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Genshin Impact |OT| 4.0 (Fontaine) - Je m'appelle "la baleine"

BlackM1st

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You can stop at c2

Get the weapon

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SSfox

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2.3 first half banners. I guess the 4*s are the same across either of the reruns.

I'm torn on trying for Eula's weapon. I have a lot of primos from not spending in 2.2, but I wonder exactly how much of an upgrade it is over Skyward Blade. Maybe I'll just go for a constellation or two on Eula instead.
Great, i don't have Rosaria and i'm interested in Noelle and Bennet constellations, specially the latter.
 

Fake

Member
Just wish a better sword for the traveler. 5* stars atk+atk, but if I remember right the base was shield focused.
 

Pejo

Member
You can stop at c2 if your not there already. Get the weapon if you like the look or have extra pulls. (Honestly the other great swords are just as good but broken pine works with her mechs and fits her look).
Yea I'm sure somebody will do the math. If it's not like a 25% or higher upgrade, I'll probably just roll for a constellation. My next is guaranteed on-banner, so that's good at least.



I cri evrytiem
 

YukiOnna

Member
Initial patch notes time
New domain, recipes, achievements, furnishings, and QOL updates.
 

Pejo

Member
Initial patch notes time
New domain, recipes, achievements, furnishings, and QOL updates.
Neat, we can lock artifacts from the rewards acquisition screen finally. Also new Sara idle animation. Other than that...

Tired Sweet Dreams GIF by Simian Reflux
 

YukiOnna

Member
Neat, we can lock artifacts from the rewards acquisition screen finally. Also new Sara idle animation. Other than that...

Tired Sweet Dreams GIF by Simian Reflux
Yea everything else major we know, maybe some interesting stuff in the full patch notes but prob not. All that matters to me personally is... Eula soon!

and new Seirai Domain for the lore ofc.
 

YukiOnna

Member
Shenhe isn't previewing on my end, so here:

Shenhe comes from a branch family of a clan of exorcists. Due to certain reasons, Cloud Retainer took her in as a disciple.

To Shenhe, Cloud Retainer is a knowledgeable and chatty master.

To Cloud Retainer, Shenhe stands out as special from amongst the mortals she has instructed.

Living with adepti as a human is by no means an easy task, but Shenhe has a unique constitution, an immensely strong will, and a great talent for adepti arts, all of which have won her the acknowledgment of the adepti. However, the long years of cultivation, coupled with the habit of eating divine herbs and drinking the dew of the mountains, have made her more and more distant from earthly life, and she has even been regarded as a mysterious white-haired adeptus.

The occasional sharpness in her personality and the red ropes adorning her body add to her "mystery". If her past were to be written as a story, there would be multiple versions for sure.

Be it an immortal or a white-haired witch, how will people view this mysterious lady? Her secrets and feelings are as difficult to capture as the drifting clouds in the mountains.
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Fuz

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Interesting weapon choice for display...

So we'll have yet another fire spear?

EDIT: Nope, she's apparently geo.
 
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Is that a pyro spear? For a geo char?
Yeah, that's a headscratcher for sure. A geo character with a hydro/pyro weapon and EM substat. Maybe Yun Jin focuses on those crystallize shields? That sounds like a pretty hard sell. The weapon in the art doesn't necessarily have to mean anything though.

Shenhe looks good, but cryo is severely over represented in the game already, so that's a bit disappointing. I'm assuming she'll be a phys DPS character, which might be something I'm interested in.

Guess we'll just have to wait for some leaks with info on their kits. Hard to judge them now.
 

Pejo

Member
Fuck. I was hoping Shenhe got switched to catalyst. If the rumors of her kit is true, so long any reason to use Rosaria.

MHY's team in charge of elemental/weapon type coverage are morons.

Also Yun Jin now a Geo spear? Why are we drowning in spears now? She was supposed to be anemo Bow.

Extreme disappointment all around.
 

BlackM1st

Banned
Extreme disappointment all around.
So.Many.Skips.

So that 5☆ is not the bird. She's her favorite friend/student. Pass.

Besides I don't have Homa lmao so every spear user is almost a 99% pass for me.

In the hindsight my RAIDEN C3 was a pretty fucking good "investment".

Still almost no primogems left, but MiHo is doing everything they can to help me with savings.
 

Fake

Member
Fuck. I was hoping Shenhe got switched to catalyst. If the rumors of her kit is true, so long any reason to use Rosaria.

MHY's team in charge of elemental/weapon type coverage are morons.

Also Yun Jin now a Geo spear? Why are we drowning in spears now? She was supposed to be anemo Bow.

Extreme disappointment all around.

Agree. She would looks better as a catalyst imo and Geo catalyst is really a curious thing as much I hate geo element.
 

Pejo

Member
So.Many.Skips.

So that 5☆ is not the bird. She's her favorite friend/student. Pass.

Besides I don't have Homa lmao so every spear user is almost a 99% pass for me.

In the hindsight my RAIDEN C3 was a pretty fucking good "investment".

