I think she is good for aoe scenarios like below (loudness warning, might want to mute the clip).
Yea they work in tandem, VV shreds elemental resistance and Zhongli shreds Def.
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Depending on the 4*s these are some of the better banners we've had in a while. Wish it was Furina paired with Chlorinde though, I don't want to lose 50/50 on a weapon banner to a healer weapon, especially a healer bow.Clorinde paired with Alhaitham and I may actually pull on the weapon banner as I'd be happy with either weapon.
And if they put Chevreuse and Fischl on there then first phase banners will be
Come on Hoyo...Do it!
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damn forgot Sethos will be on first phase. No way Fischl will be there then.
It was fine until bolded, for me:
I mean I guess there's Diona, and possibly another future bow character that could benefit slightly from 2/3 of the HP bonus, but the fact that they force the Bond of Life mechanic into it to receive the Crit buff rubs me the wrong way. There will likely never ever ever be another character that can activate that passive, and they know it.
Completely understandable. I only consider it because I really like Siggy and there's hardly any F2P options in the game. But I don't want to risk getting a weapon I don't want.
Don't forget the weapon banner isn't really 50/50 on the featured weapons anyways. When I rolled for Arle's spear, the first weapon I got was Skyward Atlas. So there's always a way for it to fuck you. But yea, no shame if you like her/ the weapon.
Yeah, I know. I think it's 37.5% chance each for the featured weapons and 25% for the off-banner ones. If I were to get two Furina swords before the bow, I'd be super pissed.
I assume that Crit Rate is only for the wielder themselves, not shared with the team. Siggy's burst is purely damaging, and she will likely struggle to build much Crit otherwise, so that's why they built that in. I doubt she's gonna deal massive damage regardless. Maybe with a bunch of cons. Anyway, that bow seems super specific to her. A shame.
You saw flat DEF and you rolled anyways. You knew what you had coming.
Perfect for Clorinde but of course it rolls all into DEF.
I had hope. Should have known better by now.
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you might wanna upgrade your phone. Man I hope this doesn't fuck with mods.
If I'm looking correctly, the Snapdragon 865 was in the Samsung galaxy S20 so I'm good. My 2nd account runs on a S20+ so it will probably suffer some.Don't think anyone here plays on PS4 but
Also, 4*s confirmed for 2nd half banners:
That last bit about less focus on open world and more on story worries me. I skip most of the WQ and event dialogue cause characters talk too damn much, more focus on overly verbose character dialogue is the last thing I'd want. Guess I'm in the (statistical) minority.
There was a clarification post after this one where they said they're gonna focus on interactive storytelling, like the "show don't tell", not that there won't be exploration and stuff. So hopefully less statues with 50 lines of text or watching 3 NPCs go round robin giving exposition for 20 mins. More in-engine cutscenes and visual puzzles and stuff. I'm pretty hyped about it because ever since they neutered the overworld puzzle difficulty, the unvoiced world quests have been my primary reason for playing the game, and I thought Chenyu and particularly the latest water area were fantastic.
Keqing is kinda outdated info by now because she works best in aggravate teams, her Physical iteration is left in the dust due to Dendro buff. Kaeya is probably the best use case scenario if you wanted to "main" him instead of just using his Cryo application. It usually goes to Bennett just because of the ultra high base attack, which is the only thing that factors into his ATK buff. I don't use Bennett heavily, but I give him Sac sword just to make sure his burst is up whenever you need it. Availability is worth more to me than maxing numbers. Then again, I'm not a min/maxxer player. I put mine on Kaeya even though he sits unused at level 50. It is a very aesthetic sword though, too bad the Traveler cutscenes don't update to whatever weapon they have equipped.
It's finally happening:
I can only speak from my own experience, but the new world quest/area is fantastic, and Arlecchino is just insanely overpowered for a Pyro character. Other than that, more of the same. Events, character stories, gacha, yadda yadda. 5.0 is gonna have some big game-wide changes though. Upgraded game engine, level 100 cap, mounts, some new mechanics, something that's gonna make melt/vape great again, refocus on visual storytelling instead of text logs.
They will most likely lock mounts to Natlan region, like the swimming in Fontaine.
How's the game these days? Been absent from it since Cloud Retainer dropped.
Natlan seems to be setting up to be pretty good. Not sure if I'll come back around though. Game is still very time consuming.
Yea I've been wrestling with that a bit myself. It's no big deal to stay on top of dailies and events, but I've been getting further and further behind on exploration and quests.
Whoa I didn't think they'd increase the level cap anytime soon. A new passive would be awesome but there is too many characters in the game and it would require so much work to implement and test. Although who knows how long they've been working on this. And they need to do something more than just give trivial base stats increase to make it worthwhile. But I shudder to think of the resources cost to ascend.Damn they're really shaking it up for 5.0
I hope to god this provides every character with a new passive to help some of the struggling/useless characters. If there was ever a time for them to fix Amber/Qiqi/Dehya/Xinyan/Candace, this is it.
Yea it's called the Imaginarium or something to that effect. You pick the soundtracks, probably buffs or something else, I can't remember. You win primos and some tertiary stuff like new character specific poses for taking screenshots.
