#and you have to fight hydro bosses to level them up with characters you are no longer used to playing

[bl-inkstone]

i want to post my interpretations of a yan!kokomi and yan!childe so bad but i don't have enough time to format it into something neater because of all my assignments aaaa

#miyo.chatting #dc.moment #kokomi.togo #childe.togo #im obviously not an authority abt character canon but listen #LISTEN #I HAVE REASONS FOR WHY MY INTERPRETATIONS R THE WAY THEY R #kokomi is so precious to me pls i love her sm #my first five star and the character that carried me through inazuma's archon quest <33 #and childe too ig #JK I LOVE HIM VERY MUCH TOO #i swear i'll post smth normal that isnt yan content soon #i just #have so many thoughts about them #hydro characters my beloved #(/reluctant btw since i never asked to be a primarily hydro focused acc) #life is hard when your best built characters are hydro #and you have to fight hydro bosses to level them up with characters you are no longer used to playing #kaeya and beidou my og beloveds </3 #the only actually useable cryo n electro characters on my acc #im too afraid to bring alhaitham to those hydro bosses #even though i know he'd probably fare better than them #boss drops talk loud but the fear ingrained from my countless deaths talks even louder

[4ragon]

Can I convince you to play Octopath Traveler 2?

Hello my lovely followers! I have recently run into a problem where I have fallen in love with another video game and do not have enough people to talk about it with. I have therefore decided I’m going to do what I do best and talk WAY too much about the subject for an unreasonable amount of time. 

So! Why should you, dear followers of mine, play this hip new rpg called Octopath Traveler 2?

Well, to put it simply, this game was the most genuine fun I’ve had playing a video game in a very long time!

What is Octopath Traveler 2?

Octopath Traveler 2 is a new turn based action rpg by Square Enix, combining the charm of old school pixel art with modern graphical capabilities to create one of the most beautiful-looking 2D games out there. Like. It’s so pretty! Look at this shit!

It’s so good! Look at that presentation! Great graphics, full voice acting, orchestrated music, just. The presentation, guys!

The Gameplay

Now. Here’s the deal. I am not the most crazy about turn-based rpgs. I like them fine, but they can get very repetitive! Pokemon is a prime example. Rival sends out a Charizard? Well, better go get my Vaporeon and wreck his shit! And yes, I know there’s more strategy behind it, but like. I have never once bothered. At a certain point, the game is just “water beats fire, grind levels until you win” and that’s kind of as much as you need to bother with.

BUT

BUT BUT BUT

Here’s the deal. Octopath (both 1 and 2) is SO much fun. It is the greatest turn based rpg I have ever played. Because it’s no longer about elemental damage and sending out the right Pokemon that a lot of other turn based games use.

In each fight, the enemy has an unknown list of weaknesses, which you can discover as you fight. Each successful attack chips away at their “shield points,” until you can knock the enemy out for one round, weakening their defenses and stopping them from mercilessly beating your ass. (At least until they wake up in the next round and get to attack first.)

There are also boost points which build up each turn, just as long as you don’t use them up. Those either boost the damage on your single attack OR, and here’s the kicker, allows you do use a regular melee attack up to four times.

These two things in tandem open up a HUGE amount of strategizing! Suddenly, it’s not “will my Vaporeon be able to use hydro pump before Charizard uses fly,” it’s “do I use my turn to heal, or do I boost my attacks so I can knock this boss out before he kills me? Do I knock him out now, or do I save my boost points to do one massive attack once he’s weaker? Do I knock all of the enemies out at the same time, or should I stagger it so they don’t all Kick My Teeth In next round?”

It’s about timing! It’s about strategy! It’s like one huge puzzle combined with all of the terror of a normal action rpg! And it’s!!! So fucking fun!!!!

Just. I know most of the people following me are following me for my love of murder mystery visual novels like Ace Attorney, so this may be a bit of a harder sell than if I was trying to convince you all to play Murder By Numbers or Return of the Obra Dinn, but still! It’s not too terribly difficult to get into the game, and hey, it’s turn based! Reaction speed not required.

(Important note: Octopath Traveler OG is also just as fun to play. They added some cool mechanics in 2, and tweaked certain characters’ movesets, but overall, both are just as much fun. Try 8path 1 too! I highly recommend it.)

The Music

I have a running list of games with the greatest soundtracks of all time. We got Zelda of course, we got Kingdom Hearts, Ace Attorney, but Octopath is quickly clobbering its way into my favorites. Every single track in both games slaps so hard. Boss fights? Town music? CHARACTER MUSIC? I mean. Come on.

Come on.

Every song is gorgeous. Fully orchestrated, incredibly well done. I don't know shit about music theory, but 8-Bit Music Theory did a cool video on game one that I think holds up pretty well.

AND, because this game added a Day/Night cycle, most of the songs have multiple arrangements. Even the character themes have multiple arrangements. And I won’t spoil any of them here, but I swear, when Agnea’s final battle track started playing, I had the biggest, goofiest grin on my face. It’s just. It’s so good you guys.

The Story and Characters

Okay. Alright. Here’s where Octopath Traveler 2 goes from good to great. And here’s also where Octopath 2 edges out the first Octopath game. Now, this is not a dig at the original game. Play the original game! I love it so much! The characters are so much fun! The story is wonderful! But Octopath Traveler 2 does everything I wanted the original Octopath to do and more! More character interactions! More story! An endgame that isn’t deeply anticlimactic and actually involves the characters I care about! It’s so good.

Octopath Traveler 2, of course, stars 8 wildly different characters, each with completely different motivations and completely different skillsets, both in and out of battles. Different weapons, different spells, and different ways to interact with the NPCs around you.

And man, I love every single one of these characters so much. I feel like there’s a character for everybody, I’ve seen so much art of basically all of the main cast because every one of them is so different and interesting.

There's a favorite for everyone! We’ve got the dark, broody character, the pure-of-heart character, the character struggling with a dark curse. We’ve got revenge, chosen ones, amnesia, cowboys, one asshole detective who I am a little bit in love with. (Murder mysteries, guys! Come on! That’s my jam!) Often times, there’s usually one character that falls a little flat to me, but I just find all of them so much fun, even the ones with less going on in their backstories. They're fun! They're charming! I love it!

None of these stories are particularly complicated, of course. It’s no Tales game, where the stories twist and turn and build on each other constantly. In fact, by the very nature of this conceit, where no player character is the true main character, they can’t really build the sort of story other RPGs would usually have. Each character’s story is simple, even if they branch into different routes and do slowly start to tie into each other in subtle ways. Sure, there were surprises (and like holy shit to a few of these surprises) but overall, the stories are simple and straightforward.

And yet, even with 8 relatively simple stories, the characters absolutely shine. Sure, I took one look at the character who secretly did that murder in chapter one and went, “Ah. It was absolutely you.” And sure, we had an evil king who was so cartoonishly evil to the point of becoming farcical. But still, these stories didn’t have to be these huge, sprawling, mindblowing paths. They’re about the leads growing and meeting new people and bettering themselves. Each route has its own eclectic bunch of NPCs that bring so much life and color to the world, from the put-upon knight being dragged around by the world’s shittiest cleric to the happy-go-lucky scrivener looking for her big scoop to whatever the FUCK is happening with the Blacksnakes holy shit jesus christ what the actual fu

These stories made me laugh. They’ve made me cheer. They made me sob like a baby. They made me rage so fucking hard that I had to put down the computer for several hours and lay on the ground, which to be fair was absolutely the intended effect but I’m also still so fucking mad about it I swear to god.

PLUS

PLUS PLUS PLUS

Okay, I always say a jrpg with a huge cast rides or dies on their character interaction. Love is found in the found family y’all. And, again, it’s certainly no Tales game, in part because the game isn’t quite as scripted, but there’s still so much. Each chapter has a set number of side conversations between whoever is in your party (which if you miss them you can go back to that chapter in your menu and watch them anyway thank god). Several pairs of characters get to go on fun little side quests together throughout the story. Characters talk to each other during battles, which doesn’t feel like a ton but it really does add so much charm. They feel like friends, and even if they don’t tend to interact during story cutscenes, it feels like their relationships grow and develop over the course of oh holy shit I played 90 hours? Oops. Well. Whatever. That’s fine.

Anyway. That’s my pitch. Play this game. Join me in hell. Come on. You know you want to.

#octopath #octopath traveler #octopath traveler 2 #whoops why did i spend an hour writing this

[zachsgamejournal]

COMPLETED: Riptide GP: Renegade

Done! I got a little addicted there. It doesn't just invoke the nostalgia of Jet Moto and Hydro Thunder: it was also a lot of fun! Though the final challenges were...cheap.

So the game is fun. I really enjoyed it. I even like how they handled tricks, with which I have become more comfortable. You basically have to do tricks to maintain your boost to even have a fighting chance by the end of the game. But Imma complain a bit:

Not Enough Levels

This game feels inspired, in part, by Jet Moto (especially the ruins level, which is my favorite for that reason), and Jet Moto 1 only had 10 levels (one more than Riptide's 9). But that was a 1996 game. I think we've come to expect more of our entertainment.

I think lacking more than number of levels is level variety. Jet Moto 1 had four biomes: tropical island, rural swamp, snowy, and met track in the sky. Jet Moto 2 upped it to include even more variety: including a roller coaster and mine-shaft.

