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Genshin Impact |OT| 5.0 (Natlan) - Everything Changed When the Fire Nation Arrived

Some nice QoL coming up this patch:
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So we get fast dialogue skip without being forced to watch animations:
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Improved map layering and marking points of interest with a different color icon:
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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.
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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.
 
Thick Thighs Save Lives said:
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.
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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.
 
Pejo said:
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.
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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.
 
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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.
 
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.
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InterMusketeer said:
Really? This one was pretty easy. Pyro and Cryo means endless melt teams. I blasted through with Klee/Nicole and Mavuika/Citlali.
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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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
nvrndr said:
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.
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Holy! How long have you been saving primos, my man!?

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