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First full Abyss clear!

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Congrats! I really need to start working on clearing abyss, I have barely put any time into it.

peanut3141 wrote:

Since I really want Xingqui and Xiangling constellations, I'm pulling this banner either way. Feeling very happy I skipped using my hard pity on Zhongli or Albedo.

I thought to check in on this thread because the little I played was intriguing and I was surprised it was still so active. This post made me chuckle because it’s like a different language!

How long does it take for the game to get into its real flow? I ask because I played a bit and it felt like the tutorial/intro sections weren’t going to end, and I really prefer games that just set you loose nowadays.

Sorry I missed out on grouping up last night, ended up having to head to bed early (had to be up at 4 AM this morning to take my daughter to the ice rink).

Blind_Evil, I don't recall how long the tutorial was but I feel like it couldn't have been more than 30-45 minutes. The game really does open up and is a blast.

Happy Birthday Diona!

Her Birthday e-mail give us 10 Loach Pearls!

Wait... Loach Pearls are labeled as character accession items that are used by... no one. Huh. Wonder what upcoming characters will use.

Now if you excuse me, I'm off to fulfill Diona's request!

Spoiler:

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Blind_Evil wrote:

How long does it take for the game to get into its real flow? I ask because I played a bit and it felt like the tutorial/intro sections weren’t going to end, and I really prefer games that just set you loose nowadays.

You can stray away from the story stuff and explore early on, but I'd say it's worth sticking to questing at least until you get the 4th free story quest character. That'll give you a full party to fight with.

As for the flow, it's kind of what you make of it. There are a ton of story quests that you can mainline, or you can wander the world looking for treasure chests, Seelies, and Anemoculus. I can't remember if the 2nd major part of the map is locked behind story progression, but I had a much better time exploring the world once that opened up. The starting area is much flatter and less interesting than the larger zone to the southwest. It's also worth noting that quite a few of the major game systems don't open up until you hit AR 20.

Well, had two firsts in Genshin today.

1. Defeated Dvalin without climbing his neck. A Bennett burst + Ganyu Ult means it's possible to take off well over half his health in each DPS window from the ground. I'm never climbing that hitbox disaster again.

2. Appparently a 5x exp boost is possible when upgrading artifacts. Accidentally went most of the way to level 20 from this, so I finished it off for my 2nd level 20 artifact. Thankfully it was a decent one.

Ganyu is gonna make me so lazy. Did all the bounties without switching characters. Just repeated charge shots to weak spots kills super fast and safely.

peanut3141 wrote:

2. Appparently a 5x exp boost is possible when upgrading artifacts. Accidentally went most of the way to level 20 from this, so I finished it off for my 2nd level 20 artifact. Thankfully it was a decent one.

Care to explain, or is it some sort of exploit?

mrtomaytohead wrote:
peanut3141 wrote:

2. Appparently a 5x exp boost is possible when upgrading artifacts. Accidentally went most of the way to level 20 from this, so I finished it off for my 2nd level 20 artifact. Thankfully it was a decent one.

Care to explain, or is it some sort of exploit?

When leveling up artifacts, you'll sometimes get a multiplier applied. As far as I can tell, there's no way to predict it. Until today I'd only ever seen a 2x multiplier. So I tend to upgrade my artifacts Zeno-style, half the distance each time, so I don't overshoot if the effect kicks in.

Well, this time I overshot by a hell of a lot, as a 5x multiplier randomly triggered and I went way past 16x and most of the way to 19.

Oh yeah, I've had 5x kick in quite a few times when powering my Abyss teams to +16 artifacts. I've usually had it trigger when loading up on 1 star artifacts, but I've had it happen a couple times with a full row of 4 or 5 star artifacts. It's rare, but an awesome surprise when it happens.

My first reaction was "f*ck, I must've accidentally unlocked one of my backup +16 purples and thrown it into the pot" because the level up was so huge.

Yeah that explains the mysterious large jumps I've gotten. Is this a on purpose thing that's explained in game or something?

I'm pretty sure it's on purpose because it announces the 2x or 5x boost on screen, but I don't think it's mentioned as a possiblity anywhere in game.

Some googling I did after my surprise 5x shows some people claim to have gotten a 10x boost.

I have gotten a few 5x boosts, quite a lot of 2x boosts. Never seen a 10x boost tho.

So there has been an image floating around that I thought was a nice photoshop...

Then someone posted the video. The pull starts at 15:08

Spoiler:

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I mean, wow, the hell?!

Inspired by Dyni's Ganyu clip, I thought I'd see what my Ganyu could do.

https://imgur.com/a/mOZdwRj

Hrm, 56k with a 60/60 3* bow is perfectly reasonable right?

Can't wait until I can get a prototype bow to drop. Unwisely spent my previous drops on Compound Bows

peanut3141 wrote:

Inspired by Dyni's Ganyu clip, I thought I'd see what my Ganyu could do.

https://imgur.com/a/mOZdwRj

Hrm, 56k with a 60/60 3* bow is perfectly reasonable right?

Can't wait until I can get a prototype bow to drop. Unwisely spent my previous drops on Compound Bows

And here I am sitting on 2 or 3 prototypes and no Ganyu. I might be able to make pity by the end of the banner. I'd love to have another good bow user and would gladly take more Xianglin or Noelle constellations along the way.