Riptide's levels mostly look the same. There's a military base, air base, and power plant that all look the same. Even typing this, I'm not quite sure I'm thinking of three different levels. In design, the levels do have their own personality, but they don't have enough character (for me).

15 would have been a good number of tracks ;)

Bullshit difficulty

For the most part, I was able to beat the challenges fairly easily. Sometimes I needed vehicular upgrades or more practice with boost-building tricks. But by the time you get to the final challenges--the BS reveals itself.

Firstly, the AI racers are immovable. They can bump me out of the way, or pressure me out of my racing line. But I can't seem to do anything to them. That's not a horrible thing until you get to the later racers where victory often comes at fractions of a second, and most of the racers are in a pack. So fighting to get ahead, I felt bullied by a computer.

What's worse, many of the tracks feature police riders. Their speeds are seemingly unlimited: as they can catch up to me no matter. They also seemed dead set on only attacking the player. So not only am I fighting 7 racers, but I've got 2 other bullies bashing me around and no matter how fast I go or how well I race, they're always wife me: bumping me off course, reducing me speed, pushing me away from ramps to perform tricks.

I've lost hours of my life dealing with bullshit cop bots fucking with me.

Because the cop-bots disrupt one's ability to win: it removes skill and player agency to win, replacing it with random chance. Maybe I get lucky and the cop doesn't cut me off and slam on it's brakes. Maybe I get lucky and I don't miss that ramp I need to boost into first place cause a cop rams me. Maybe I get lucky and I'm able to hold a good racing line because the cops aren't bashing me from all sides.

It felt cheap.

Then there's also the AI. There's some rubber-banding happening, which often keeps games interesting: opponents never get too far ahead so that there's no hope, but also the player is never able to completely wipe the floor with other racers. I don't really like rubber banding, as it also disrupts the player's skill.

It was particularly apparent in a few "boss battles" on the highest difficulty. I would see AI racers pull away from me despite me being at full boost. But then at another part of the track the racer appeared to slam on their brakes and come to a near stop for no reason. It just looked like program behavior. Maybe it was meant to provide an exciting experience--but it mostly just pissed me off in the final stages.

I still like it though

The bullshit difficulty didn't really become an issue till the end of the game (where strangely most of the vehicles are unlocked but don't provide advantage of one another...). I could have stopped playing sooner. Who cares if I get every star in the career mode? I do. That's who (unfortunately). So I was addicted by the accessible gameplay and charming experience, but driven mad by the cheap difficulty. I still really like the game. But I need some space before I play it again.

I still need to try online mode though...

#Zach's Game Journal #COMPLETED #Riptide GP: Renegade #Android #Video Games #Gaming #Google Play

[daggryet]

hi

It's me again, ❤💛

Plot is on hold for now cause oh wow is something wrong with balancing

I don't know if it's supposed to be like that or if I did smth wrong and fucked myself. But.

I reached rank 40, right. My team is currently lumine, kaeya, bei dou and xiangling (this one's a changeable slot tbh, depending). They're my most leveled up charas, with lumine at lvl 70 and the rest at lvl 60. Xiangling is currently the only one who's ready to lvl up further. She's ascended? Not sure about the English term

Anyway. The rest aren't. But. Genshin for some reason decided that life's too good for me so now all bosses (hypostasis and orchids for example) and all mobs are like lvl 69 (hehe) or lvl 72 or some shit. It's a bloodbath. I need to farm shit to ascend them characters but every single one takes like half an hour and an unholy amount of food and it's like. Every single random encounter lasts forever and my daily tasks are fucking brutal (I had to right now defeat four fatui bitches who all are like ten levels above my own or right on the level what the fuckkkkk)

And the thing is. My cousins play as well and one of them has been playing for awhile and her rank and world level is higher (hers is five mine is three) and she was apalled at how hard it was lmao. Now my only choice is to go and farm shit with other people in their worlds but ooh boy

Like it's probably normal, to keep it interesting and it is. But holy shit lvling up is becoming a pain in the ass

on world level three???

it sounds like your game's bugged if it's showing you your world level is three (i don't think we can go lower than level four after the second ascension quest) and the level your enemies are at looks more like world level five (where i'm at rn <- 45 with sooo much extra xp... Waiting for wanderer tho before ascending). i don't know if there's a way to ask support for help? because it really doesn't sound right

right now im using all my daily resin to do ley lines so i can get xp books, there's so many required to bring characters up to world level five appropriate levels. I don't even wanna think about how long it's gonna take to also get all the mob drops necessary 😭

also for your team, i use xingqiu (if you have him) to apply hydro so kaeya can freeze the enemies, and when his e and burst disappear, your active character will heal a certain % of xingqiu's maximum hp. i like to use that to give my characters to some extra breathing room during fighting overworld without having to bring a healer (like when you get to sumeru, an archer is really important so i have to switch out bennett quite frequently there)

the half an hour struggle reminds me of when i was fighting that g-d forsaken primovishap and i had nawt ascended any shielder but xinyan and her cool down takes forever, so i was just sniping using amber and doing like... 180 per shot. it was so embarrassing despite it happening on single player 😭

#ask #❤️💛 anon #really hope you figure out what's happening with your world level! #also if you're on eu server i'd love to help out if you want :) #genshin #long post

[hematomes]

i learned it’s patterns through sheer repetition of that damn chamber ajskdk but rlly that place was just. ugh. i mean how am i supposed to fight this thing wHEN IT KEEPS RUNNING AWAY

most of my damage comes from childe international so. praying and hoping next abyss isn’t full of pyro/hydro enemies (if it is tho then my taser team + cryo characters will have a chance to come out, since the past few times have been not very conducive to cryo use rip)

WAIT WHAT IS THE LEAK?? i have not seen it?? even if it is fake i would like to know ajsjd and tbh i don’t regret saving the blue rocks either like even if no changes. still fun to spend a ridiculous amt of them at once and see what happens (pls ,, jean,, jean or one of the weapons i actually want,,, pls)

ZNSKZ FAIR LMAO but yeah tbh im not a fan of the whole trend of invulnerable = harder. id rather have bosses like the maguu kenki with interesting patterns and an actual challenge, not just.... 8m hp and 30s of invulnerability (although the intro for the maguu kenki is so infuriating, just get up and fight me you bitch)

tbh as long as they don't put the international abyss motherfuckers again...... istg this one was HELL i had to try so many comps before getting it right absjs

WELL it's really not confirmed, i don't even know who leaked it it's just a random leaker who also gave some info that can't get confirmed yet (aka a character's rarity) so... so far it's just baseless rumors and speculations level. but yeah, the gambling addiction will be well-fed with these pulls <3 HELP hoping u get some weapons... good luck..... i need one more jean to give xiao a final, consistent buff & to run 2 geo 2 anemo but GAH DAMN she won't come. 3 times in a row but she refuses when she's needed like girl come on i built you solely for this purpose

#— answered #— hara #wouldn't be against another xiao spear or the wgs tho.... as long as i get smth early it'll be good tbh #OR EVEN SARA CONS

[i-put-the-yan-in-polyandry]

Teyvat's Beloved — Player Status

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This might as well happen.

Your day had consisted of getting run over by Truck-kun, getting chased out of Mondstat by fire and pitchfork, a world boss saving you from the Knights of Favonius and Hilichurls giving you food, among other things.

So, there you sat, cross-legged on the floor, in the center of a Hilichurl camp, surrounded by offerings and monsters, reading some kind of augmented reality game menu thing. Right…

This Interface has been created to assist you in navigating this world.

You should find it contains everything you have grown used to in exploring Teyvat, however, some functionality may be currently unavailable.

Teyvat welcomes its Master home.

-

Right, because that was meant to make sense.

You suppressed a sigh, mindful of the ever attentive creatures around. They’d smother you at the first sign of displeasure… not that you minded the swarm of animals to pet, but it distressed them so much and that broke your heart every time.

Instead, you fiddled with the fur-lined cloak you’d been presented with immediately upon arrival. The soft, fluffy fur against the rougher, heavy outer layer felt wonderfully grounding under your fingers. It pulled back against your body with each small movement of the fox kits that had made their home in your hood and over your shoulders. And the ever-rotating hydro slimes fighting for your lap kept you nice and cool, all while being a wonderful squish.

Now this was heaven. The stones, bottles, and grazing metal of Mondstat felt like nothing but a bad dream.

But, it was a real one and you needed to be prepared.

The surrounding creatures would protect you, you knew that like you knew the sky was blue or that Mitachurl piggyback rides were the absolute best, but… you picked up the slime to squish its cheeks(?). But, you couldn’t bear the thought of them being hurt—or dying.

So, you had to learn how to at least stay out of trouble, and that meant making a plan and learning to protect yourself long enough to escape.

Luckily, leveling was amongst the menu’s features.

Player, Lvl. 1

HP: 1000/1000

ATK: 15

DEF: 40

Pretty average stats if your memory served you well, though perhaps a little low. Thank god Lisa hadn’t landed her attack, you’d barely gotten away from average citizens.

It was the rest of your attributes that really drew your attention.

