The Land of Wisdom : Genshin Impact

Last time I wrote about Genshin was in August... during the summer event. Well, several months have passed, Sumeru is out and the Archon quest has concluded!

I will do a short and sweet retrospective post to put down all my thoughts about the new region.

In short - I loved it! Truly, after the many disappointments of Inazuma, Hoyoverse put on their big boy pants and delivered a one-of-a-kind experience. Spoilers under cut!

Summertime Odyssey : Genshin Impact

New update means new characters - I risked "just a tenpull" and thankfully got Heizou without ruining my pity. I already have Kazuha, Klee and Yoimiya, so right now I am saving my primmies and my guaranteed to get Tighnari when Sumeru comes out.

I also got Diluc's skin! Gamed the system by using a 2x crystal boost and only spent 15 euros on his costume. I would spend full price too, even though Genshin is a gacha, when it comes to f2p games I think costumes being a premium thing is not too bad - especially when those are full costumes with extra animations and such. Different than paying 30 dollars for a hat, for example.

The new update also came with several events and Kazuha's story quest - I will focus on the Summertime Odyssey quest and Kazuha's character quest in this post, with a little addendum about Diluc at the end!

Geronimo! : Genshin Impact

This achievement eluded me for a long time and I finally got it! With Itto, who sacrificed like 50% of his HP to pull off the winning stunt. :D

I am back to the character building grind, well, now I am putting effort into it. I am very close to triple-crowning Ayaka! My next goal is to triple-crown Yae, then get both Kokomi and Yelan to 9/9/9 and also upgrade Kokomi's weapon to lvl 90. In-between that I am raising Qiqi and Mona. Sometimes it's hard to stick to one character because of resin limits and the way the talent domains rotate, but I am trying to stick to one goal at a time. If only to give myself a purpose in the game.

I will also need to artifact hunt... let's hope I don't get distracted by yet another new character! I am always lacking fodder for upgrading existing artifacts. AND artifact grind is the true endgame challenge for anyone playing Genshin.

I really like how sassy Yelan is. I guess that's just my type, the same way I really like Yae Miko, even if she's a bit of a mischievous bully at times.

Yaksha : Genshin Impact

I took a break from Genshin Impact during May,  so when the new update rolled out, I jumped back in!

I got really lucky both on my main account and on my side account... Got Keqing AND Yelan on main with about ~30 pulls overall. Now I have every standard banner 5-star character and I have Yelan. I am glad I got her on main - she is fun to use and synergizes well with my other units. Also she's a cool character and very beautiful. :P

I got Yelan and Diluc on my side account, which means I got a guarantee on next banner, but I am a bit burnt out on grinding my side account - I am terribly behind in content but I kinda don't want to do it anyways. At least I have good units sitting and waiting for me if I ever feel like going back and returning to the grind. 

That said - the update came with a new Archon quest so I will be talking about that and Yelan's story quest!

Into the Chasm : Genshin Impact

 "I'm bored, what do I do?" I ask myself and then explore the Chasm for several hours.

Venti walks the tightrope

For the sake of unlocking the map, I did the Chasm world quest so I have all the areas unlocked~ Later I will delve deeper into the story of Katarina and the weird mushroom. I do know Katarina's story since my friend showed it but I am still excited to explore for myself. 😊

Love is stored in Ayaka : Genshin Impact

Ayaka's rerun is finally here and I won the coinflip! Feeling very blessed that I won the 50/50 on two banners in a row. A rare case of luck...

Ayaka is one character I've wanted for a long time, now I can comfortably work on building all the existing characters I have. Perhaps finally build a "meta" team for the Spiral Abyss so I can fully complete it.

Or just build some of the less loved characters, like Klee, who I got semi-accidentally. I've recently grown to like catalyst users so now I have a whole list of catalysts I need to upgrade and ascend. The grind never stops.

Despite it all, one problem remains, and that is the weapon banner. I hate it, I swear I won't pull on it, yet I still do. I guess that's the gambler's mindset? Hoyoverse really had to troll us by putting the Unforged next to the Mistsplitter Reforged... Of course I got the damn claymore, which I also got in previous banners, so now it's at a whopping R3. :') I think last time I suffered with that weapon was for the Engulfing Lightning, needless to say getting two claymores in a row put me off the banner. Maybe this time I will get the sword on my second pity? Pretty please, Hoyo??? (Narrator voice: she is in deep denial.)

