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[Pejo]

Some nice QoL coming up this patch:

So we get fast dialogue skip without being forced to watch animations:

Improved map layering and marking points of interest with a different color icon:

Hot swap PC controls between M&KB and Controller. Until this point, if you wanted to switch back and forth, you had to completely quit the game and relaunch with/without the controller plugged in. This one's huge for me.

 

[nvrndr]

Ahhhhh I'm so excited for sandrone.

 

[Dice]

omfg dialogue skip

this has been #1 requested feature for ages

 

[Pejo]

!MONTHLY IMAGINARIUM REMINDER!

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

I see that Sandrone's flowers can already be farmed, so I'm going to do that later today. I also have enough pulls to guarantee Sandrone and still gamble on the weapon banner, but man… pulling for weapons in Genshin feels so bad that I don't even know if it's worth the investment.

 

[Pejo]

I see that Sandrone's flowers can already be farmed, so I'm going to do that later today. I also have enough pulls to guarantee Sandrone and still gamble on the weapon banner, but man… pulling for weapons in Genshin feels so bad that I don't even know if it's worth the investment.

This late in the game, it's almost never worth the investment unless you REALLY like the character or weapon. Though, if I remember, you started late and probably missed a lot of the good 4* free event weapons. Even still, the craftables and the BP weapons are both decent, and there's usually a 4* gacha weapon that's at least usable. Anyways, Genshin is a lot less strict with that stuff to clear all of the endgame modes except Stygian. I'm living proof of that, many of my 4* characters are using level 1 artifacts, even through Imaginarium.

For Sandrone specifically, the craftable 4* Tidal Shadow is a good option because you'll probably be pairing her with either Escoffier or QiQi who both heal.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

This late in the game, it's almost never worth the investment unless you REALLY like the character or weapon. Though, if I remember, you started late and probably missed a lot of the good 4* free event weapons. Even still, the craftables and the BP weapons are both decent, and there's usually a 4* gacha weapon that's at least usable. Anyways, Genshin is a lot less strict with that stuff to clear all of the endgame modes except Stygian. I'm living proof of that, many of my 4* characters are using level 1 artifacts, even through Imaginarium.

For Sandrone specifically, the craftable 4* Tidal Shadow is a good option because you'll probably be pairing her with either Escoffier or QiQi who both heal.

Thanks for the advice, man. Yeah, you're right, I started Genshin in December 2024, so just about a year and a half ago. I'm using 4* weapons on two of my main DPS (Mavuika and Zibai), and I can clear all Abyss floors without too much trouble. Still, I'll have to think things over, because I really like Sandrone, and since she's a DPS I plan to use a lot, I kinda do feel tempted to go for her weapon too. If I don't manage to get it, at least she has solid F2P alternatives.

 

[Pejo]

Whew. That current Imaginarium kicked my ass. Lowest stars I ever got, but at least I got a new Arcana. All of my Geo teams are ass outside of Zubai, whom I luckily saved for the final golem boss. You can really feel how carried even she is by Columbina and Ineffa though. I used her with Kokomi, Linnea, and Shenhe (I was out of options and put a few points into Cryo Crystallize buffs). It wasn't a hard fight, but it took a while. Surprisingly my worst stage was the one with the 20 Hydro animals you have to kill in a few minutes. I only had 4* characters available at that time, and I beat it with only 1 second to spare on the clock.

Let's hope Dendro's back on the menu for July. They always tend to be my easiest ones.

 

[Janfranc58]

So we get fast dialogue skip without being forced to watch animations:

Still no skip button.

Half assed crap, as usual.

omfg dialogue skip

this has been #1 requested feature for ages

Not a skip button, read better.
I'm so pissed.

 

[Dice]

Still no skip button.

Half assed crap, as usual.


Not a skip button, read better.
I'm so pissed.

It is literally dialogue skip. It isn't whole scene skip like HSR and ZZZ but it is still a massive improvement.