Elemental Mastery: 1000

Crit. Rate: 10%

Crit. DMG: 100%

Healing Bonus: 100%

Incoming HB: 100%

Shield Strength: 200%

All Elemental DMG Bonuses: 10%

All Elemental DMG Res: 10%

Physical DMG Bonus & Res: 0%

What the actual fuck kind of op bullshit was that? You were level ONE, right? No artifacts? That was some real ass main character energy, if you did say so yourself.

Except you couldn’t control the elements, or really fight at all. So it didn’t help you much. Especially since your talents and constellations were almost bare, all question marks and “The time has not yet come for this person's corner of the night sky to light up.”

With one exception.

Heart of the World (Passive): Teyvat recognizes you as its owner and master.

#self aware genshin #sagau #genshin impact sentient #teyvat beloved #genshin impact self aware #reader insert #this is half exposition half me loving slimes

[chouchen]

yea no who you got is pretty much the best physical dps in the whole game right now, so you probably wont need another one for a while except for a quantum type. but yea team comps? you know the main 3 types and how they work, but theres two other ones i just mentioned: quantum and imaginary. your durandal (the blond lady) is imaginary, which means shes good againt everyone, especially good against other imaginary types and bad against quantum. quantum is the reverse of that, so good against anything, except for imaginary. team really depends on who you fight, but like in genshin, the main way to build a team would be one damage dealer and then support for them. so for your durandal, physical support valks would be best, like starlit astrologos, carole, HoS, yamabuki armors augument etc.! and that works the same for al other teams! so if you have, say, HoT, youll need lightning damage supports for her. or HoR, ice supports. the types of the support doesnt matter as much as what kind of damage they are supporting! to build a team against a specific enemy is only important if youre doing abyss to be honest. again, story stages are generally very easy. so to build a team against a specific boss, youll have to know things about the boss. you can learn about them in abyss before you fight them, in the end of the big fucking description it even shows what kind of damage works best on them, and when you choose valks, it will show a little green up arrow on their icon if theyre especially good on that stage! in fact, in abyss, it even shows a team comp button on the right side, that if you click onto, will show you the best comps on that specific stage. itll tell you how much you have of it (valks and gear), and how good they are. but yea, you will just have to learn how each enemy works, and that comes with both the story and just time played. like how youve learned probably by now that the best element against hydro shields is cryo, or hydro works great against pyro abyss lectors or whatever theyre called. its all experience. some bosses also need specific debuffs, like freezing or ignite, those also show up on their descriptions and they usually have an icon over their head when fighting them too. you can also look at what kind of debuffs and stuff your valks can do by filtering them on the left, or by clicking on one of the little icons they have next to their rank and level on the left side when choosing valks. so, team comps are usually very much set, especially now with all the very specific supports that keep coming out for specific characters, so it all depends on what type the boss is, what damage hurts them most, and if they need any sort of debuff. also if its one boss or multiple mobs, in case you need a gather valk too. hope this helps, and i answered the right question!

alright thank you so much ^^

i'm a out question right now but i'll keep you in mind if i need help haha

#long post

[bluexiao]

#Character Reviews (2.5 Reruns)

—as much as I want to include Yae, I can’t really say anything other than the fact she seems to be a main dps

—REMINDER: again, this is in terms of practicality, but i don’t really have a definite choice between raiden and kokomi because it depends on who YOU need.

—also these are MY opinions (and also my friend who uses kokomi a lot) but if they stand corrected, i’ll be editing them if necessary

—do take note that i am a raiden main on my main account but my raiden is c2 so if you see videos here, my raiden will naturally have high damage

why RAIDEN?

(let’s first go to who i really have and built)

#pros

she is quite flexible in a team; dps or sub dps. i personally use her as both, especially with national team (w/ xingqiu, xiangling, bennett)

she’s hella strong. just build her right and you’re good to go.

a really good one-shotter. it’s so satisfying most of the time hahaha

ER polearms are easy to obtain

electro, neverminding the bad reactions, is very flexible especially against hydro, pyro, and cryo

really good in co-op

she keeps your team’s ult (burst) up ALL the time. this is why i use her with the national team :)))

are you a eula main? i swear, get Raiden. Eula’s burst will be up real quick. (that’s a video i took with my friend’s account and nope i’m not used to using eula but wow the freeze comp with kokomi and ganyu plus raiden…)

#cons

actually, number 1 con is that you will not be able to use her against the new raiden boss. that’s going to be a tough fight, buddy.

another con is that she only has very few polearms that fits her, whereas she’s on the recommended build, that is. (but like i said, er polearms are easy to obtain)

she can only be built to the max when you unlocked inazuma. if you’re a new or mid-game player, do remember this.

electro has bad reactions…

#weapons

(f2p weapons are with *) (also, they’re kinda arranged from best to least)

Engulfing Lightning, R5 The Catch, Skyward Spine, *Prototype Starglitter, Favonius Lance (yes, all ER weapons)

Others with good main stats: Staff of Homa, Primordial Jade-Winged Spear, *Blackcliff Pole, Deathmatch, White Tassel (basically all crit weaps)

Others with (kind of) good passives: Calamity Queller, Dragonsbane, Halberd

#tips

personally, building her as ER sub dps is the best option. you need not to focus a lot on her crit, unless you’ve got your er at the very least at 200%, however having 1:2 crit ratio is a must for her if you want higher damage

i think i’ve done this to a couple videos i’ll be linking here, but while doing her burst, i do 3 normal attacks and then a charged attack afterwards. this attack combination is probably the best one for her

if you use Engulfing Lighting with her, having her ER as high as possible is REALLY a priority, especially with the passive of the weapon.

her best artifact set is 4pc Emblem of Severed Fate. I think you can do 2pc Emblem+2pc Noblesse for the meantime or as placeholder

why KOKOMI?

#pros

REALLY REALLY good healing. idk what others say like during her banner that she sucks at healing, i beg to differ. you’re NOT just building her right.

just slap on HP% artifacts and you’re pretty much okay already

she’s way easier to build and get artifacts on (compared to raiden)

really good with co-ops as well

with the incoming enemies (and current ones), she will be very useful, trust me

there’s no need for a shielder, especially since her heals are quite a big number per tick of the jellyfish (her skill)

her animations are really cute and she has one of the best character designs

#cons

she is from inazuma and you can’t really level her above 40 if you haven’t opened inazuma yet (pretty much like raiden’s situation, but in this case, i do admit kokomi is much easier to build since Maiden artifacts are available in Mond)

she has -100% crit rate… well honestly it’s not even a con because if you want to build her as healer, she won’t even need a crit (unless you wanna be a boss and make her your main dps… no judgement here)

her hydro application is not that too big of an AoE and constant, because her Skill CD is quite long (it can be solved with Sacrificial Fragments hmm), but it’s better than most hydro characters (although you can always have Xingqiu or another hydro in the team IF you need the reactions)

might not be the best healer out there, but she does work well with pyro and cryo mains with melt and freeze reactions

hu tao and kokomi are not really much of a good team… unless you time koko’s skill right, along with hutao’s burst (who knows maybe you can fight the dogs with hutao without worrying about corrosion)

#weapons

(f2p weapons are with *) (also, they’re kinda arranged from best to least)

Everlasting Moonglow, *Prototype Amber

others: Sacrificial Fragments, Wind and Song, Favonius Codex, Hakushin Ring, *Mappa Mare (these are not the ideal weapons to her, but they’re better than those unmentioned, nevertheless, her best weapon, f2p wise, is prototype amber)

#tips

focus on her HP and ER. most of your damage will come from your burst, and guess what it does heal everyone too, so yes you have to make your burst as constant as possible

her best artifact set is the 4pc Ocean-Hued Clam. you can give her Maiden+ToM or Ocean-Hued+ToM as well, from what I know of. however, having the 4pc Ocean-Hued Clam would give you more damage long-term wise.

I love using her with Ganyu’s Burst like seriously it’s so satisfying to have everything get frozen while you’re healing up everyone

actually, having her with Bennett is really good, especially when you really need healers in the team. just pop her skill and benny’s burst and boom Melt (it’s gonna be so satisfying i swear)

VIDEOS (just for fun:))

do take note that my (and my friend’s) artifacts are NOT perfect, so i can’t really show the maximum damage for both of them

this is a video that i took during the alchemy event please skip to 1:10 to skip the buffs i used (don’t judge me for not remembering the title of the event)

here is another video with ei + kokomi too (with my friend’s account! ily bestie) — i’m basically just showing kokomi’s damage and healing capacity with the build that she has)

this is the full video of the raiden vid above (and yes i buff myself up with food while fighting azhdaha what’s wrong with that ksksks)

#character reviews #raiden shogun #genshin raiden #sangonomiya kokomi #genshin kokomi #🪁

[jade-parcels]

Just finished the Inazuma event. MiHoYo really hates Inazuma, huh? Mond and Liyue event are amazing and then Inazuma events are just... Kinda there

I feel the same way. Inazuma just doesn’t feel as fun to me. I like a few of the characters and a handful of places on the map but I don’t really feel like exploring or reading along with the quests or events the way I did in Mond and Liyue. My expectations were super high for Inazuma!! How could they not be? After having amazing events like the lantern rite and the golden apple archipelago of course we all expected Inazuma’s events to be cool!