I played the CBT2 of WW, and the combat was fun, but everything else was lesser or straight up bad. The localization particularly in EN was AWFUL. They also made the gear system essentially a pokemon mode where you kill monsters and equip their 'spirits' as your gear. But my god the layers of RNG involved. It makes Genshin's artifacts look EZPZ by comparison. You're free to farm enemies as much as you want, but the materials to "unlock" the hidden stats are time/stamina gated.
I think they absolutely have to add new passives. Otherwise it's just really not worth it. Like why hold out until halfway through the life of the game to unlock the cap and then just make it another 10% stats? I just hope it's interesting character specific passives and not just min/maxxer bait like "Crit damage +10%". And yea, they can afford the development of 70~ passives, lol. I don't even mind if they roll it out gradually to make sure the quality and balance is good. Like do Amber/Kaeya/Lisa/Jean in the first wave, and so on.
Damn they're really shaking it up for 5.0
I hope to god this provides every character with a new passive to help some of the struggling/useless characters. If there was ever a time for them to fix Amber/Qiqi/Dehya/Xinyan/Candace, this is it.
Bronya still has her uses even with Robin. The biggest benefit for me is that she has a cleanse on her skill, so if you're running a tank with no healer or whatever, you still potentially can deal with debuffs. Robin is MoC/endgame mode bait, but that's only because everything endgame is about killing everything in the fewest number of turns possible. I honestly hate that mechanic but yea, that's why Robin's good. In general content, either of them are really strong.
I see where you're coming from, but as a guy that mostly never even loads into Abyss because I don't find it fun, I'm willing to give another mode a shot. I think the key will be how dynamic it is and how much it changes from month to month. If it's just "abyss but less options", then I agree that it's probably bad and I will just to continue to ignore it like I ignore current Abyss. I'm willing to give it a shot before poopoo-ing it though.
Well the only way for current Abyss to go was to keep inflating monster HP. Either way, both modes are simply there as an advertisement for current banners. At least this one is all trial (and friend loaner) characters I think, so they can force mastery of mechanics instead of artifact min/maxing, epeen crit farming, big number snapshot type bullshit.
Yea there hasn't been any further info on it yet, but they would almost HAVE to add passives in. Like why even bother doing it otherwise? They've had 4+ years of feedback and data to see which characters are in a good place and which ones frankly suck and never get used. This is THE opportunity to fine tune those characters without budging on their "we don't buff characters after they release" shit. Could also breathe life into reruns and those scam character banners with the fate points that don't roll over.
Gotta say I fundamentally disagree with you. I don't love Abyss. It's rather repetitive and stale. But it's the only mode that truly allows players to test their characters and teams. And since this game revolves heavily around improving characters with constellations, weapons, levels and artifacts, it is vital to have such a mode. It's a mode that needs to be preserved and expanded upon as much as possible.
Looks like they're messing up Clorinde and Sigewinne as we speak. I have little faith that they'd use this opportunity to finally do the right thing.
I can totally see where you're coming from, I just think as time goes on, the "hardcore" contingent of this game matters less and less compared to the wide casual market. There will always be a place for spreadsheeters and youtubers and theorycrafters, but I'm guessing they make up an extremely small portion of the overall playerbase. Personally, I prefer difficulty in mechanics, not in stats. That's why I'm curious to see how this new mode goes.
Yea, I don't think an extra 600 renewable primos would have been too much to keep current Abyss as it is, for those that enjoy it. I can only assume they looked at the back end data and saw attempt/completion numbers and decided it just wasn't worth it for whatever reason.
Isn't that what 99% of players do with Abyss right now though? I don't see any difference. Only the most hardcore people will jump into abyss after they've cleared it to improve times/tactics.
Bro, I saw that. It's fucked up. Adding cooldown and reducing duration on Chlorinde fucking KILLS me. I wish they'd just do the balancing in damage numbers, not cooldowns. It's the antithesis of fun.
Only the 6 Opening Characters have trial versions, and you can get 1 character from a friend. The rest all have to be your own characters.
Interesting. I only read that first leak where they said it was all trials and a friend rental, I haven't really been keeping up on it. Still hope it's mechanics based instead of a stat check.
Casuals don't whale for constellations and 5-star weapons. Casuals don't log in daily to spend their resin so they can build up their character for Abyss. They need that hardcore audience to keep the game going. They're the ones who keep these new characters and items relevant.
I get your criticisms about stats and such, but I feel like that's a problem with the core game mechanics, rather than Abyss itself. This new mode doesn't really address that, because those mechanics still make up the vast majority of this game.
Hard to say if that's for the sake of casuals or to bait folks into spending money. Also, Abyss difficulty just scaled along with those powerspikes, while dedicated players could still use old favorites. That is ideal.
I don't do Abyss just to get Primos. I do it because I want to challenge hard content with new characters, teams and builds. I don't (have to) repeat them because I know there's a new one in two weeks. I assume that's how it is for most players who even attempt the Abyss.
I really wonder what would possess those devs to make these changes.
