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Captain France
Aug 3, 2013

YoshiOfYellow posted:

To be fair only really Venti and Zhongli are being super cagey to you.

Ei was just a shadow warrior to the real archon and wasn't really in the know to begin with before she shut herself away.

Nahida was born well after most of the poo poo went down and she was promptly stuffed in a closet when she was born.

Zhongli isn't really being cagey, he at least flat out tells you he can't tell you because he, the god contracts, signed a contract saying he can't.

Venti hasn't even given that much, I think the most he's given us is that Celestia's wine sucks and nobody should actually want to go there.

Also Ei probably still knows quite a bit, she was Makoto's number 2 if not 1.5, and while I guess it's possible she didn't know why she killed Orobashi for knowing too much.

Mind you it's pretty obvious that the big reason is "they don't want to piss off Celestia, they have wiped out entire countries for knowing too much," but I feel like even "it's dangerous to tell you too much" would be appreciated.

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Mordiceius
Nov 10, 2007

If you think calling me names is gonna get a rise out me, think again. I like my life as an idiot!

Endorph posted:

im pulling dehya because im not a quitter

I have a simple reason for pulling Dehya -

RPATDO_LAMD
Mar 22, 2013

🐘🪠🍆

Excelzior posted:


But at the moment there's little reason to C6R5 her unless you have, like, saudi oil prince levels of money lying around (which I don't)

that's the same for all characters
instead of paying thousands of irl dollars to triple your DPS so you can one shot abyss bosses or whatever you could just buy a bunch of 60 dollar rpgs with easy mode sliders

RPATDO_LAMD fucked around with this message at 19:09 on Feb 7, 2023

Kale
May 14, 2010

MoonCrab posted:

Uninstalling this game from my fuckign phone because the urge to pull Alhaitham is becoming uncontrollable lmao

No possible way to even interact with the game until I get back home! Honestly, I don't know how people have so much impulse control when it comes to games like this, I've been going nuts over the last couple days. But once I pick up Yelan I'll have collected every good character they've ever released (all 3 of em) and I'll be free to do whatever I want~

I'm the opposite I cant understand how some of the people I know can't resist going ham on the first day of the first hour of a banner and are willing to drop hundreds of dollars on a whim if they lose a 50/50 or whatever. I like some of the characters in the game a lot but not that much
:lol:

DeadFatDuckFat
Oct 29, 2012

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I will never spend real money on this game

SiKboy
Oct 28, 2007

Oh no!😱

DeadFatDuckFat posted:

I will never spend real money on this game

Honestly the smart play, games free. Personally I've done 2 welkins, and 3 battle passes, and I dont regret it, but I've set myself a lifetime limit of £60 on the game, because I enjoy it and put a load of time in, and if it was a retail product (without the gatcha bullshit) I'd have paid that for it cheerfully enough.

valuum
Sep 3, 2003
ø
If your budget doesnt allow spending on games, sure definitely dont, but I genuinely want to spend money on this game. It's brilliant and deserves it.

Meiteron
Apr 4, 2008

Whoa! You're gonna be a legend!

MarquiseMindfang posted:

There is a rather large sword of Damocles hanging over them to strongly discourage them from telling us anything. You may have noticed it. It's in the shape of a large island, and you can see it from anywhere on the map.

That's why.

They've done a pretty good job of giving the negative image of how big a deal this is without talking too much about it explicitly, between the evidence in Dragonspine and the Chasm of a celestial mass driver dropping pillars whenever and wherever it's appropriate and the end of the Sumeru plot line where Dottore instantly starts discussing terms when Nahida broaches the subject of destroying a Gnosis to wake up whatever the gently caress's up in Celestia right now as opposed to just taking everything by force. You could make an argument that he's not giving up too much and still basically wins but any kind of good-will negotiation is not exactly a common Fatui strategy. Dude didn't want any part of what would happen if he didn't bargain.

It's one thing for the between-nation Abyss plot to elaborate through dialogue about the massive overkill of Khan'irah 500 years ago and another thing to look at Dragonspine and see the giant loving chunk carved out of the top of the mountain whenever you're nearby. A good mix of show and tell!

No Wave
Sep 18, 2005

HA! HA! NICE! WHAT A TOOL!
I spend money on everything except top-ups with no bonus. So that's welkins, BPs, plus another 200 dollers a year. I would buy more if they offered other "deals" but they don't it's pretty surprising.

DeadFatDuckFat
Oct 29, 2012

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valuum posted:

If your budget doesnt allow spending on games, sure definitely dont, but I genuinely want to spend money on this game. It's brilliant and deserves it.