But frankly, they’re not. The bantan sango detective thing was a real bummer. Like… mihoyo put that event right after Albedos, it felt like a kick in the balls. The rewards were nice but the gameplay and story was just…Eh. Not to mention, I thought the dog was gonna follow us around like a seelie, not sit in the teapot :( bummer. There have been many opportunities to do cool events with the Inazuma islands. Here are things they could have done:

Design fireworks with Yoimiya: collect materials and craft fireworks! At the end of the event, you can pick 5 fireworks to set off in your own custom firework show. Then you get a little cut scene with Yoimiya who tells you how cool your designs were! She can’t wait to do this again sometime!

Onikabuto fights: in order to hype up Itto’s release, players are encouraged to farm for onikabuto around Inazuma. As they collect more and more, they’re rewarded with materials to level up their own ‘battle onikabuto’. You can refine this bug as you would a weapon and send it off to battle against your friends’ beetles! Winners receive exp books, mora or idk something else. Losers don’t lose anything but winners gain materials that will later be used for Itto

The sunken island: an exploration event that starts off with traveler hanging out with Ayaka who explains that a certain time of year is coming. Once a year, a little island rises up out of the ocean for a week with all kinds of treasure on it. Players are encouraged to explore, collect rewards and try out new bosses, I felt like the hydro cube would fit but it could have been anything else idk. Essentially, this would have been like golden apple archipelago but not nearly as big. There’s puzzles to solve, chests to open and a mystery to uncover… why does this island pop up once a year? And what secrets is it hiding? Oooo…

Cooking for friends!: an event where you’re encouraged to run around and accept cooking commissions from Inazuman townsfolk. Everyone wants a different dish and will tell you a story about what this dish means to them. This encourages players to collect recipes, chat with NPCs, learn about Inazuman culture and just enjoy some simple gameplay

I came up with these 4 possible events in 10 minutes. And not to brag…I feel like any of these would blow any single canon Inazuma event out of the water if executed well. I dunno… I’m really hoping that Sumeru will be better. I don’t want more Inazuma add ons ;-; I just want dendro already ;-;

#genshin impact #mihoyo if you want to use any of these ideas message me #we can work something out girlie I have so many ideas #hire me and pay for my college ;)

[dinosaurtsukki]

haikyuu!! as genshin impact players

a/n: currently obsessed with genshin impact so i decided to merge it with my love for haikyuu!! this was honestly so much fun to write and i hope you guys like it !!

Hinata: he’s the one who always asks for help in the group chat when fighting bosses as well as the dragonspine quests. super thankful when you help him but you just have to be patient with him jumping and accidentally pressing ‘attack’ when gliding’

Kageyama: honestly thought that collecting all the anemoculi was the first objective so he went out and found EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. loves to flex his stamina at hinata by jumping up cliffs

Tsukishima: RIP most of his characters are hydro users so he has to visit the oceanid twice every day all like 'hey, fucker. it's me again'. someone please give him fischl. hides the fact that he failed the gliding exams about twenty times

Yamaguchi: wanted xiao so bad he made 150 pcs. of almond tofu and a summoning circle in his room before wishing for him on top of wangshu inn. cried tears of joy when he got him 

Ennoshita: super intellectual player. takes the time to calculate the stats on weapons, artifacts, and talents before enhancing them. likes using archers to spam long-distance attacks

Tanaka: in it for the WAIFUS. wants mihoyo to add a trade character feature so that he could trade his male characters and have an army of waifus. currently saving up primogems for hu tao

Noya: BENNET MAIN !! ceo of bennett supremacy basically and loves watching his ‘bouken da bouken!’ idle animation. adamantly believes that he should be a five-star character

Daichi: wasn’t that invested in playing until he got albedo as his first five-star character because he loves the guy so much. loves bringing him when he does co-op and when the other player thanks him for the ‘albedovators’ 

Sugawara: klee main because he loves how chaotic she is. like, he’ll literally use her to kill fish in the springvale lake and timmie’s birds. he’ll use his elemental burst for destroying the training dummies for ellin’s commission

Asahi: even though he has five-star characters, he still likes using the starter team because they feel like his family. explicitly uses amber and kaeya a lot just to prove the haters wrong

Oikawa: venti main because he relates to him on a spiritual level and actually cried during his story quest. also emotionally invested in the NPC quests and actually felt bad about not finding joel’s dad

Iwaizumi: has the WORST luck when it comes to gacha rolls. always gets a five-star on like, roll 80 and when he does, he always gets the non-banner one first. doesn’t know the diff between crit rate and crit damage and is too afraid to ask at this point

Hanamaki: fucking kills timmie's birds for FUN. also does livestreams of him walking from mondstadt to liyue or farming as many pieces of meat he can in a day (the most was 1126). calls the primo geovishap ‘rock daddy’ 

Matsukawa: believes in traveler supremacy and invests in leveling them up, no matter what anyone says about them being a support. ‘y’all are going to wish you leveled them up when traveler becomes the avatar’ he says

Ushijima: very much an explorer kind of guy and takes the time to forage everything he sees. also cooks a lot and has 288 sweet madame even though he doesn't really need it

Tendou: actually enjoys being in dragonspine because he likes the thrill of freezing to death and the aesthetics. farms so much frozen meat because he can. lets ushijima co-op in his world to farm stuff

Semi: used up his fragile resin early in the game and now that he's at ar40 he has Regrets. yells a lot when he plays but that’s whenever he accidentally presses ‘climb’ instead of attack

Shirabu: someone told him that sucrose shouldn't be used as a main and now he's doing that out of spite. actually likes his team comps to be full of supports for the #supportsupremacy

Goshiki: he has such a hard time with boss fights but he's too proud to ask for help. knowing that, his senpais just show up in his world and ask if they could farm there to help him out

Kuroo: collects husbandos and co-op's in other players' worlds while role-playing as that husbando. he's gotten very popular because of this and is known as ‘the legendary co-op player’ 

Kenma: an amazing player, as you’d expect. he got to ar40 in probs two weeks and started livestreaming his plays. an absolute king at clearing abyss levels and showing off those satisfying elemental reactions

Yaku: WHAAAAAALE. you can tell by the fact that he always has the battle pass weapons and so many primogems. definitely a collector who tries to get all playable characters 

Lev: very chaotic player and accidentally walked all the way to liyue at ar10 while running away and dodging monsters. SOMEHOW managed to defeat boss childe without revival materials and by spamming noelle

Bokuto: has the best luck in gacha rolls, opposite to iwaizumi. he showed akaashi a pic of his first 10-wish roll (feat. qiqi, mona, and fischl) and was all ‘is this a good roll?’ 

Akaashi: great at building characters so he shares his knowledge by making videos on optimal character builds and team comps. explains things super well and everyone loves watching his stuff

Atsumu: likes to turn up the volume on his headphones and making lisa climb a really high cliff if you know what i mean. also desperately tried to roll for ganyu and spent all his primogems but got diluc instead 

Osamu: likes to spam genshin fan pages with dumb theories like ‘joel’s dad is the missing cryo yaksha’ or ‘madame ping is going to be on the next character banner.’ has a soft spot for barbara though

Suna: he’s often falling off cliffs trying to farm violetgrass but he does it out of love for qiqi. shows off himself using qiqi as main dps when someone says she’s just a support because he can

Kita: his signature literally says ‘come to my world if you want to farm’. his map is full of landmarks for ascension materials and will even help you find them. in charge of bringing a healer when you guys fight bosses

Sakusa: loves doing photoshoots with his characters, especially capturing stills of their elemental bursts. his fave character is ningguang because of beautiful and photogenic she is (even has the yellow seelie to match her)

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[ghosstdust]

Some random Genshin starting tips:

* Get/kill everything on your sight. Even mints. Even hillchurls! Use the map pins to mark important resources' locations

* The official genshin map is also great if you're looking for something specific

* Resin is important. Use it! Check what resources your main DPS needs to be stronger (high lvl weapon, talents and ascension. Don't worry too much about farming artifacts and save up your FRAGILE RESIN until AR45)

* Berserker's 2-piece bonus (+12% crit rate) is one of the most important artifact sets for dmg early on and is still useful later until you get good 5* pieces. The +18% atk 2-pieces are also neat if you can get them.

* Adventurer's 2-piece (+1000 max hp) can be used for supports who depend on hp to heal/shield

* Aim for a crit rate / crit dmg ratio of 1/2. (Example: 20% crrate / 40% crdmg. Doesn't need to be exact)

* Check your team's talent descriptions. Trust me you'll learn a lot

* Good artifacts' substats are crit rate, crit dmg, atk%. Energy recharge and elemental mastery are situational. Defense and HP are rarely good (mostly for supports). For a good while you're gonna be fine just winging it tho.

* Give ONE character your full priority!! They will be getting your best weapon, best artifacts, highest level, etc. This will be your main DPS, the one who's on the field the most. Make sure you like playing the character!

* Now, choose another character for second-priority, usually a very important support or sub DPS (a.k.a. the one with high dmg burst/skill, like Xingqiu for example)

* For the other two teammates: supports are your best option. They're useful even at a lower level. Heal/shield is a must if you don't know how to dodge much. If you want an elemental reaction for your main DPS to do more dmg, you can have a character here just for that (F2P examples: Xiangling can apply Pyro, Barbara can apply Hydro, Lisa can apply Electro, Kaeya can apply Cryo)

* Don't be afraid to look up tips about fighting bosses if you're having a hard time! Even if you can only remember one of the tips, it still helps.