Still almost no primogems left, but MiHo is doing everything they can to help me with savings.
Deathmatch is a very good universal spear for most characters, and it's pretty accessible unless you're strict F2P. I plan on R5ing mine in the next few months now that I'm done with R5 Black Sword just because of the overflow of spear characters. I'll wait and see on Shenhe, but I really hope she's not another physical spear character with pulsing AoE ground cryo application, which was her original leaked kit. It literally overwrites Rosaria because it also has some sort of effect in addition to cryo application.
Good design pattern. Cryo supremacy. (plz other elements)

Yea the designs are some of the best in the game, but they need to get a little more creative with the kits. I love Shenhe's visual update with the new hairstyle and the hip windows.
Agree. She would looks better as a catalyst imo and Geo catalyst is really a curious thing as much I hate geo element.
I'm waiting for the first non-Klee catalyst to actually be worth a damn using full time instead of swapping in and out. Ning's probably the next best one but it's hard to main Geo. Maybe Gorou will help but I refuse to use or pull for him so...

Shenhe as a Cryo damage focus Catalyst could have been a fun little niche.
Isn't that a good thing? Cloud Retainer is insufferable. Not that I'm convinced it's not CR incognito though.
They've been purposefully ambiguous with the whole Cloud Retainer/Shenhe thing, but it's looking more and more like it's not her. We'll know for sure when 2.4 beta hits and voice lines are leaked.
 

Fake

Member
I'm waiting for the first non-Klee catalyst to actually be worth a damn using full time instead of swapping in and out. Ning's probably the next best one but it's hard to main Geo. Maybe Gorou will help but I refuse to use or pull for him so...

Shenhe as a Cryo damage focus Catalyst could have been a fun little niche.

What about that little girl that appear in Klee/Qiqi artworks sometimes? Is dendro catalyst?
 

Pejo

Member
What about that little girl that appear in Klee/Qiqi artworks sometimes? Is dendro catalyst?
Yaoyao might be a catalyst, but I find it hard to believe that she'll be 5* or that she'll be on-field carry. Dendro at its current implementation is more likely to be a support/healing element, but I guess we'll see when they finally give us chasm.
 

YukiOnna

Member
Yea the designs are some of the best in the game, but they need to get a little more creative with the kits. I love Shenhe's visual update with the new hairstyle and the hip windows.
They're going to push me in a full Cryo team at this rate and the amount of polearm users is sad. Top tier design for them though (and Pyro)
 

Fake

Member
Yaoyao might be a catalyst, but I find it hard to believe that she'll be 5* or that she'll be on-field carry. Dendro at its current implementation is more likely to be a support/healing element, but I guess we'll see when they finally give us chasm.

Hum... I guess those big Genshin Impact updates will come next year. I was hoping to back to the game when Ayaka brother come in.
 

Pejo

Member
They're going to push me in a full Cryo team at this rate and the amount of polearm users is sad. Top tier design for them though (and Pyro)
I do wonder if they'll ever give a 4 pc resonance effect for like "maining" an element, once there are more characters and role coverages out there. Seems counter productive to the reaction system, but they've basically done it with Geo, so who knows.
 

YukiOnna

Member
I do wonder if they'll ever give a 4 pc resonance effect for like "maining" an element, once there are more characters and role coverages out there. Seems counter productive to the reaction system, but they've basically done it with Geo, so who knows.
Maybe not the same bonus as when you do reactions, but enough that makes it perfectly viable would be cool. I wouldn't mind then because it's better than replacing a character you spent time raising with new one.
 

Pejo

Member
Maybe not the same bonus as when you do reactions, but enough that makes it perfectly viable would be cool. I wouldn't mind then because it's better than replacing a character you spent time raising with new one.
I think you finally made me realize why Shenhe bothers me so much. I put a LOT of time and effort into building Rosaria, only to have all that time basically shat on. Seems like they also target a lot of characters that I actually enjoy for this treatment. Sara, Amber, and now Rosaria are all pretty bad and I still get stuck trying to use them because I like the characters.

Then again, everybody thought Ganyu was going to be Cryo Amber, and a lot of people were expecting Yoimiya to replace Amber's niche, and both of those ended up not being the case. I guess I just need to be patient and see how this shakes out.
 

YukiOnna

Member
I think you finally made me realize why Shenhe bothers me so much. I put a LOT of time and effort into building Rosaria, only to have all that time basically shat on. Seems like they also target a lot of characters that I actually enjoy for this treatment. Sara, Amber, and now Rosaria are all pretty bad and I still get stuck trying to use them because I like the characters.

Then again, everybody thought Ganyu was going to be Cryo Amber, and a lot of people were expecting Yoimiya to replace Amber's niche, and both of those ended up not being the case. I guess I just need to be patient and see how this shakes out.
Yeah it sucks when they fuck up a 5 star in an element or role that could really use a good one, or just release more powerful 4 star when you can do so much more with their kit as we've seen with some characters. But character attachment comes into play and even if it's a massive pain I don't want to switch them out when you invested so much at that point (still waiting on Kokomi even for the new set).

Hopefully Shenhe ends up playing different or fulfills another niche in actual gameplay. But they've done many polearm users now.
 

Saber

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Interesting weapon choice for display...

So we'll have yet another fire spear?

EDIT: Nope, she's apparently geo.

I love her the design...but christ, why the fuck is geo?
Also, isn't that lance Bane of whatever who increases damage against pyro affect units? Does that make any sense?
 

Pejo

Member
I find the idea of her being our secret admirer is hilarious tbh Plus, Gods > Mortals.


Eh.


Still waiting for the damn 5☆ Bennett alternative...
We will never ever get another Benny. The (y) is just too strong. It's just a shame that we got such shitty over-corrections because of him and Waterboi so that we ended up with walking disaster kits like Kokomi and Sara.
 
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