 

[Pejo]

Looks like Sandrone and Columbina will be playing DnD with Chlorinde and Navia and the gang.

Spoiler

 

[Pejo]

I was re-watching the Snez PV and I just had a thought...

What if Tsaritsa's husband/the father of her kid was the 3rd Descender...

Then, if she's collecting the Gnosis pieces, it's not just collecting them for a power play vs. Celestia, but she's literally collecting her husband's remains, since they're made of his bones or whatever.

 

[SSfox]

What do you'll think of my goat Varka

Spoiler

 

[Pejo]

Man they went all out with Sandrone's animation budget.

 

[InterMusketeer]

Whew. That current Imaginarium kicked my ass.

Really? This one was pretty easy. Pyro and Cryo means endless melt teams. I blasted through with Klee/Nicole and Mavuika/Citlali.

 

[Pejo]

Really? This one was pretty easy. Pyro and Cryo means endless melt teams. I blasted through with Klee/Nicole and Mavuika/Citlali.

I had some really rotten luck with character selections in the middle stages, and saved my Mav/Citlali for the Maguu and one of the tarot card stages. Must be the luck of the draw because I had to restart more than 1 stage just to win. Even had to rewind for the first time ever in an Imaginarium run.

 

[Dice]

After immense deliberation… I got Lohen and his weapon. This is using what was going to be my investment into Sandrone. I just can't resist the fact Lohen plays nice with like 85% of the characters I have developed already. I have his 1st-4th string lineups all prepared for him. Sandrone, as lovable as she is, is only half-optimized for 2 characters I have developed and I only have 2 others for her completely unbuilt and at low constellations. Getting her would be a trap for getting consecutive characters to actually use her well. I will spend all the free pulls they give me on her and see if the game is generous but that's it. I may not stand up well to shill content but we'll see.

 

[InterMusketeer]

I will spend all the free pulls they give me on her and see if the game is generous but that's it.

Might be better to keep your primos saved for Odette (likely the Stellar support in 7.0) and the eventual male Superconduct DPS coming in Snezh.

 

[nvrndr]

Can't wait for more Odette leaks to see how much she's an improvement over the current team. I've got around 130k primos so if I have to vertically invest in Sandrone BiS team, I will do just that. I'm seeing people go back and forth on what her current "best" is so hopefully later today we'll have actual numbers. I keep seeing Yae/Nicole/Qiqi and Yae/Escoffier/Qiqi and it coming down to which is the better support.

 

[Pejo]

Yae/Escoffier/Qiqi

This is what I plan to try at first, since I don't use Yae or QiQi in any other team currently. I'm hoping Odette will take the place of Escoffier in the future.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Can't wait for more Odette leaks to see how much she's an improvement over the current team. I've got around 130k primos so if I have to vertically invest in Sandrone BiS team, I will do just that. I'm seeing people go back and forth on what her current "best" is so hopefully later today we'll have actual numbers. I keep seeing Yae/Nicole/Qiqi and Yae/Escoffier/Qiqi and it coming down to which is the better support.

Holy! How long have you been saving primos, my man!?

 

[Pejo]

Goodbye Prototype Rancor
Goodbye Dull Blade

We OFFICIAL now.

 

[jonnyXx]

Goodbye Prototype Rancor
Goodbye Dull Blade

We OFFICIAL now.

Nice, can we get a 5* kit to go with that.

 

[Pejo]

Nice, can we get a 5* kit to go with that.

I think Pyro Traveler is pretty good in a Chasca team, at least that one's still been getting some use from me.

 

[Pejo]

Odette kit:

So it looks like she enables Stellar reactions but DOESN'T apply a Polestar Field. *edit* She DOES apply Polestar Field. Supposedly any character that enables Stellar reactions will also apply the field. Cryo Traveler does this too.

TL;DR: She's Cryo Stellar Fischl.