* Watch your stamina! Some enemy attacks need you to sprint, not just run.

* Some characters like Yanfei benefit from being on higher ground or on top of a geo construct! Careful when around those Ruin Hunters tho

* Geo attacks and claymore users are the best for mining, but a few plunges from sword/polearm users can do.

* Speaking of which, in overworld you can jump from a slightly higher ground to a slightly lower one and get a plunge attack for more damage! It also damages some enemy shields more I believe

* For my fellow F2P: Xiangling is an amazing unit with big dmg just so y'all know. Kaeya and Barbara permafreeze is *chef's kiss*. Noelle's shield is VERY useful.

* Use Hydro to break Pyro shields, Cryo to break Hydro and Electro, Pyro to break Cryo and Dendro shields, Geo/claymore/the overload reaction to break Geo shields.

* If an enemy has a Pyro shield, for example, and the enemies near it are affected by Hydro, you can use Anemo to cause a swirl reaction and break the Pyro shield faster.

Aand that's it from me, hope it was useful somehow!

#Genshin tips #Genshin Impact

[noiwillnotdothefandango]

Developping on the Nuit rework.. i decided to say fuck it and made a whole other thing.

https://youtu.be/eXIX5KSrbeI

Name: Un/As

Full name: Alphonse Leveilleur

Age: 21

Affiliation: Cabaret Soleil

Occupation: magician, acrobat, knife thrower, bartender, croupier/dealer, pianist

Origin: Fontaine

Vision: Hydro (fake)

Weapon: one handed sword

Specie: human

Rarity: 5

Constellation: sacramentum

Height: tall

About: the troupe leader and owner of Cabaret Lune.He appears to be a simple charismatic leader, but there's something off about him.. his symbol is l'as de pique (ace of spades) and his role is unknown, his color theme is blue.

Trivia:

He claims that he leaves the role of ring leader to Trois because he doesn't do well with public speeches

He knows a lot about the Traveler and their journey. He claims it's trough card divination, simmilar to Mona. Though Mona would say she's never heard of anyone named Un and brush off his so called divination.

Mona calls him a faker, well, he's generally not really liked but he often shrugs it off.

His favorite hobby is shuffling cards, in fact he was switched from Croupier to Bartender because he spends too much time shuffling 😓

His actual role is Joker, and his actual vision seems to actually be abyss magic...

He's able to summon small creatures reminescent of abyss mages

His quest involves him asking you to help gather abyss energy from various spots across Fontaine. Should you bring it back to him, you'l unlock the possibility of challenging him to a fight.

His boss fight involves various phases, simmilar to Tartaglia. It takes place on the stage of Cabaret Soleil, with a cheering audience.

The first is his regular phase, he'l throw projectiles (cards/knives) and will occasionally teleport around the arena

His second will involve him tossing away his knives, in wich he'l simply use abyss attacks instead of physical ones. For that phase, he will occasionally have rapid fire bursts of teleportation around the arena

Once defeated, he has random chances of dropping ascension materials required to level up Nuit + the troupe members. There is no third phase. He has a health pool simmilar to other bosses, the troupe members will be the same level as the ennemies found in your overworld

There is a possible interaction that involves him protecting himself with an abyss barrier. During that time, the other troupe members will chip in to try and distract the traveler while he heals. Simmilar to elemental cubes.

Deux will attack by summoning thorns on the ground, simmilar to Dendro Samachurls.

Trois will apply shields to other members, she deals the most damage and has the most health making her the biggest threat

Quatre is a hit-and-run character and does light, quick damage. Luckily he's a bit of a glass canon and his abilities will sometimes afflict him as well.

Quotes

When adding to party: "alright then,"

About..Diluc: " he's pretty grumpy huh~? I bet he'd make a horrible performer.. wich is a shame. He'd look really good in a uniform."

About...Kaeya: "something about shady people huh? On one hand, you know you shouldn't trust them. On the other;....well. We just do anyway. I mean, why are you still talking to me?"

About..Dainsleif: "what a strange man he is... i mean, he's so vague it's like he's trying to be all myterious. Who does that?? Ah-............"

When using elemental skill: " can't hit what you can't see."

When using elemental burst: " and now, for my final act..!"

When hurt: " that was NOT part of the act..!"

When down: " And the curtains..fall.."

About..Hobbies: "oh! You wan't to see some tricks?? I know a bunch of fun ones!"

About..Cabaret Soleil: "well, technically Trois owns the cabaret.. i mean. legally she owns it. Originally it belonged to her family actually. But we mostly split the whole 'running thing' between the two of us"

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Name: Deux/Dame

Full name: Annabelle Calliope

Age: 22

Affiliation: Cabaret Soleil

Occupation: acrobat, trapeze artist, tightrope walker, target girl, contortionist,waitress, violonist

Origin: Fontaine

Vision: dendro

Weapon: spear

Specie: human

Rarity: 4

Constellation: Cardia

Height: average

About: Un's loyal second in command, though she appears gentle and sweet, she's actually quite demanding and isn't shy about ordering people around. She's often nicknamed 'princess' or 'doll' by other staff and troupe members. She's doll-like and generally considered to be the most attractive member of the troupe. Her symbol is le deux de coeur (second of hearts) and her role is la dame (lady or queen), her color theme is pink-red.

Trivia:

She's actually quite superficial and values looks over personality

Her own personality isn't very well developped because of how much she worries over her appearance instead, having been born into a family who raised with a mindset of 'your appearance reflects your personality, so you should always look perfect'

She's horribly perfectionist and will not give up on something until she's satisfied

She acts as a mother role for Quatre, often being the one cleaning him, obsessing and scolding him whenever he gets uniforms dirty.

She generally appears as a spoiled brat because of her upbringing. Trois tries to discourage that behavior.

She's loosely based on Tsukumo from my favorite manga, Karneval

She's somewhat based on Doll from Monstrum nox

Quotes

When adding to party: "i hope i don't get my uniform dirty.."

About.. Barbara: "what a beautiful voice..! And such a youthful face.. she might be able to rival me one day"

About..Xinyan: "how terribly aggressive..! That delinquent behavior i can't approve of...i'll stick to classic music..."

About..Ayaka: "such a gentle woman.. such elegance.... yes, i can see why she's so appreciated.. someone as such is quite a pleasing sight"

About..Amber: "what a childish girl..she's much left to learn.."

When using elemental skill: " get off my stage."

When using elemental burst: " All eyes on me!

When hurt: " how dare you..!"

When down: " this is.. my last performance..

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Name: Trois/Roi

Full name: Léa Dubois

Age: 23

Affiliation: Cabaret Soleil

Occupation: ring leader,strongwoman, head of security, bartender, croupier/dealer

Origin: Fontaine

Vision: anemo

Weapon: claymore

Specie: human (traces of non-human blood)

Rarity: 4

Constellation: Potentia

Height: tall

About: a woman with a prince-like attitude. Her tomboyish looks make her stand out amongst her troupemates. She's incredibly physically strong despite her looks. Her symbol is le trois de trèfle(third of club/clover) her role is le roi(king),her color theme is green.

Trivia:

She claims to be able to lift a lawachurl

She's actually quite easily embarassed

She's quite motherly despite her rough stern attitude and means well

She's somewhat inspired by Raging Bull from Monstrum Nox

Quotes

When adding to party: " très bien.*" (* means 'very well')

About..Beidou: i have vague knowledgeof the crux and it's leader.. Lady Beidou has quite a reputation for herself. I'd like to get a shot at a friendly fight with her one day.

About..Noelle: "someone so dedicated is quite admirable. She'd make a good performer if she wasn't so shy."

When using elemental skill: " i think you've had enough"

When using elemental burst: " ladies and gentlemen.."

When hurt: "dealt with worse.."

When down: " the show can't be over..!!"

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Name: Quatre/Valet

Full name: Fabrice

Age: 14

Affiliation: Cabaret Soleil

Occupation: clown, juggler, animal trainer, fire breather, waiter

Origin: Fontaine

Vision: pyro

Weapon: spear

Specie: human (traces of non human blood)

Rarity: 4

Constellation: ferus

Height: small-average ( so, in between Klee and Amber)

About: The youngest member of the troupe, he acts as a comic relief to his group. He was taken in as an orphan. He's often nicknamed 'bête' (beast) for his looks and attitude- he's actually quite afraid of wild beasts, but animals generally like him and he has little problem befriending them. However he's unable to tame wild boar.his symbol is le quatre de carreau (fourth of diamonds) and his role is le valet (knave or jack), his color scheme is yellow.

Trivia:

He has a fear of flames despite his vision, so he prefers not to use it.

Honestly he might be a lion but he acts like a fcking monkee

He's a lion in reference to lion tamers in circuses.

His least favorite animals are birds (timmy, he's coming for your pigeons)

Quotes

When adding to party: "okay!"

About..Diona: "Mademoiselle Diona is really cool! I never get to go near the bar back at the cabaret. Trois says it's because i'm too young, but Un says it's because i'd break all the glasses.."

About..Kaeya: " grimace... Monsieur Kaeya is.... uh..... nice... i guess.."