My entertainment budget only allows me to feed 20s into adjacent video poker machines at the tribal casino

MoonCrab
Nov 19, 2014

A mildly pertubed emoji face

Kale posted:

I'm the opposite I cant understand how some of the people I know can't resist going ham on the first day of the first hour of a banner and are willing to drop hundreds of dollars on a whim if they lose a 50/50 or whatever. I like some of the characters in the game a lot but not that much
:lol:

Oh no, this isn't about money at all lmao

What happened was, I broke down on the Alhaitham banner and lost the 50/50, so now I can't get him without having to gamble on Yelan. Which is only a problem because I lost my guarantee on a super early Raiden while fishing for 4 stars. Which in turn, is only a problem because I broke down and tossed a pity on the Scara banner even though I didn't really want him all that much. And this whole thing is only a problem because a year ago I wasted a pity chasing ANOTHER anime prettyman (Ayato) and missed Yelan the first time around..!

Don't be like me, kids. :smith:

Well actually I didn't resort to spending money on any of these occasions, so it might not be too bad to be like me, at least a little :unsmith:

Real Cool Catfish
Jun 6, 2011
There we go, got

Yelan
XQ c3 and c4
Ninguang c1
Beidou c3
randomly a Yun Jin c2
and then Dragon’s Bane r4 and Sac sword r3.

And it only took me uhhhhh, all my gems.

Some nice 4* constellations in there I think.

valuum
Sep 3, 2003
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Spent my guarantee getting C1 Yelan, doubling her elemental is so good. More superspeed, more superparticles, decent damage. RIP chances at getting Dehya, but whatever.


DeadFatDuckFat posted:

My entertainment budget only allows me to feed 20s into adjacent video poker machines at the tribal casino

Doesnt sound like a very cool game tbh, but you do you ;-*

DeadFatDuckFat
Oct 29, 2012

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valuum posted:

Doesnt sound like a very cool game tbh, but you do you ;-*

The rush of hitting a royal in video poker is greater than anything Genshin will make me feel.

Raiden National is pretty fun though.

Meowywitch
Jan 14, 2010

Fight for all that is beautiful in the world


I'm not home but fingers crossed on happy Yelan times coming my way

And then in that ideal future, the only five stars that I regret not having are Yoi (goddess of all) , Nilou(cute), Kokomi (God of water supposedly)

Excelzior
Jun 24, 2013

Diluc :sigh:

'least the Yelan C1 is guaranteed if I can hit it before banner's end

Excelzior
Jun 24, 2013

also the rolls let me max XQ, Beidou and Ningguang - and I didnt even have Beidou :laffo:

Space Opera
Jun 5, 2011

That rabbit's got a vicious streak a mile wide! It's a killer!

Got the 2 Beidous I needed to finish her, won my 50/50 on Yelan, and my YOLO 10 pull on the weapon banner got me her bow. Kinda helps the sting of a lovely day at work, though now I need to farm an SF ER time piece for her

Xalidur
Jun 4, 2012

Got the Staff of Homa in 30 pulls which is very polite. Until today I have never gotten a character's signature weapon without an Epitomized Path proc.

AugustusLove
Mar 27, 2010
Lol Yelen in 20 pulls. Still have 38K in primogems left; having the insane idea of rolling for c1 and/or weapon banner.

avoraciopoctules
Oct 22, 2012

What is this kid's DEAL?!

new tier list dropped
https://kotaku.com/genshin-impact-valentine-s-day-hoyoverse-1850085317

Meowywitch
Jan 14, 2010

Fight for all that is beautiful in the world



scara isn't in last place somehow, list voided

Maxwells Demon
Jan 15, 2007


Finally got to AR 60 and just before that 36 star'd Spiral Abyss. Missed the 50/50 on Yelan,

Guess it's time to play Character Story Quests.

YoshiOfYellow
Aug 21, 2015

Voted #1 Babysitter in Mushroom Kingdom

Xiao needs several dozen years of therapy before he'd be ready to date.

Chernobyl Peace Prize
May 7, 2007

Or later, later's fine.
But now would be good.

Zhongli would leave you with the bill

Lisa???????????????????????????????

AugustusLove
Mar 27, 2010

Cat-shaped Witch posted:

scara isn't in last place somehow, list voided

Have you seen his fanbase?

RPATDO_LAMD
Mar 22, 2013

🐘🪠🍆

Cat-shaped Witch posted:

scara isn't in last place somehow, list voided

ayaka goes in last
imagine being forced to spend an entire day with someone who has literally 0 personality

Ytlaya
Nov 13, 2005

AugustusLove posted:

Lol Yelen in 20 pulls. Still have 38K in primogems left; having the insane idea of rolling for c1 and/or weapon banner.

Always assume it'll take at least ~80 pulls (since that's very likely).

In the worst case (which has a pretty high chance of happening, probably like 20-30% or something), you could end up using a majority of those primos (like 25k or so) to get C1.

IMO one of the biggest factors is whether you want constellations on the banner's 4-stars. If so, you'll at least be getting something useful even if you don't roll all the way until pity (and those rolls will still count towards the next banner). If you don't care about any of the 4-stars, it's almost always a bad idea.

Tree Reformat
Apr 2, 2022

by Fluffdaddy
Lost the 50/50 to Mona, then got C6 Xingqiu, C5 Beidou, C5 Ningguang, and C2 Razor on the way to Yelan. Then got Mona's c1 and Lost Prayer on the Standard pull. Not too bad, for the investment and given how Hydro thirsty my account was. Wondering if I should just buy Beidou's last con. I don't really plan on using her, Raiden, Kuki, and Fischl have my electro needs pretty set at this point.