 

[Pejo]

Cryo Traveler (speak of the devil):

Twink (likely free 4*) kit:

*edit*

Supposedly this guy is cracked for a 4*. From the comments:

• Get Stellar dmg bonus of 50% at c6,
• 100 em,
• teamwide 60% atk buff,
• heal,
• dmg,
• artifact set that buffs team ssc dmg by 50% again,
• coordinated atk,
• uses energy recharge to buffs himself gracefully,
• has almost full uptime with low fieldtime being 4*.

 

[nvrndr]

This is what I plan to try at first, since I don't use Yae or QiQi in any other team currently. I'm hoping Odette will take the place of Escoffier in the future.

Same, except Escoffier is a staple on my Skirk team so if I ever *need* to keep her on that I'll try Nicole. But yeah hoping Odette is the next replacement to take one of the cryo spots.

Holy! How long have you been saving primos, my man!?

I'm just extremely stingy with my pulls lol. I don't pull for meta, I usually pull for how much I like the character and design. Like I just pulled Nicole on her banner, before that the last time I pulled was Bina and Ineffa rerun since she's basically required. Before that was Skirk and Escoffier. Then in Natlan was Mavuika and Citlali. Theres really only a couple of people in each region that catch my eye tbh. Plus it leaves me extra to gamble on weapons cuz I'm most cases their sig looks super good on them!

 

[InterMusketeer]

Supposedly this guy is cracked for a 4*.

Sure, make this guy busted when the previous free 4-stars were borderline useless... I hate this game sometimes.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

I'm just extremely stingy with my pulls lol. I don't pull for meta, I usually pull for how much I like the character and design. Like I just pulled Nicole on her banner, before that the last time I pulled was Bina and Ineffa rerun since she's basically required. Before that was Skirk and Escoffier. Then in Natlan was Mavuika and Citlali. Theres really only a couple of people in each region that catch my eye tbh. Plus it leaves me extra to gamble on weapons cuz I'm most cases their sig looks super good on them!

Nice. I really respect your discipline in pulling only for the characters you truly want. I try to do the same, but I also want to build strong teams around my favorites… and sometimes I fall into my usual trap of pulling meta units like I did with Zibai and Linnea even though I don't really care about them.

At least I got my girl Bina to C2R1, so that's a W. Anyways, I already have enough teams that can clear abyss comfortably, so after Sandrone, I'm planning to just save for the long run until a new character really catches my eye.

 

[jonnyXx]

Cryo Traveler (speak of the devil):

Twink (likely free 4*) kit:

*edit*

Supposedly this guy is cracked for a 4*. From the comments:

• Get Stellar dmg bonus of 50% at c6,
• 100 em,
• teamwide 60% atk buff,
• heal,
• dmg,
• artifact set that buffs team ssc dmg by 50% again,
• coordinated atk,
• uses energy recharge to buffs himself gracefully,
• has almost full uptime with low fieldtime being 4*.

lol I saw Alyosha kit and thought he was absolute trash then I realized the numbers are for lvl 1 talents.
Seems really good for the free unit.

Odette sounds really straight forward, just off-field DPS plus reaction DMG bonus to team.

Glad to see that Traveler enables the new reactions, I hope we can unlock Cryo Traveler right away.

 

[nvrndr]

Nice. I really respect your discipline in pulling only for the characters you truly want. I try to do the same, but I also want to build strong teams around my favorites… and sometimes I fall into my usual trap of pulling meta units like I did with Zibai and Linnea even though I don't really care about them.

At least I got my girl Bina to C2R1, so that's a W. Anyways, I already have enough teams that can clear abyss comfortably, so after Sandrone, I'm planning to just save for the long run until a new character really catches my eye.

My two most neglected elements are geo and dendro lol (Zhongli and Nahida are my only 5*) so I already convinced myself whatever lunar reactions those two have are non existent to me so that freed me up in investing in other elements so that helps save too. Zibai looked cool, I *did* like the character but I was also aware of the fact I only had Zhongli and that I would need to invest in more than JUST Zibai, and knowing Sneznaya was coming up it just wasn't worth it.