About..Lisa: " ack! Nope! Nope nope nope! Mademoiselle Lisa is.. whenever she calls me cutie i get this shiver up my spine like my fight or flight responses just flare up...! She's totally terrifying!! Agh- don't tell her i said that!!!"

About..Yoimiya: "fireworks.....gulp.....are..not my thing...."

When using elemental skill: " ack..!"

When using elemental burst: "uwah! Scary!!"

When hurt: " growl stay back..!!"

When down: " show's over already..?"

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. Everything here is subject to change. Nothing's final.

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Illustration progress:

#genshin impact oc #annabelle calliope #léa dubois #quatre/Fabrice #Alphonse leveilleur

[zhonglimain]

for those interested in new units!

as the next character banner draws near, i compiled a list of some things to consider if you’d like to get zhongli (or other characters in general) and add them to your team! note that this is subject to change, and is mainly as a reminder of sorts for others:

mora. memes aside, it takes roughly one point three million mora to level up a character level eighty. depending on your world level, it may be less, but with weapon enhancements, talent ascensions, and the like, it adds up quickly. be mindful of how much mora you will need for your new unit.

prioritize which unit you want to ascend. if you choose multiple characters at once, you may spread yourself too thin in terms of resources.

ascension materials. some characters have overlap when it comes to sharing materials to ascend (for instance, fischl and diluc both use small lamp grass for ascension, while klee and childe both need freedom talent books for their skills). similarly, units of a specific element typically require farming elite or weekly bosses, so be sure to manage your resin and time wisely for the drops. the higher the level of the unit, the higher the amount of materials!

examples of elite ascension materials for units are: basalt pillar (geo / hypostasis), cleansed heart (hydro / oceanid), lightning prisms (electro / hypostasis), everflame seeds (pyro / regisvine) etc.

resin. it enables you the ability collect rewards from domains, bosses, and certain events. you will need to manage your resin for specific ascension material drops. it costs sixty for weekly bosses (dvalin “stormterror”, andrius “wolf”, tartaglia “childe”), forty for elite bosses (hypostases, regisvines) and events (crucible, unreconciled stars) and twenty for domains and leylines. 

using fragile resin is a case by case basis. it allows you to add sixty resin to your current original resin (the resin you naturally obtain that works as “stamina” for some gacha games) and allows you to collect more rewards, but is incredibly rare to obtain outside of the shop and specific events. it is highly recommended to save your fragile resin until you reach adventure rank forty-five for domain farming, though again, it is ultimately your decision.

condensed resin focuses as a way to double rewards in domains and ley lines (but not events) and are limited up to three per player. useful for when you won’t have time to play genshin, so you can use your resin another time.

talent books. collecting rewards from specific domains will allow you to get talent materials needed to enhance a character’s ability. you want to make sure your unit is able to survive on their own and able to provide for your team, so be sure to upgrade them!

level up materials. to level a character up to a certain level, you’ll need adventurer’s handbooks or hero’s wit, the latter being rarer and more expensive to use. they are only obtainable via events, certain quests, blue ley lines, or the shop. you want to make sure your unit can fight alongside your party at a decent level!

weapon upgrades. while it’s great to increase their talents, if they don’t have a proper weapon to capitalize their damage, they’ll be lacking. explore with your characters to see which characters can use which weapon effectively and to your liking. some weapons are only obtainable by gacha, but the craftable weapons are not to be dismissed, either! be sure to enhance them when you’re able and to swap for better weapons as you receive better ones.

examples of weapons that could work on certain characters: bennett with lion’s roar, xiangling with crescent pike, fischl with compound bow, tartaglia with rust, razor with prototype animus, xinqiu with sacrifical sword, noelle with whiteblind, diluc with wolf’s gravestone, etc.

artifacts. obtained from domains, chests, and various areas of the land, artifacts greatly determine how much or little your unit is fairing in certain areas. farming good artifacts can be a lengthy process considering the rolls are entirely rng, but the end result will be satisfying if you have the pieces you need for a particular unit.

four star artifacts are just as valuable as five star artifacts, so don’t get rid of them immediately just because they aren’t a five star! rng is not friendly in domains, and it’s likely you may be farming for awhile to get that specific five piece artifact you’d like. guaranteed five star artifact drops aren’t until adventure rank forty-five (the level ninety domains), but this does not mean you will receive the specific piece you want.

certain units excel in physical damage, whereas others elemental. it all depends on how you build a certain character, your team synergy (elemental resonance / mastery damage) and if you want them as a main dps, support dps, or healer. 

examples of artifacts that could work on certain units: two or four piece crimson witch (klee / xiangling / diluc), two or four piece archaic petra (ningguang / zhongli), two or four piece noblesse oblige (mona, bennett / tartaglia), two piece thundering fury (fischl / keqing / beidou), two or four piece viridiscent venerer (sucrose / venti), two or four piece gladiator’s finale (razor / mc.)

constellations. unless you are a dolphin, whale, leviathan, or just incredibly lucky, it is unlikely that you will have a max constellation of a character, especially of a five star character. regardless, units have constellations (dupe pulls) that can enhance their abilities. the more constellations a character has, the stronger they tend to be.

that being said, a c6 (constellation six) four star unit will do more than a c0 five star given the circumstances. constellations are easiest to obtain on rate up banners, but aren’t the be all end all.

team synergy. how well do you think your new unit will be on a team? will there be elemental resonance? do you plan on having them help with elemental reaction procs? damage? how exactly would they contribute? these are some questions that are dependent on your playstyle and what you want in a particular team.

time management. it will take awhile to invest in a character. never feel as though you need to rush. play the game at your own pace!

i am by no means an expert and never want to appear as though i’m the source of all genshin information. there are so many different ways to play this game, so have fun of your own accord! 

these are just some pointers based on my personal experience / seeing others, and i want to share some to my fellow genshin fans!

#Genshin Impact #Text

[mx-pat-henrietta-julian-carter]

My current Genshin Impact parties and their dynamics/shenanigans p. 1

party number 1: „favos uwu“, consisting of Xinyan, Barbara, Xingqiu and Razor. in other words; my mains or furthermore; The-Useless-Gays-Gang™

(but all of them are taken actually.)

actually Barbara is only here because I put a rule that every team needs a proper healer so ye (so no, she’s not “actually” a favorite but every character who’s gonna come up here next are the ones I enjoy playing and leveling)

so Xinyan is super grateful because she gets to see her gf everyday <3 (sush don’t you say a damn word)

Xinyan takes her role as a leader surprisingly very seriously

so much that Xingqiu teases her about it after clearing missions

something like: “you must have seen that face you were making, scarey~” or “whew am I lucky to be on your good side!”

Razor, on the other hand, gives Xinyan usually a pat on the shoulder when she’s outdone herself or little praising words like; “nice Xinyan, amazing Xinyan” or a simple, “good job”

Barbara always checks her out first, just in case she missed out any injuries during battle

or maybe even scolds her right away when a fight has been very tough and/or almost a bit too life threatening and Xinyan has simply been throwing herself out into danger :)

Barbara means it well, though :)

and gets a bit more touchy every time they defeated a super strong boss because she’s so worried over her gf and only wants her to feel good and relaxed after all 🥺🥺🥺🥺

(🙂 I need to stop.)

Xingqiu and Razor, very respectfully, DESPISE that act of PDA because they miss their boyos 🤷🏾

(AKA Chongyun and Bennett ofc)

Xingqiu and Razor always sulk and complain about not seeing their boyfriends regularly because of their schedule (which. fair.)

Chongyun isn’t in any party (so a substitute in my universe) and is already busy with his own work as an exorcist in Liyue.

Xingqiu and Chongyun only meet when they have both off days, or, luckily, when they (my main party) need to go farming and need a cryo user!

(though when he can’t (because expeditions or something), then it’s Kaeya’s turn to help, and Xingqiu is always a bitch about it)

(Barbara likes seeing Kaeya tho, and vice-versa)

for Razor though he’s a bit more lucky because he can get to see Bennett more often

when they both have evening offs, or when their teams meet swiftly during missions/adventures

yk cute little stolen moments :)<3

oh oh and!!! (back to my favorite sapphic performers <3): during off days, they like to go on “travel dates” and tell each other about their cultures and read books about them. traveling and exploring, reading and tasting new dishes are the things they like doing the most with one another <3<3<3

sometimes fighting enemies just for the heck of it after a good fulfilling day, or singing together on the way back home :))))))

ah and whenever the team has something to do in Wolvendom, Razor likes taking the lead

no one’s complaining really, he always looks so good, yk like he’s really in his element!