Irodori festival : Genshin Impact

I finally put on my big girl pants and got to the bottom of the abyss! And re-did the lower floors to 100% the achievements and get the namecard. Truth be told I cannot 36 star the entire Abyss but getting to the bottom is all that I need. Despite it being a good source of primogems I don't play it too often. Maybe I need to build a simple meta team to cheese it. 🤔

The teapot is in maintenance mode but that won't stop me from slowly crawling towards rank 40 of the Sakura tree, two more and I will get my Inazuma scene. I saw some absolutely gorgeous screenshots done by other users, perhaps I should become a "teapot main" soon and build a nice sanctuary for Raiden Ei, Yae Miko and Ayaka and Thoma. Sorry, Ayato was not meant to come home on EU so it's just one sibling (for now?)~

In other news, the Irodori festival has come and I have caught up with the story and events so I will talk about them!

Venti main btw : Genshin Impact

Ayato's release came with the rerun of Venti, whom I had already gotten in his previous rerun, with a c1 constellation no less. Poor guy had been sitting at 3-4-6 skills and with sub-optimal artifacts all this time. I decided to give him some love.

The Bard of Mondstadt

When I first got him, I enjoyed Venti immensely, but he soon got replaced by Kazuha. I'd say both of them are the best Anemo support characters one can have so which one you choose depends on aesthetic and whoever has the better weapon - then again, f2p players can craft the Iron String, whereas a Stringless is harder to come by, unless you got the Windblume Ode in an event. Also Venti is easier to build for newcomers, as all of his materials come from Mondstadt. Real talk - getting an Inazuma character as a newbie is tough, you can't really do anything with them.

Families and Curses : Genshin Impact

A new update has graced Genshin Impact, which means that the eternal grind loop comes to a halt and I can explore new places and play new quests! I am still waiting for Angels of Zariman on the Warframe end and lost a bit of steam in regards to Guild Wars 2... so I guess this is my own eternal loop of playing different games. 😅

Right now there is a photo event on so I'm allowing myself to have some fun with action shots.

I also played Ayato's story quest and the new Archon quest, so spoilers below!

Small updates : Genshin Impact

This was a lousy week but gacha was good to me and gave me a nice surprise! Now Xiao looks pretty holding a polearm that actually matches his aesthetic.

Friend wanted to test Shenhe's support abilities so DPS Qiqi could show off, it was quite fun!

Is this the dream team? : Genshin Impact

The other day RNG blessed me with Fischl and now I have what I think is a solid team. As much as Albedo helped me along the way, I just know Fish and and Yanfei will create a really tough team! Unfortunately now I'm stuck with two characters that share ascension materials...

Kaeya is surprisingly reliable, probably because it's hard to get a cryo DPS without going the premium way, I know I waited a long time on EU to get my hands on Ganyu and she was a life changer!

That said, my next goal on Asia is to get Ayato... Childe is my trusty hydro DPS on EU so I can't abandon him, besides, I really want Ayaka too so that's my plan for getting two birds with one stone, albeit on different servers. The sole reason I started an alt in the first place was to follow my friend's example who pulls for different characters on different servers in the f2p way, granted she is way more of a diligent explorer and grinder than me but still.

Once I catch up with the main quest I can do side stuff at my leisure. Another thing is to get enough materials for ascension at lvl 70 so I can do the world ascension quest and get to AR 45. I sat on 35 and 45 a long time on EU so on Asia it will probably be even longer, since I'm slower with exploring and dailies there. 😅 All in due time, though.

I have other games to play too, really need to get back into GW2, but my plan to catch up before the expansion pack drop kinda failed anyways... Six days and I'm not really anywhere, just messing around with my new engineer. Oh well, the game isn't going anywhere on launch day.

As a side note - the dynamic of these two always brings a smile to my face!

Catching up : Genshin Impact

 

I spent this weekend catching up on different content both on my main account and my alt account. Mostly quests and exploration~

Eternity : Genshin Impact

I finished the second chapter of Raiden Ei's story quest and let me tell you - it gave me feels!

Deeper discussion under the cut, mind the spoilers!

Baby Tanuki : Genshin Impact

 

I really enjoy the non-combat events Mihoyo/Hoyoverse throws at us!

Baby, baby boy~

Beetles for an Oni : Genshin Impact

Thought it would be appropriate to post some of my current thoughts about Genshin Impact.

Recently caught up with the new event, which also made me play through Albedo's story quest. I'm a bit of a sinner in that I am AR56 and have played for almost a year but haven't finished all the available stories... I still have Mona's, Eula's and maybe some more left to play. I am also slacking on the hangouts, only explored Diona's a bit. Let's just say I've become so ADHD I struggle to sit through an hour of dialogue and text. A bit of a shame, but oh well. At least I always have something to do! 😅