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This is an online game, but the world exploration and gameplay is mostly like any other offline singleplayer open world RPG, at least at the beginning. You'll see. :) Later on something like a resin system, daily commissions, coo-op or special events will come into play, which I guess is typical for online games.
Yes, the character wishes refer to the gacha system. At a certain point in the story, maybe a couple hours into the game, the gacha opens up to you. You can pretty much ignore it, or do your first wishes if you want to, preferably on the beginner banner. You should have 10 free wishes in your account.
I don't know how that compares to Fire Emblem as I have never played that or any other gacha.
so are these limited banners open from the start for beginners? I'd assume not and it's actually once the whole game opens up.
I have been seeing a lot of mention about the resin system, are resins required to actually progress through story content? or are they used to access endgame content?
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Limited banners are open to you right from the start, but first you should focus on the beginner banner as it is on sale and you are guaranteed at least 2 characters from it.
Nah, the story and world exploration is not hampered by resin in any way. You can play that as much and long as you want all day.
Your daily amount of resin is used to earn more mora (the game's money), to earn more experience books (to level up characters) and to obtain loot after a bosses. Most don't like the resin system, because it has you on a bit of a tight leash and lets you level up your character only so much every day. They don't want you to max out your new character in a day. ;)
They are used to farm for materials like experience books, mora, talent books, artifacts, weapon materials, boss materials. There are some advices you'll hear like don't farm artifacts until AR45 and such (and in my experience you'll be using resin for exp books and mora less and less as time goes on)- but for the most part resin is more for building your characters rather than gating content.
So is Sara but not everybody gets lucky to pull 6 copies especially if you dont spend money on the game.
one really big thing that I never did at the beginning and wish I did so bad: mark shit you wanna go back to (anemoculi, shrines, flowers, whatever) on the map and label them. I wasted so much time and felt like I was going to go insane trying to find things again sometimes lmao
edit: another good thing about doing this from the beginning means you won't have to follow guides and maps to find things, and you can explore more organically at your own pace
Yea definitely seconding this. You're going to be spending a lot of time gathering resources for leveling, and marking where everything is will save you tons of time. And even things like flowers are a level resource.
The prospect of mono geo is quite exciting to me. We've been building overpowered vape/melt/freeze teams for the past 12 months so it's nice to think that I'll have another (hopefully) viable team composition to try. Hopefully they nail Gorou being a dedicated geo support and we see them refine it overtime with other elements as it's probably going to be the only thing that weens people off Bennet and Xingqui.
No, that's not what I mean. I mean that she's not as efficient as Hu Tao in the current Abyss. Ayaka is extremely strong and definitely viable, but I don't think she's as easy to build for as Hu Tao, given Hu Tao really only needs Xingqiu. Ayaka needs a team built around funneling energy towards her.
I have 36* cleared with both, I just found the Hu Tao + Xingqiu combination easier to clear than my Ayaka comp (Ayaka comp is Diona / Zhongli / Albedo / Ayaka - I'm using PJC so I don't need extra Crit from Freeze). The differences time-wise are within 5-10 seconds of one another. What I found is that I was often worried about not having enough energy to Ult with Ayaka, whereas I didn't have this issue with Hu Tao.
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An all geo team, and certain characters only shining in there, will just not be feasable for most players.
Sucks I'll have to skip Albedo again to have Itto guaranteed afterwards. :/
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Sucks I'll have to skip Albedo again to have Itto guaranteed afterwards. :/
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I mean, he is at C0 as well. If you need a shield then you can use him.
And as pointed above Sara can be used universally as well, she doesn't actually become specific to her element until C6. The reason she feels lacking is because other characters like Bennett and Diona do more than just the one thing and her mechanics are awkward to use, rather than because she was designed to support specific characters.
IMO based on leaks Gorou looks like what Sara should've been, where while he is basically locked to certain team setups, he will do a LOT within those teams.
Figured he was more single target focused. But yeah, Hu Tao steals Xingqiu anyway.
That's obviously the very narrow niche they designed him for. And yes, I can confirm that once you stack a crap ton of energy recharge on him, he can function in that capacity.
My Hu Tao can hit for 110K charge attacks now if I use Shimenawa. That would be even higher if I had Kazuha. Of course, you could always do this before if you're good enough to play without a shield. I just wish Thoma had some utility outside of just the shield. But you don't get that until C6.