 

[Pejo]

Sure, make this guy busted when the previous free 4-stars were borderline useless... I hate this game sometimes.

Yep, poor Jahoda died for this.

Glad to see that Traveler enables the new reactions, I hope we can unlock Cryo Traveler right away.

It's either gonna be "walk in, touch statue" like Sumeru or "do the 8 hour story quest first". No inbetween lol.

Here's some info on Stellar Swirl:

Maybe I need to see it in motion, but this sounds just like Bloom with another name. Also I see that after exploding, you get a free high jump/plunge attack. Sounds like Cloud Retainer is about to get Stellar Swirl buffs.

*edit*

Looks like Traveler's sword levels up and has 6 growth levels. Gives crit stats and an ATK buff that grows with each level.

 

[Zephyranthes]

Sure, make this guy busted when the previous free 4-stars were borderline useless... I hate this game sometimes.

At least Aino and Xiangling are still decent. And it could always be worse....

 

[nvrndr]

 

[deanote666]

Shaders are compiling.

 

[nvrndr]

Shaders are compiling.

Wow much earlier than I was expecting, nice. Hell yeah let's gooooo.

 

[deanote666]

Whoo! Won 50/50 on my F2P!

Early 5* on my guaranteed 5* on my main - under 26 rolls since the last 5*.

Lost 50/50 on the weapon banner on roll 17. Guaranteed at 65 rolls.

 

[deanote666]

Wow much earlier than I was expecting, nice. Hell yeah let's gooooo.

Almost always opens before 11pm EST. Just gotta keep poking it till the shaders start compiling after 10pm EST.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Got Sandrone at soft pity since I had the guarantee. Haven't touched the weapon banner yet.

 

[nvrndr]

I had to go to hard pity. Soft pity for weapon, now I just need the mats to upgrade it, got it lvl80, I'll have enough tomorrow to take it to 90.

 

[Pejo]

Soft Pity loss to Diluc, Soft pity to get Sandrone. Nothing exciting, and I was expecting a 50/50 loss sooner or later, my luck had been too good.

Won't really have time to dig in until the weekend, but I'll start farming that angel construct boss in the meantime. Just noticed she uses those fucking mecha bugs from Fontaine as ascension mats...

 

[Dice]

Got Lohen to 70 and doing his buff quest now.

Yep, poor Jahoda died for this.

She's pointless (which SUCKS because you want to love her) but Illuga and Prune are really good for their intended teams. 100em and 60% teamwide atk on this new guy makes him useful way past just SC tho. I'm quite happy about that, but especially if I do get Sandrone.

Won't really have time to dig in until the weekend, but I'll start farming that angel construct boss in the meantime. Just noticed she uses those fucking mecha bugs from Fontaine as ascension mats...

oh no…

 

[InterMusketeer]

Took 80 wishes and Capturing Radiance (Lost the previous two), but she's home.

 

[deanote666]

 

[Dice]

Does the new Citlali outfit come with different voice lines? That might be worth it…

GOING INTO A TRANCE IS RISKY FOR MOST PEOPLE, SO DON'T GET ANY IDEAS

 

[InterMusketeer]

Does the new Citlali outfit come with different voice lines?

It's a 4-star skin so I doubt it.

In other news, Sandrone's JP VA is currently streaming her pulls for an audience of 31k viewers. Kinda insane. Sounds like she wants Yaoyao and Sayu cons and she's really into lolis

 

[SSfox]

Their fucking skip button is such a scam. Doesn't work in most quests, fatfucks mihoyo

 

[Zephyranthes]

I feel like half the budget for the new event went into Citlali's animations. Never change crazy witch doctor granny.

 

[Pejo]

Odette animations. You can tell they're not 100% polished yet, but they're very aesthetic.

 

[deanote666]

Their fucking skip button is such a scam. Doesn't work in most quests, fatfucks mihoyo

The way I read the notice Pejo posted the other day was it was for quests coming out for this update and on wards, not retroactively for older quests.

That is only my guess though.