Razor never really talks about his feelings or needs (let alone talk) so when the others sense that he may be in a bad mood for some reason, they usually take him out and stroll around Wolvendom

or having a picknick!

that’s when he gets a bit more verbal :)

And when they’re out for a mission in Liyue, Xingqiu is the one who likes taking the lead. Or at least, having the map in his hands hahaha

he doesn’t really miss his home and family but being out in the wilderness makes him still a bit. melancholic, mayhaps.

haha oh aaaaaand they also have this netflix “who’s watching?” meme dynamic

Xinyan being the one who pays for the account, Barbara has the girlfriend free pass, Xingqiu being parasite 1 and Razor being parasite 2

(huh, maybe I should rename the party name to that…)

and lastly: Barbara may or may not have a tiny percentage of yandere in her blood when Xinyan “dies/is K.O’d” (imagine her waterbending like Katara or some shit, not doing her overly cute hydro attacks lmao)

(pps: but then again who is not when it comes to your significant other, huh? right? right? I’m right? I mean Razor is for sure like that-)

party number 2: „Warriors“, consisting of Jean, Xiangling, Childe and Rosaria. in other words; That One Gif Of Donald Glover Walking Into A House On Fire :)

okay to make sense of this, I’ll have to explain that: I’m a weirdo. Also a storyteller at heart—and always need to have a reason to do things the way I do and. basically, if that wasn’t obvious already, Xinyan is my main 🤣. I love her so much that I somehow want her to be more included in the story lmao xd so basically in my head, every character I own has been recruited by the traveler for the Adventures’ Guild. Personally, I prefer Mondstadt over Liyue so in my head they reside in Mondstadt and so does every character I own. But anyways to make it short: Because the Traveler is. well. a traveler (and not fond of serious work lol), and Xinyan is baby, they gave Xinyan the title of their substitute as a Honorary Knight. (I choose my mains so if I want her to become the protag, I will 😂) So Xinyan assists sometimes the Knights, is the one who gets intel from missions and tells everyone about it, gives out missions etc etc. So. yeah :). As said, I’m weird but that has always been like that so please nevermind that and keep reading 😂

AnYwAYS

when Xinyan announced the party changes that there would be, Jean wasn’t there at the moment. Well she was, but she had paperwork to do that she really couldn’t leave alone (as she always says 🤨👀)

So finally, when she was free enough to let the rest of the paperwork to Kaeya, she met finally her new party members. and. her face fell.

well first she was curious about Xiangling because she has never met her face to face, but heard lots of positive things about her, and working with a foreigner (in battle I mean) for the first time would also be a new experience for Jean which she was very excited about

then she saw Rosaria. she was surprised to see her, unimaginable to think that she’d agree to go on adventures in the first place. But she was okay with it overall, because according to Barbara, Rosaria was a very nice person. A bit questionable, but nice regardless.

lastly she saw Tartaglia and that’s when her face really fell.

A fatui? In front of her? breathing the same air as her in this very moment? why is no one pointing their weapons at him?

bref, she really wasn’t okay being in the same team as him (still isn’t lmao)

he never listens to her, despite her being the leader and well. having quite literally more experience than him (Childe and Rosaria are newbies hehe ;w; <3)

what irritates Jean the most is when he goes on after enemies himself without any kind of preparation

“Oh we finished that lil task? great let’s finish that hilichurl camp over there”

Jean, who had her eyes buried in the map and now looked up, “What are you–”

“Aaaaand there he goes,” added Rosaria.

Xiangling chuckled nervously. “Oh boy.”

“FOR THE LOVE OF THE ARCHON GOD BARBATOS GET BACK HERE,” Jean yelled after Tartaglia.

really, Childe made Jean show everybody her true aspects that no one would have imagined she had but here we are

now she even has grown a bad habit of actually blurting out sarcastic remarks when she’s for example in an assembly with the other Knights

Lisa finds that “very charming and amusing” but got still very curious where that came from

so one day when Jean couldn’t make to a mission with her other party members, she asked Lisa if she could replace her.

Accepting, Lisa understood then why Jean was slowly loosing her cool

not that Lisa has anything against Childe like Jean does

they get along pretty well actually

one factor would be because they tend to gush over Jean together 👀

yes, in addition of pissing off Jean, Childe tends to “fake flirt” with her a lot

obviously he always gets turned down but that’s not stopping him to be an never-ending rebound

(he really just does it for fun, but who knows who knows *wink wink*)

(no seriously who even fucking knows because personally I ship Jean with Lisa but ever since that crossed my mind that Tartaglia is “that” type of guy for sure (we all know he is. c’mon. the type to make you angry just for the hell of it? saying “sheeeeesh” out of nowhere when you have something cute on? that’s him. That’s Tartaglia.) so I’m just. I’m just. I’m not okay fellas 😩)

but anyways, one time after a mission, when Jean couldn’t make it once again, Childe asked Lisa what her relationship with Jean was

“Oh~?” Lisa’s lips quirked up in a smile. “What do you mean by ‘relationship’, cute one?” (don’t look at me like that, Lisa is allowed to call her friends by pet names, ok? NO I’m not shopping them shUT UP)

Childe cleared his throat. “Well… I heard rumors…”

“Continue?”

Childe, growing hotter around his his face, gave in and explained, “I heard that you and Jean might be… lesbians? Like. Together?”

“Aha? Is that what you heard, now?” Lisa turned her head to face Childe, never dropping that smile of hers. “Well, what do you think? Do we look like a couple to you?”

“…Ha. Hahahahaaha. Ha… Erm.”

“Mmh~?”

*meanwhile, right behind them*

“D-Did you hear?? She wasn’t denying!!!”

Rosaria glanced over at her pyro-user teammate. “Nor did she confirm, you know, Xiangling.”

yes these bitches be gossiping 24/7

Rosaria and Xiangling are super great friends :)

Rosaria is surprised herself but she grew really fond of Xiangling and really looks up to her, despite Xiangling being the little one of the team haha

but oh hell no would she ever actually say that aloud!

…

Right?

k well there was that moment,,,, at the very beginning of their friendship, when they just began to learn to get used from one another and their fighting style, Xiangling complimented Rosaria’s skills and spear (which is the dragonspine spear idk if it’s even fit for her really 100% but it looks so good on her and AH MAN)

“The way you say ‘lights out!’ is so cool and your moves are always so graceful! I wish I had such cool techniques like you, haha!”

A bit startled by the sudden kind words of admiration, she put a hand on her face in hope of hiding her embarrassment. “Ugh, no, please, stop. Don’t tell me about it. I want to disappear every time I blurt that out. Seriously. It’s just stupid, I need to stop.”

Xiangling raised an eyebrow. “What?” She waved Rosaria kindly off with a head shake. “No way, why would you think that? You’re really cool, I mean that. I’m happy to be in the same team as you.”

“Ah. Um.” Rosaria hadn’t calculated this… well, with anything, really. With rosy cheeks, she replied, “I’m. Also. err. I’m also… happy to get to know you… Xiangling…”

In a second, Xiangling’s senses seemed to have sharpen just by hearing the young lady speak. “You said my name!”

Rosaria blinked multiple times, until she understood what Xiangling meant. She clicked her tongue. “Nevermind, I’m back on calling you by nicknames, then.”

“Wha!! No, please, I’m sorry, I’ll stop. Please call me by my name, Rosaria.”

“…Hmph.”

(. . . 。I’m a clown did you know that?)

Ahem. Anyways. they like to shop together 😤

shopping and farming for ingredients actually 😅

Rosaria really likes Xiangling’s cooking so whenever they have both time, Xiangling teaches Rosaria her ways with receipts!!

oh let me tell you Rosaria is a very bad cook :)

but Xiangling doesn’t mind that, she’s always open to take a bite anyway and gives Rosaria lil tips and such but ofc only when asked ^^

buuuuuut besides of farming and shopping for ingredients, there a times Xiangling helps Rosaria out and well. it’s. interesting?

yes Rosaria wishes for lizard tails and frogs like Xiangling yk no biggie but for what would she need boar fur?

just the boar fur?

and that time when they went to dragonspine they searched for those icy cold blue flowers

but not only that. with a lot of digging… they also found skeletons?

and all what Rosaria said was: “ah there you go, the primary ingredient for it all”

Huh?

Xiangling when Rosaria told her list of what she needed:

Xiangling was never and doesn’t intend to be the type to judge someone or saying an opinion when not asked but what the FUCK yk?

(though there are some things that peaked her interests,,,, she’s being influenced oh no)

TALKING ABOUT BAD INFLUENCES!!!: the grownups invited Xiangling once for a night in Angel’s Share

well Childe

it was a hot day outside and they just wanted to treat themselves yk~

you know Rosaria; she shrugged it off and said that would be fun if Xiangling would come along

Jean was very much against it

“She’s underage! We can’t bring her with us!”

“pffffffffffff it’s fine~~~ if she can handle being away from home and battle enemies like a boss then honestly a few drinks won’t hurt her. Right, little Xianxian?” Childe pulled Xiangling closer to him and winked at her.

“Ah—Well-”

“Personally, I think it would be very funny to see Xiangling get drunk.”

Jean looked at Rosaria unbelievable. “Aren’t you a Sister?”

“Off-duty, dearest.”

“Omg.”

“It’s settled, then! Drinking contest with Xiangling letsgoooo”

“NO. Stop right there, I’m serious, Childe. She cannot drink! It’s simple as that,” scolded Jean.