Sara C6 isn't universally useful. Her C6 is only good for electro characters. Very clearly designed to work with Raiden. That 6 second window is really only long enough for 1 big burst because it doens't snapshot. So Beidou isn't ideal. Keqing maybe if you use electro Keqing. And rumors are that Yae is going to be a bonkers electro DPS, so she could be good there too.
Yes. Indeed he is. But Mihoyo's strategy of gimping <C6 supports is a pretty dirty move and I don't really want to support that by spending money to get it.
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I think the ones you thought are QiQi and Kokomi are actually Windspirit Venti and Dvalin. ;)
Oh, that old thing?
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That's fair. Ayaka does need proper energy management. However you're comparing a pretty much meta Hu Tao setup (Hu Tao Vape) to an unorthodox Ayaka setup (not Ayaka Freeze). Which, I dunno, may or may not affect her performance? You see, Zhongli and Albedo both have RNG-based energy generation. 50% chance to produce particles each hit. I feel, when you're not lucky this is the potential reason why sometimes you're just off from reaching enough energy for her. I mean, Ayaka Freeze typically utilized anemo units which are one of the better particle contributors for the team (which should help smoothing rotation on top off using dedicated cyro battery). But I guess, this is what you meant by saying she needs a team built around her.
I think the ones you thought are QiQi and Kokomi are actually Windspirit Venti and Dvalin. ;)
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I'm working as a character artist for video games for some time now, lol, and never bothered or forgot to be verified, but recently a discussion in another topic reminded me again of it.
Oh yeah, one is definitely Dvalin, Venti makes sense too.
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Ayaka/XQ/Venti/Diona is always one half of my abyss teams. I also don't have Mona.
Jade cutter will surely put you over 100% CR and is kind of a waste of stats, but oh well if you don't have missplitter you might as well go with it.
Yeah, overall he's quite underwhelming and he seems to fill a similar niche position as Rosaria except, arguably, less effective than her at his niche. At least he has some uses unlike... well, you know... a certain other pyro shielder.
Yep
Again, I am not saying that one is better than the other. They are both extremely strong right now. My teams are basically Raiden National on one side (I use C6 Sara instead of Xingqiu because the damage bonus is insane and Raiden is my hypercarry at C3). And Geobros flex (Zhongli + Albedo + Flex + Flex) on the other side.
Realistically though, I think if I had to define my teams it would basically be Bennett Flex (Bennett + Xiangling + Flex + Flex) and Geobros Flex (Zhongli + Albedo + Flex + Flex).
Remember that you can convert different elemental gems for character ascension with alchemy. You probably don't need to farm two different bosses unless you are in a rush.
Technically you don't but it's gonna take some rng to get the right element and more Primo Geovisap battles than you need.
… if you value resin more than time, just wait for him to be red.
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What weapon do you have on Ayaka btw?
I have her on R5 Amenoma Kageuchi and she's an ult machine
If anything, despite the current blessing and Hu Tao being the banner character I think this Abyss favors Ayaka. Unless you're so strong you can bulldoze each enemy in seconds (as Hu Tao is apt to do but comparatively), this abyss favors AOE damage. Someone posted the graph for single target and AOE dps check per each patch Abyss and the single target check was a substantial increase this time but the AOE check actually went down.
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The problem with this is that it assumes you can always get good grouping. Raiden gets to ignore grouping because you control her AoE and can effectively move her Ult around, but Ayaka's is a single direction and if the enemies move or don't clump together in the right direction (which you can't really control due to enemy weight on Floor 12), then you lose a lot of time (and damage) waiting for Ayaka's cooldown.If anything, despite the current blessing and Hu Tao being the banner character I think this Abyss favors Ayaka. Unless you're so strong you can bulldoze each enemy in seconds (as Hu Tao is apt to do but comparatively), this abyss favors AOE damage. Someone posted the graph for single target and AOE dps check per each patch Abyss and the single target check was a substantial increase this time but the AOE check actually went down.
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Hu Tao's skill basically an Ult that works primarily on single-target, which makes it great for this particular Abyss, where it's hard to clump enemies together. Even more helpful in that she's highly mobile due to the nature of her charged attacks. That said, Hu Tao is still harder to play than Ayaka, so there's always that as a consideration as well.
I mentioned before, but I use PJC. I do not generally have energy issues, but there are times where it becomes a problem, particularly if Diona's Sac Bow doesn't proc. I like being able to use Ayaka as a standalone unit, and with PJC she can definitely do that. Her other weapons, even Mistsplitter, aren't significantly farther ahead, and she's rather unique in that she can easily get to 100% Crit Rate with PJC.