Time to wait to blow the rest of the pot on Dehya.

Happy Underpants
Jul 23, 2007

Didn't rate/roast Paimon voted 1.

AugustusLove
Mar 27, 2010

Ytlaya posted:

Always assume it'll take at least ~80 pulls (since that's very likely).

In the worst case (which has a pretty high chance of happening, probably like 20-30% or something), you could end up using a majority of those primos (like 25k or so) to get C1.

IMO one of the biggest factors is whether you want constellations on the banner's 4-stars. If so, you'll at least be getting something useful even if you don't roll all the way until pity (and those rolls will still count towards the next banner). If you don't care about any of the 4-stars, it's almost always a bad idea.

Yeah, too bad Beidou is only the one not at C6. Guess I will save up for next character I want. Still haven't roll on the weapon banner since I started playing.

Zenostein
Aug 16, 2008

:h::h::h:Alhamdulillah-chan:h::h::h:

Cat-shaped Witch posted:

scara isn't in last place somehow, list voided

I'd agree, but it's hard to argue that xiao (impossible) and alhatty would be better than that little poo poo.

Either way, you'd be better off with a hilchurl.\

Unrelated spoilers that probably won't mean anything unless you've done the thing, but i'm dying






It's a shame these matches don't seem to do anything for you, card rank-wise. I guess it's nice if you really love cards? They're probably the decks of the various dudes you could play during the storyline.

Zenostein fucked around with this message at 01:35 on Feb 8, 2023

avoraciopoctules
Oct 22, 2012

What is this kid's DEAL?!


avo top 10:

10. Baizhu
Lots of Liyue folks seem to hate on him for being a shady daoist, but he doesn't seem to be all that much of a jerk about it. Would be lots of fun talking about how he sees the world, getting a better idea what kind of person he really is.
9. Noelle
I can respect someone so dedicated to helping others... and that superstrength is pretty attractive, too.
8. Tartaglia
Sisi has it right. Terrible, terrible boy, but not so terrible that I would overlook the fatui expense account.
7. Yae Miko
Yes, she is probably going to involve you in one of her pranks. They seem ultimately harmless, so that's probably just going to make things more interesting.
6. Albedo
Yeah, sure, I am interested in your crazy alchemy experiments. Take him to that cafe in Sumeru, see if proximity to the Academia leads to any fun developments that could turn into a story later.
5. Yanfei
You know she has some amazing stories about how wack Liyue's legal system can be.
4. Candace
What if Noelle chilled out? She's also in a village that seems like it has the least proximity to ongoing magical calamity nonsense.
3. Kaedehara Kazuha
Not sure if anyone else in Genshin has that level of chill. A nice, compassionate, articulate person with very little unprocessed baggage.
2. Ganyu
Nicest adeptus, as someone who works in civil service myself it would probably be very inspiring to talk public administration theory.
1. Zhongli
He tells really nice stories, extremely fun to be around. Would absolutely buy him lunch and learn some neat stuff about Liyue.

RPATDO_LAMD
Mar 22, 2013

🐘🪠🍆
for me it's kageroumaru

haypliss
Oct 2, 2022
This 4* exclusion will not stand.

avoraciopoctules
Oct 22, 2012

What is this kid's DEAL?!

RPATDO_LAMD posted:

for me it's kageroumaru

i should have put the talking sword in my top 10, lol

DeadFatDuckFat
Oct 29, 2012

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Marjorie is the absolute bottom of the list, gently caress that bitch

Meowywitch
Jan 14, 2010

Fight for all that is beautiful in the world


i got the flute, a bunch of useless xiangqiu dupes, and then a tignahri dupe

i've been owned

Vargs
Mar 27, 2010

It took pretty much the worst luck a person could possibly have both in terms of 5* and 4* pulls, but I finally have a mount in Genshin Impact, aka Yelan C1.

She seems pretty cool. Although I'm a little iffy on the team I set up for her. Using Yelan/XQ/Bennett/Yanfei and I'm not sure Yanfei is helping at all. Feels like I'm just losing dps whenever I use her charge attack, skill, or burst when that time could instead be spent spamming normals on any character to rip everything apart with Yelan/XQ's bursts.

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avoraciopoctules
Oct 22, 2012

What is this kid's DEAL?!

https://twitter.com/aishiiart/status/1615060860275417088

https://twitter.com/Rafa_elaelaela/status/1538713555062689792

https://twitter.com/xxcho_/status/1617520526087585794

https://twitter.com/Annshiro76/status/1617010848291258368

https://twitter.com/kagurinne/status/1615516466790666241

https://twitter.com/tcxpqaq/status/1613925196775428097

https://twitter.com/axolotl830/status/1613765349723475968

https://twitter.com/Maquesu1/status/1614530735028973568

https://twitter.com/thijikoy/status/1613899451604549632

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