“Omg you’re such a buzzkill 😒😒😒 like seriously why do always gotta-”

“Um! Guys! Please calm down,” Xiangling interrupted. “And… as for Master Jean… is it really not allowed… to take at least a sip…? I—I would also drink sometimes with my dad after closing our restaurant you see and—Ah no, not heavily drinking just a reasonable amount, of course! Err, okay, what is a reasonable amount for an underaged girl, is the question, right? Well, ha, um, very good question. I think… I think less than a cup? R-Really I only drink for the sake of tasting new stuff and for research only!! I mean I would never—I heard that Mondstadt has a reputation for a having a good wine industry and, well… I would like to try it out too… Um. 👉🏾👈🏾”

“…Wow,” Rosaria commented.

to Jean’s disliking, Xiangling got what she wished for eventually!

but hey hey, like Xiangling said, it was meant for research foremost and came up with new dishes a few weeks later! she tried to do something a bit more “grown-up”, picturing people like Jean or her dad or even the customers in Wanmin to shut down the haters who are jealous of her skills so. Yeah!

everyone is extremely proud of her uwu

#genshin #genshin impact #genshin impact hcs #genshin headcanons #this was so much fun lmao #but gosh can I ever NOT ship somebody? what the hell is this #genshin razor #genshin xinyan #genshin barbara #genshin xingqiu #genshin jean #genshin childe #genshin xiangling #genshin rosaria #genshin rarepair #…? 🤷🏾 #long post

[carbootsoul]

leo i have no clue what your recent post means please explain to me <3

😭 looking back you're right that post is INCOMPREHENSIBLE. im going to give u a rly long rambly explaination bc this is my current obsession and also u are a treasured mutual 🥺

basically ive been playing genshin, which is a gacha fantasy rpg- basically like botw if you gambled to be able to play as like sidon and mipha as well as link. you can have four characters on your team, which are the characters you can easily switch between while playing. theres a pretty complex storyline in the game, and almost all the main characters are playable (if you get lucky in the gacha mechanic and 'roll' them). if you have a phone/computer that can handle the game id totally suggest you play it! it's rly fun (it has a pretty minimal amount of cash grabbing for being a free game, too). i have two accounts in the game for the america server (my main/first account) and the asia server (so that i can eventually play with nitya. once i finish this one quest) and my progress doesn't carry between them :(

so one of the first characters i rolled on my asia account is chongyun, who is a SWEETHEART. he's a teenager exorcist who can't ever meet spirits bc he's so good at exorcisms that the ghosts leave before he can see them. also he's a cryo (ice) vision. ive been maining him, so he's the character i play as the most often. bc i love him. 🥺🥺 (i don't play as him on my main bc on my main i have beidou who is the BUFFEST pirate and also a lesbian and i love her. a lot.) in canon chongyun has a boyfriend best friend named xingqiu, who's a trust fund baby adrenaline junky who writes martial arts penny dreadfuls and is a hydro (water) vision. in canon xingqiu drags chongyun to haunted houses since chongyun wants to see a ghost and xingqiu wants to have an adventure and they they go get dinner together after and xingqiu teases chongyun abt not being able to eat spicy food. they work well together with their elements, since if you have both you can freeze ppl. also like. they're boyfriends i wanted them to be reunited on my team 🥺

[id: xingqiu and chongyun's official art, side by side in an image against a white background. end id]

this is they!!! anyway to roll a character you need a certain number of wishes (you need ten to be guaranteed a new character) and i only had 2 :/ the new rate up banner (which is basically.. a different gambling thing where you're more likely to get certain characters, it ends up being a 18% ish chance for each of the rate up characters) featured xingqiu and i was. very excited to roll him since i didn't think i would! but now i have him and his weird water sword attacks. what a lad.

the rest of the post was about how every 20 levels you need a certain type of plant to level up different characters and xingqiu needs silk flowers, which r from a region of the map (liyue) that i haven't explored yet so it's going to suck having to find the stuff to level him up more. also once u get to a higher level each different element has bosses you have to best to level your characters and hydro characters need the oceanid, which is generally considered the hardest boss by far :( i tried to fight it once on my main for fun and it did not go well

#jdkshd anyway #now u know #but id def reccomend checking the game out!! its p gorgeous and the character designs r fun #leo.ask

[vganimefanatic]

Saw @genshinatsu do this and it looked fun so here's mine.

Genshin Impact Ask Game

1. Who did you choose as your traveler?

Lumine/female!traveler. I renamed her as Eos (after the Greek goddess of the Dawn) because she reminded me of a bright morning.

2. Who is your favorite character?

ZHONGLI. A close second would be Diluc or Barbara.

3. Your favorite party?

Adventuring: Geo!Traveler, Xiangling, Barbara and Noelle

Dungeons and other shiz: Kaeya, Xiangling, Barbara and Noelle

4. Which characters do you have (count all of them)? 

10 excluding my traveler: Amber, Barbara, Chongyun, Kaeya, Lisa, Noelle, Razor, Sucrose, Xiangling, and Xingqiu.

5. The character you don’t have but you want soso bad?

BROKE BOSS ZHONGLI (I've saved up all my primogems for his upcoming banner)

6. The character you have but you never use?

Chongyun. He has a bonus when conducting expeditions in Liyue so I always send him on those instead of bringing him into battle.

7. Who is your least favorite character? 

I don't dislike anyone so far. Crossing my fingers that this keeps up.

8. Favorite nation?

There are only two nations accessible right now but Liyue caught my attention instantly. Most fantasy RPGs are Western inspired rather than Asian (Final Fantasy X and Tales of Xillia blew my mind because of this) so I was delighted when I first ventured into Liyue.

9. Least favorite nation?

No idea. Gotta wait for them all to come out.

10. Favorite element?

Pyro or Geo. Leaning towards Geo because my current team features Geo!Traveler and Noelle (and also because ZHONGLI).

11. Least favorite element?

I don't dislike using any of them but I do hate fighting enemies that use Hydro or Dendro so I guess one of those?

12. Favorite combos of element? 

Frozen, Overload and Crystalise.

13. Favorite enemy? 

I tend to gravitate to enemies who drop useful items/gear or are important to the story. So... Dvalin?

14. Least favorite enemy? 

Boss: Oceanid or Geo Hypostasis (glitchy arse who keeps resetting)

Non-boss: Abyss Mages and Ruin Hunters

15. Do you k*ll animals when you pass by their sides? 

Everything except little Timmie's pigeons.

16. Walking or using teleport?

I usually teleport nearby the location I want to go and then I walk to it while looking out for resources or treasure chests.

17. Favorite mission? 

Story missions. I particularly like 'Farewell, Archaic Lord' and 'Bookworm Swordsman'. Too bad they aren't replayable (I don't even need a repeating reward miHoYo just let me replay them doggone it).

18. Least favorite mission? 

Timed missions. I always feel super stressed whenever I see a countdown timer appear (which, unfortunately, happens a LOT in Genshin Impact).

19. Do you like gliding?

(I believe I can fly~ I believe I can touch the sky~dive bomb hillychurls and then run away~spotting chests from miles away~)

Yes.

20. Who is the most useful character in your opinion?

Barbara and Diluc (his trial use was amazing).

21. And the least one?

I guess Xingqiu? He isn't weak or anything but I already have a water user (Barbara) and a Sword user (Kaeya/Traveler) so I don't really use him despite liking him as a character.

22. Your favorite character’s design and the least one?

Favourite: Zhongli. Second place would be either Diluc or Sucose.

Least favourite: Bennet.

23. Bow, Sword, Polearm, Claymore or Catalyst?

I loves swords (I have two in real life) so obviously Sword! Catalysts are a close second.

24. Your party formation? (DPS, Healer, Tank, Support)

DPS + Support+ Healer +Tank or DPS+DPS+Healer+Tank/Support.

25. How much lucky are you with Wishes?

No 5 star characters or weapons so far (ZHONGLI PLEASE COME HOME).

26. Do you usually focus on your mission or you go around to find items?

The latter. I usually search every nook and cranny because curiosity and ADHD is me.

27. How much do you cook? If you do it.

Quite often! Blame the Tales of Series for instilling in me the need to cook healing dishes instead of downing down a potion (I remember searching a whole continent for a store which sold milk in Tales of Symohonia).

28. What is your Adventure Rank?

I just hit AR30 today.

29. And your characters’ level?

My main team is level 50. My two subs are level 40.

30. Something you like in general.

The gameplay environment. Exploring Teyvat is really fun and hilarious because the game designer in me gets super excited everytime I see something incredibly mundane to normal players (eg: I examined staircases in different locations just to see if they made it using a slope or modelled them individually and create a collision box for each step because I noticed the way my Traveler stood on one particular staircase). I am truly impressed with the scale of the world they built considering this game can still run on mobile devices.

31. Something you dislike in general. 

The overuse of microtranscanctions. I understand why miHoYo implemented the usage of microtranscanctions but I feel that the way they could have gone about it could have been better (eg: primogems cost less and drop rates are slightly higher but the shop offers alternate costumes/cosmetics which cost real money).

32. Something you’re waiting for. 

ZHONGLI BANNER! Oh, and an update which allows you to pet dogs and cats.

33. Domains or Bosses?

Bosses. Screw domains and their timed challenges.

34. What do you think of Paimon? 

Emergency Rations.

(Just kidding. I love her even though her tendency to blab important info is exasperating)

35. A random headcanon.

I headcanon my Traveler/Eos to be 18-19 years old because she isn't old enough to drink alcohol (in my country the legal drinking age is 21) but she is old enough to travel across the universe accompanied only by her twin brother instead of an older chaperone.

#genshin impact #genshin impact traveler #genshin impact aether #genshin impact lumine #genshin impact zhongli #genshin impact paimon #genshin impact ask quiz #gacha #gacha game