One other thing - I do like to consider the power level of single units as a single unit. Yes, I'm aware teams are a big consideration for the game, but the reality is that oftentimes players will only be getting single units and that will be the only power unit they have due to pulling. I think it's important to look at units as microcosms before considering them in teams. To that point, both Ayaka and Hu Tao are fantastic. I think a lot of other 5* units have issues being "complete" without other units to boost them. In my opinion, Ganyu, Ayaka, Hu Tao, Venti, and Zhongli (Raiden is also in this list if she's at C2/C3) are the most agnostic units when it comes to their power. Basically, they can work by themselves or with others, but you are not losing power if you pull for them, whereas most other 5* come with significant caveats to their relative power level without unit X or Team Y.
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Enemies don't move when they are frozen though. Freeze Ayaka absolutely destroys 12-3.
That's why I think comparing vape Hu Tao with non-freeze Ayaka disingenuous, even if PJC makes up for the CR. Freezing is a huge portion of grouping (Venti can suck them frozen mobs) and making sure her Ult hits from start to finish.
This assumes that they clump together naturally. If they don't clump, it doesn't matter if you can freeze them or not. Venti's Ult cannot pull the enemies on 12-3-3, as far as I'm aware.
Crimson Witch is still her BiS - if you have better substats on SR, then switch to it, but otherwise don't switch.
Huh I honestly thought it did pull them a little when they were frozen. But maybe you are right and I just got lucky with grouping then.. i almost want to do an abyss run to test it, but I'm too lazy to do it now. Does anyone know one way or the other?
But still, regardless of Venti grouping or not, freezing guarantees you won't miss her Ult if enemies move like you said before.
Got my 36* on the Abyss today, didn't have time to do it earlier. The Hydro cube is the most annoying thing in this rotation. Makes me want to crown Raiden's burst so it's even more of a delete button against this type of stalling clownery.
100 wishes so far. Albedo could do me a solid and come early + be my first 50/50 win ever. Not counting on it though. I should explore the rest of Watatsumi and Tsurumi soon.
100 wishes so far. Albedo could do me a solid and come early + be my first 50/50 win ever. Not counting on it though. I should explore the rest of Watatsumi and Tsurumi soon.
Here's a video
You can see Venti's Ult doesn't pull any of the enemies on 12-3-3
Freezing might change it, I don't know, but I strongly doubt freezing them reduces their weight and allows them to be pulled.
Freezing guarantees the Ult won't miss if you're keeping up hydro application, but it's relatively rare for it to miss when it's already hitting an enemy regardless. If it hits the enemy already, then it's not an issue, whether they are frozen or not, in almost all cases in my experience. It's when the Ult doesn't move in the direction you want, or enemies teleport out of it during the move's start up (which can happen even if they're frozen due the animation's length).
Spend months farming emblem of fate for 3 characters. Get a decent shimenawa set in the process. My set just now got better than my old 2CW/2WT set. I still don't love shimenawa, but for charge attacks it out damages even a 4CW set. You do less bursts though, and they won't hit as hard because shimemawa doesn't have any bonuses that affect your burst damage.
Also triple crown her.
Then give her Thoma, Xingqiu, and Kazuha/Sucrose.
Here's a showcase of a mid-investment Hu Tao. The Xingqiu in this video is fairly stacked, but the rest look like mid-investment level characters as well. The player does have C1 but is using jump cancels instead, simply to show the effectiveness of jump cancels.
I did learn some things about how the grouping of the enemies in 12-3-3 works, so helpful if you're having trouble there too.
I did learn some things about how the grouping of the enemies in 12-3-3 works, so helpful if you're having trouble there too.
When you say decent set.... What are we talking here? What stats on artifacts would you consider decent? I ask because I have great stats on my artifacts with her and don't come anywhere near 100k charge attacks. My talents are 7, 8 and 7 though.
Get those to 9/9/9 asap. It will improve her damage massively.
Talents and a level 90 character / weapon are the fastest way to improve DPS output, and are guaranteed as opposed to artifact gacha.
Well I've got her at level 80/90 with a level 90 Homa so I'm getting there.
Does the energy recharge stat just affect how much energy the character with the stat gains? Or does it affect how much any character would gain from a particle created by the person with the stat?
For example if I've got 175% on Diona, would Ayaka gain more energy from particles created by Diona that Ayaka picks up, or it doesn't make a difference?
For example if I've got 175% on Diona, would Ayaka gain more energy from particles created by Diona that Ayaka picks up, or it doesn't make a difference?
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