Conversations over a cup of coffee II : Warframe

Ergo picked up the dirty dishes and loaded them in the dishwasher. A few button presses and the machine turned on with a soft purr.

Conversations over a cup of coffee I : Warframe

“Frohd called for a no confidence vote.”

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!

Tennotober 2022 : Warframe

Another year, another Tennotober. Decided to make a post with all the drawings I did this year. Bit of a shame I did not do a post for 2021, but then again, I could make a separate post, so what if it's almost the end of 2022!

Covid and Russia's invasion of Ukraine has sort of blended the past three years into one big porridge, so time seems irrelevant. I thought this year was particularly dreary and depressive, but truth be told, this is the first proper post-Covid year so simply I haven't had the opportunity to work-from-home as much, which means I can't procrastinate by drawing while I'm working. Last year was productive work wise exactly because I did not have that much to do at work.

This year I re-started studies in university, so now I have two obligations - work and PhD studies, so that just adds up to my low energy issues. Doesn't mean I didn't get to draw at all! I wasn't particularly productive this Tennotober, but at the same time - last year burnt me out pretty bad. I have barely picked up a pen and paper this year, even though I usually love traditional art. Anyways, less complaining, more Tennotober.

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!