless abyss runs after losing the 50-50 on Zhongli's banner

If I don't get him then I'll just save the rest for Albedo. I've prefarmed all of Thoma's mats & artifacts already. So I'll be able to 8-8-8 him on day-1

Sayu doesn't interest me as much though. I have two built healers and one of them is the 5-star version of her, Jean

 

[Dragon of the West]

My Cecilia collection though... That's been complete for months

I still don't know what you're gonna do with all those Cecilias lol

Gorou though, I'm definitely pulling for him.

I would have considered pulling for Gorou to try him out with Albedo, Zhongli and Ningguang, but I personally don't think I'd wanna use him unless he's at C6 and at that point, I'd probably get Itto earlier than all 7 Gorous.

Hu Tao is fun and all, but honestly she only really surpasses other pyro DPS characters at C1

Yeah my Xiangling already done insane damage and some of her artifacts are still very copium so I don't really need Hu Tao, especially not at C0.

I'm going to try 20 pulls max for Thoma bc I need him for my Hu Tao team. If I don't get him then I'll just save the rest for Albedo. I've prefarmed all of Thoma's mats & artifacts already.

I hope you get a few of him in your multis. Have you played his Hangout event yet?

 

[Polaris_Tae]

I still don't know what you're gonna do with all those Cecilias lol

Save for Venti ofc
Maybe Varka will take Cecilias once Mihoyo lets him out of the dungeon too

I also have 2K Silk flowers. But at least they can be used in the teapot for furnishing

I would have considered pulling for Gorou to try him out with Albedo, Zhongli and Ningguang, but I personally don't think I'd wanna use him unless he's at C6 and at that point, I'd probably get Itto earlier than all 7 Gorous.

Knowing my luck I'll get Itto before I even get a single copy of Gorou. It took me 50 pulls before I could even get a single copy of Sara.
She's still at C0. So virtually unusable.

Yeah my Xiangling already done insane damage and some of her artifacts are still very copium so I don't really need Hu Tao, especially not at C0.

yep, pretty much. My favourite thing about Hu Tao compared to the other pyro characters is that she's relatively easy to farm for. I finally have a use for all my HP artifacts

At C1 she can use the 4-piece Shimenawa set with minimal issues, while some of her best sets are 2-piece CW w/ another 2-piece. I was able to easily get 60% CR / 230% Crit Dmg on her with a 4-piece SR set when I was farming the Emblem domain for Thoma. Like the 4-piece CW is good too, but she can't get all the stacks built up and SR let's her do more damage through her Charge Attacks, though at the sacrifice of the elemental dmg bonuses.

I'm building Xiangling up right now, but she's only at about a third of my Hu Tao's personal damage. I need to invest in her talents more
I'm seriously considering running a HP sands on her bc of how low her HP is. How is 8K HP at level 80 even sustainable at this point...
She keeps getting one-shot by the Maguu Kenki

I hope you get a few of him in your multis. Have you played his Hangout event yet?

I hope I get him early
yep, I finished them all. I liked the ones with the doggos the most