I did hit C6 Fischl on an off-banner pull (no primogems spent). I need to look at making a better (support) build for her.

mrtomaytohead wrote:
peanut3141 wrote:

Inspired by Dyni's Ganyu clip, I thought I'd see what my Ganyu could do.

https://imgur.com/a/mOZdwRj

Hrm, 56k with a 60/60 3* bow is perfectly reasonable right?

Can't wait until I can get a prototype bow to drop. Unwisely spent my previous drops on Compound Bows

And here I am sitting on 2 or 3 prototypes and no Ganyu. I might be able to make pity by the end of the banner. I'd love to have another good bow user and would gladly take more Xianglin or Noelle constellations along the way.

I did hit C6 Fischl on an off-banner pull (no primogems spent). I need to look at making a better (support) build for her.

C6 Fischl is a startling amount of damage. Bennett with Oz out and Xingqui's ult up can make a lot of reactions in a very short amount of time. I bet Klee would be even more bonkers.

So how is everyone doing on the Hypostases? I've teamed up with some of you through the week to work on those scores.

Figure we'll try to get a group (or groups) together again this Saturday, the same time at 8:30 EST. Hope to see you there!

Tomorrow is the "Xiao, Ascend to the Sea Version 1.3" livestream on the Genshin Impact youtube channel at 11:00 AM EST. Should bring confirmation to the leaks and rumors, but I'm sure there will be plenty of little details that haven't really passed down the grapevine.

I could do earlier in the day Saturday, but we already have plans for a virtual meetup with friends in the evening.

I should also be available today and/or tomorrow afternoon after I'm done working (assuming I'm not out for a run or something).

peanut3141 wrote:

Inspired by Dyni's Ganyu clip, I thought I'd see what my Ganyu could do.

You used Bennett... cheater

The numbers she puts out really are quite silly. My 38k bloom was a melt hit, but that was with a crit damage stat of under 100%, as the substats on my Wanderer pieces are very lackluster. I'm just crossing my fingers for a crit damage circlet to finish out my cryo set, then I'm going to test out one of those fancy new freeze comps with her.

Mantid wrote:

So how is everyone doing on the Hypostases? I've teamed up with some of you through the week to work on those scores.

I haven't had time this week to do much beyond dailies and resin dumping, so I'll be playing catch up this weekend. I will probably be on sporadically tomorrow and Saturday if anyone wants to make a few runs at them. I should be around for some Saturday evening grouping otherwise.

No idea what's in these codes, posting right after redeeming myself.

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https://genshin.mihoyo.com/m/en/gift

Probably Primogems from the 1.3 streams.

New features (other than in the video):

  • Xaio banner first, then Keqing - only one new character, Hu Tao missed this update
  • Living things archive: includes all enemies and animals, like dogs and cats
  • New player profiles: number of achievements and abyss progress are shown, and you can showcase some of your characters
  • New Crafting options: randomly change materials to others materials

https://genshin.mihoyo.com/m/en/news...

Is there a way to access this in game? I hadn't even heard about it until I saw a reddit post.

Mantid wrote:

[*]Xaio banner first, then Keqing - only one new character, Hu Tao missed this update

This is interesting because it might indicate a new cadence going forward. Instead of a new banner with a brand new 5* character every 3 weeks, perhaps we'll be getting new banners every 2 weeks that alternate between new and preexisting characters.

I would love for this to be the case, as it would give guaranteed opportunities for previously non-banner 5* characters, and it would also give me an extra week to stock a few new primos for new characters.

I could also see them saving new 4* characters to pair with the old 5* character banners for extra gacha incentive.

peanut3141 wrote:

https://genshin.mihoyo.com/m/en/news...

Is there a way to access this in game? I hadn't even heard about it until I saw a reddit post.

Oh, weird. Thanks for pointing that out.

The last web event was advertised and accessible in game, so I'm not sure why this one isn't, or at least I haven't seen a way to get to it.

My box today is the Geo box, which is not great rewards. Does anybody have the Fire box from Liben today?

So there's been some discussion on this announcement from the 1.3 live stream for the upcoming 5-star rate ups:

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Notice the estimated start dates: February 3rd for Xaio and February 17th for Keqing. That's two weeks for Xaio, instead of the usual three.

The speculated possibilities are: short cycle between 1.3 and 1.4, overlapping banners, or that a third banner is yet to be announced for the last two weeks of the six week update cycle.

Also, I received Klee's picture from the slime paradise today. The description cracked me up!

Bit of lore in the first Xaio trailer.

Wonder when the other surviving yaksha will show up. He appears to be electric based, so I wonder if he is somehow tangled up in what is going on in Inazuma, the next land we will see added to the game.

Did everyone mange to finish Hypostatic Symphony? If anyone still needs to work on their score, I'm willing to help out.

Yeah, I managed to get to like 14k or 15k points or something -- not too bothered about the rest. Cool event though!

zeroKFE wrote:

Yeah, I managed to get to like 14k or 15k points or something -- not too bothered about the rest. Cool event though!

Until you get hung up on the Anemo Hypostasis because it wastes time doing nothing or does an attack most people have never seen... multiple times in a row.